Grade 2 English Lesson Title/Focus ELA Descriptive Writing Snowglobes Teacher Miss Katie Musgrave

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Stu&ents will' 1. Identify the first and second step of the writing process (background knowledge and brainstorming) 2. articipate in the brainstorming process by filling out a brainstorming sheet !. "reate a rough draft of the writing #If I lived in a snowglobe$%

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!bservations' )e* +uestions& 0ro&ucts/0er/or,ances' !bserve writing What ,ight it be li-e to live in a snowglobe. Who ,ight we see. What woul& we &o /or /un. What ,ight the weather be li-e. Rough &ra/t o/ writing

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s,art boar& /or intro vi&eo blan- paper scribblers goo& cop* paper Ti,e 2 minutes 2 minutes

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Attention Grabber Assessment of Prior Knowledge Advance Organizer/Agenda Transition to Body Intro&uction 1nowglobe I234 video trailer clip. 5hink back to your snowglobes that we made on 5hursday. +hat types of things did we talk about go in a snowglobe( +hat did we put in our snowglobes( 1. hook video 2. brainstorming !. rough draft 5he little snowman was stuck in his snowglobe and he was trying to get out so that he could live in the warm sunny area with his friends. Maybe for some people living in a snowglobe wouldn6t be happy. 5oday we are going to write about what it might be like to live in a snowglobe. "o&* Intro to writing process& "rainstor,ing& demonstrate a web map on the board8 have students suggest words to put into the brainstorming. 9rainstorm about snowglobe contents. (+eather8 who we see8 what we do) : three sub bubbles 1tudents will make this web on their own blank paper. ;bserve by walking around and checking the students work 9egin rough &ra/t& have students open up their writing scribblers to a blank page. 4ead students my e2e,plar to bring them back to paying attention. 5hey are then to begin their own story that starts with #If I lived in a snowglobe% $losure <e,t lesson we are going to complete our writing and begin partner editing so that we can put our writing up with our snowglobe art pro=ects> Re/lections

7 Ti,e 10 minutes

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15 minutes Ti,e 1 minute

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5his may take longer than one period. 1tudents should at least be close to finishing their writing drafts.

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe