KIPP Explore Academy 2nd Grade Writing Long Term Plan
Dates Unit Grammar Goals Comp Goals
Aug. 26 Sept. 20 Personal Narrative Apply rules of capitalization Six Traits: Ideas Identify types of sentences Describe the purpose of each step of the (statement, question, exclamation) writing process (Pre-writing, draft, revise, Identify and sort nouns edit, publish) Singular/Plural nouns Apply the writing process to publish at least Identify proper nouns and distinguish one personal narrative between proper and common nouns Sept. 23 Oct. 18 How to Identify and describe possessive Apply the writing process to publish at least nouns one how to piece of writing Choose whether to use a or an as a noun marker Identify adjectives & describe their purpose Oct. 21 Nov. 15 Narrative Identify linking and helping verbs Six Traits: Word Choice Identify subject & predicate of a Apply the writing process to publish at least sentence one narrative Use quotation marks Nov. 15 Dec. 20 Friendly Letters Use correct friendly letter format Publish at least one friendly letter Use commas in greeting and closure Compose a paragraph with a topic sentence, Use commas correctly with date detail sentences and a closing sentence Form contractions Jan. 6 Jan. 31 Descriptive Writing Distinguish between complete Six Traits: Sentence Fluency sentences, incomplete sentences, and Publish at least one piece of descriptive run-on sentences writing Correct incomplete and run-on sentences Feb. 3 Mar. 7 Persuasive Writing Identify prepositions and explain Six Traits: Voice, Conventions their purpose Publish one persuasive letter. Analyze sentences for subject-verb agreement Apply CUPS (Capitalization, Use complete sentences, punctuation, spelling) when editing. Mar. 10 Apr. 18 Poetry Apply spelling rule for doubling Six Traits: Ideas, Word Choice consonant Identify alliteration, onomatopoeia, similies Apply spelling rule for dropping y to and metaphors in their own writing add i (er) Publish poems (haiku, diamonte, cinquain, Superlative adjectives (nice, nicer, etc.) nicest) Apr. 21 May 30 Expository Writing: Review for mastery of grammar skills Six Traits: Organization Research Publish at least one paper/research. Two or more paragraphs where each paragraph has a main idea.