GRADE 2
UNIT 1: NARRATIVE WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
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• Mode Lesson: Plot • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: The Little Red Fort • Mode Lesson: Characters • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: The Little Red Fort • Mode Lesson: Setting • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: The Little Red Fort • Trait Lesson: Spelling Well (Conventions) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: The Whales
• Trait Lesson: Finding a Big Idea (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Tony Baloney • Trait Lesson: Starting With a Bold Beginning (Organization) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: A to Z: Kenya • Trait Lesson: Expressing a Feeling (Voice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Detective Blue Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
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SIX 4-WEEK UNITS ON NARRATIVE, INFORMATIONAL, AND OPINION WRITING
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Mentor Texts in Modes in Focus (MIF) You’ll Use
UNIT 2: INFORMATIONAL WRITING Week Days 1 and 2
Days 3 and 4
Day 5
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• Mode Lesson: Facts and Details • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 4–7 • Mentor Text: The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon*
• Trait Lesson: Choosing Zippy Verbs (Word Choice) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Gone With the Wand • Trait Lesson: Building Complete Sentences (Sentence Fluency) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 4–5 • Mentor Text: Hot Rod Hamster • Trait Lesson: Focusing on the Big Idea (Ideas) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: Tony Baloney Invite students to choose a favorite piece of writing from the unit and share it with the class.
Conventions: Teach a grade-level standard for conventions and have students apply it by editing a piece of their writing from this week.
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• Mode Lesson: Structure and Features
• MIF Teaching Guide, pages 8–11 • Mentor Text: The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon* • Mode Lesson: Clarity and Focus • MIF Teaching Guide, pages 12–15 • Mentor Text: The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon* • Trait Lesson: Capitalizing Correctly (Conventions) • TCP Teaching Guide, pages 6–7 • Mentor Text: The Whales
Mentor Texts in Trait Crate Plus (TCP) You’ll Use
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*Hybrid text. See page 2 for an explanation.
12 • Modes & Traits: Writing Lessons Across the Year
How to Combine Your Crates and Sequence the Lessons, Grade 2 • 13
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