Multiple Organizing Ideas
WRITING 2: Students create and enhance ideas and information by applying a variety of writing processes.
CONVENTIONS 2: Students examine and use grammar, spelling, and punctuation in a variety of contexts to develop effective communication.
GR. 2 - ORGANIZING IDEA: WRITING
Writing: Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author’s craft.
Guiding Question: How can writing processes and techniques improve expression?
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Learning Outcome: Students create and enhance ideas and information by applying a variety of writing processes. |
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Writing processes used to organize and share messages include
Run-on sentences are sentences that string too many ideas together with connecting words.
Sentences can be organized in a logical sequence to create written messages.
Editing involves noticing and correcting errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. |
Writing can provide opportunities to share thoughts and ideas in meaningful ways. |
Create written messages that align with an intended audience or purpose.
Create written messages in a variety of forms to represent ideas or information.
Generate ideas that can be expressed through messages.
Focus and limit the number of ideas in sentences.
Organize sentences in a logical sequence to create written messages.
Edit written work for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Incorporate images or features to enhance written messages.
Share written messages with others. |
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Creative thinking includes
Writing can support creative expression of ideas through organization and word choice.
Creative ideas for expression can be inspired by a variety of personal experiences.
Creative ideas can be enhanced by adding language related to the senses (sensory language). |
Creative thinking can influence expression of thoughts and emotions. |
Collect ideas that are inspired by a variety of experiences.
Apply creative thinking to create or adapt representations of messages.
Express ideas and information through a variety of written forms.
Include adjectives and adverbs to add interest and detail to writing.
Include sensory language to enhance ideas in creative writing.
Use punctuation to enhance written messages. |
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Asking questions can help focus research topics.
Factual information can be gathered from a variety of digital or non-digital sources.
Organizational tools, such as graphic organizers, can be used to record or categorize factual information. |
Research processes can be used to learn new things or build on what is already known. |
Ask questions to focus research topics.
Gather factual information on topics from various sources.
Use organizational tools to record or categorize information.
Record factual information through messages that include images, words, and sentences. |
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Written messages can be created using a variety of digital or non-digital methods or tools, including printing and keyboarding. |
The method or tool used to present written works can enhance the clarity of a message. |
Print with appropriate size, formation, and spacing to ensure the clarity of a message.
Locate a variety of keys on a keyboard to type messages. |
GR. 2 - ORGANIZING IDEA: CONVENTIONS
Conventions: Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.
Guiding Question: How do conventions foster the development of effective communication?
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Learning Outcome: Students examine and use grammar, spelling, and punctuation in a variety of contexts to develop effective communication. |
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Capitalization is used for titles.
A proper noun names a specific person or place and begins with a capital letter.
Punctuation includes an apostrophe in contractions.
A contraction is a combination of two words, where an apostrophe takes the place of a certain amount of letters. |
Capitalization and punctuation can make messages more clear. |
Capitalize the first word of a sentence.
Capitalize names of people and places.
Capitalize days of the week and months.
Capitalize titles.
Include punctuation at the end of sentences.
Insert apostrophes in place of letters in contractions. |
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A sentence that expresses strong emotion can end with an exclamation mark (exclamatory).
A pronoun can be used in place of a noun.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
The subject of a sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about.
The subject and the verb in a sentence must agree, with both being either singular or plural (subject-verb agreement).
Some words can be used with other words to show time or place (prepositions), such as under, with, before, and after. |
Language has structures (grammar) that can help express ideas, thoughts, and emotions. |
Write a variety of sentences that include a complete thought or idea.
Recognize and use pronouns to replace nouns in sentences.
Use a variety of adjectives to describe nouns.
Use adverbs to describe verbs.
Identify the subject in a sentence.
Identify when subjects and verbs agree in sentences.
Recognize and use prepositions in sentences to show time and place. |
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Spelling patterns include
Spelling patterns in one-syllable words include short and long vowel sounds.
Some consonants are silent in some words (e.g., talk). |
Spelling can be supported by recognizing patterns that occur within and across words. |
Identify spelling patterns within and across words.
Apply spelling patterns to spell unfamiliar words.
Identify silent consonants in words.
Spell 300 high-frequency words.
Identify words that are not spelled in predictable ways. |
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Knowledge of words and word parts can be applied to the spelling of new words.
Spelling can involve trial and error.
Digital or non-digital supports can be used to help spell words correctly, including
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Spelling strategies and supports can be used to help communicate messages. |
Include a vowel in every word and syllable.
Say words slowly to identify sounds when spelling words.
Use visualization to help spell words.
Apply knowledge of known words, word parts, and word patterns to spell unfamiliar words.
Use a variety of supports to spell and check the spelling of words. |
