English Language Arts - Grade 2 - Writing - Standard 2 - 40 Weeks

Writing Standard 2: Writing Purposes and Resulting Genres

(1)	ELA.2.L.1.E	Students interpret information by drawing on prior knowledge and experience, with assistance.
(1)	ELA.2.S.3.B	Students express an opinion or judgment about a character and plot in a variety of works, with assistance.
(1)	ELA.2.S.3.D	Students use personal experience and knowledge to analyze new ideas.
(1)	ELA.2.W.2.B	Students write interpretive and responsive essays that: identify the title, author, and illustrator describe literary elements, such as plot and characters, with assistance express a personal response to literature
(1)	ELA.2.W.2.C	Students create clear, well-organized responses to stories read or listened to, supporting understanding of genres, characters, and events with details from the story, with assistance.
(1)	ELA.2.W.2.E	Students use resources such as personal experiences to stimulate own writing.
(1)	ELA.2.W.3.B	Students state a main idea and provide supporting details from the text.
(1)	ELA.2.W.3.C	Students use relevant examples, such as reasons to support ideas, with assistance.
(1)	ELA.2.W.3.D	Students express opinions and make judgments that demonstrate a personal point of view, with assistance.

Performance Standards

Producing and Responding to Literature

By the end of the year, we expect 2nd grade students to be able to:

Producing Literature

Write stories, poems, memoirs, songs and dramas - conforming to appropriate expectations for each form;
Write a story using styles learned from studying authors and genres; and
Write poetry using techniques they observe through a study of the genre.

Responding to Literature

Provide a retelling;
Write letters to the author, telling what they thought or asking questions;
Make a plausible claim about what they have read (for example, suggesting a big idea or theme and offering evidence from the text);
Write variations on texts they have read, telling the story from a new point of view, putting in a new setting, altering a crucial character or rewriting the ending; and
Make connections between the text and their own ideas and lives.

Curricular Framework