Creature Comforts Descriptive Writing

Objective Students will be able to write a descriptive paragraph about an object special to them.
Grade Level Expectations: 2nd Grade Standard 3: Writing and Composition Students will implement the writing process successfully to plan, revise, and edit written work Concepts and Skills Students Master: 1. Exploring the writing process helps to plan and draft a variety of literary genres d. Write simple, descriptive poems e. Write with precise nouns, active verbs, and descriptive adjectives f. Use a knowledge of structure and crafts of various forms of writing gained through reading and listening to mentor texts 3. Appropriate spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation are used and applied when writing d. With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers (CCSS: W.2.6) ISTE NETS and Performance Indicators for Students (NETS-S) 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression 6. Technology Operations and Concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students: a. understand and use technology systems b. select and use applications effectively and productively Read Creature Comforts: People and Their Security Objects by Barbara Collopy OHalloran Discuss security objects with children Send home note to bring comfort object to school along with homework describing the comfort object (creature comforts 2010) Take picture of sudent with comfort object!!! Model using homework to create a descriptive paragraph Use homework to guide paragraph writing independently or in small groups Revise and edit paragraphs with peers Type final copy of paragraph into word document template (cctemplate) Model using homework and/or paragraph to create a cinquain poem about comfort object (cccinquain) Type poem into word document template

Standards/Benchmarks Content Area: Reading, Writing, and Communicating

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Instructional Procedures

Creature Comforts Descriptive Writing

Differentiated Instructional Support

Insert picture of child with comfort object into word document template Print each childs word document and turn into class book

ILP/ELA:
Work with a partner/parent to write ideas (if homework not completed) Use a cloze paragraph for their writing (ccclozeparagraph)

Assessment

See ccwrtingrubric