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2nd Grade Balanced Literacy Inspired MELD Unit of Study

Supplemental Resources

Historical Heroes, Past and Present Authors: Amy Davis and Binh Powell

TEACHING RESOURCES

   

 

 

 

 

Day 1

 

brave

knight

courageous

role model  

 

 

 

 

 

 

extraordinary

remarkable

incredible

phenomenal

 

hero

amazing

 

 

 

   

 

T.V.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books  

Martin  Luther  King  Jr.     Superman  

 

Mom         Cesar  Chavez  

 

Dad                          Ironman  

 

 

 

Spiderman                                                  

 

Batman         Wonder  Woman  

 Hero  

 

Day 2

 

CCSS College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

Academic Term:

Segregation

Picture

Definition: seg·re·ga·tion  

seɡrəәˈɡāSH(əә)n/  

noun:  segregation  

the  action  or  state  of  setting  someone  or  something  apart  from  other  people  or  things  or  being  set  apart.  "the  segregation  of  pupils  with  learning  difficulties"    the  enforced  separation  of  different  racial  groups  in  a  country,  community,  or  establishment.  

Personal or Academic Connection, or Sentence Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought against segregation.

 

Rosa Parks

What When Where Why How

Lead a December Montgomery, She was tired By refusing

Boycott. 1, 1955 Alabama of injustice. to give up

She finally her seat

enough of on the

being bus. She

treated as was the

a second mother of

class The Civil

citizen Rights

Movement.

 

Day 3

 

Contrastive Analysis

Home Language Academic Language

 

Day 4

 

Contrastive Analysis

Home Language Academic Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 5

 

 

 

 

 

immigrant

non native

settler  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native

Newcomer

 

 

Past Tense Patterns

Work with a partner. Read each example below. Circle every ed that means past tense. Then cut out the boxes and sort each example. Finally, work together to write your own examples in the boxes at the bottom.

Informal Formal

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We played last night.

You skated last year.

Yesterday Lee visit.

Last Friday I shopped.

You skate last year.

I fished once before.

Yesterday Lee visited.

We play last night.

Last Friday I shop.

I fish once before.

 

Day  6    

 

 

 

 

 

boycott

protest

restrict  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

support

ban

 

 

 

   

 

Three  American  Heroes            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1965  

Boycott     march     labor  laws  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United  Farm  workers  

Cesar  Chavez  

 

Cesar Chavez

What When Where Why How

Lead grape August Delano, protest unfair Non violent

Boycott 1965 California labor laws speech

United Farm and working boycott

Workers and living conditions

 

Day 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 9

 

Contrastive Analysis

Home Language Academic Language

 

Day 10

 

Second Grade Writing Rubric

Focus Content Organization Style Convention

4

Maintains a focus on a single object, person, place, or event

Clear ideas are well supported with more than three, varied details that inform the reader.

Writing clearly has an introduction with many supporting details used to support the body. A conclusion is clearly defined.

Uses a variety of sentences and length. Writing contains exact words choices to inform the reader.

All sentences are complete with very few (0-3) or no mistakes in spelling, punctuation, or grammar.

3

Maintains a focus on a single object, person, place, or event. One or two details may not relate to the object, person, place, or event.

Clear ideas are well supported with three details that inform the reader.

Writing has an introduction with supporting details used to support the body. A conclusion is presented.

Uses some varied sentence structure with minimal sentence length. Writing contains word choices to inform the reader.

Most sentences are complete with some (4-7) mistakes in spelling, punctuation, or grammar.

2

Many events and details do not relate to the object, person, place, or event

Clear ideas are well supported with two details that inform the reader.

Introduction, body, and conclusion appear disorganized with few supporting details.

Limited variety of sentence structures with some repetition. Limited word choice to inform the reader.

Some sentences are complete with repeated mistakes in spelling, punctuation, or grammar.

1

Writing has little or no focus on a single object, person, place, or event.

Almost no details which make it difficult for the reader to understand the information.

No organization present.

Uses no variety of sentences and word choices to inform the reader.

Many incomplete sentences with many mistakes in spelling, punctuation, or grammar making it difficult to read.