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Alternate Unit 3
2nd Grade
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Argue if Spider has more positive or negative traits by defending claims or opinions to content-related questions.
Book: The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
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Describe Spider. What word best describes him? Defend.
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Literary terms, text-based vocabulary, idioms and word parts to be taught with the text
Review unit vocabulary, specifically character traits.
clever
adj.
smart in a tricky way
mischievous
likes to cause trouble (in a playful way)
brilliant
very smart
greedy
wants to eat a large amount of food
gullible
easily tricked
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L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.2.9 — Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.
SL.2.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
W.2.1 — Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.2.1.e — Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
L.2.1.f — Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
L.2.3.a — Compare formal and informal uses of English.
RL.2.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2—3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Perform a reader’s theater version of Anansi by reading with sufficient accuracy and fluency.
Explain why people in West Africa tell folktales about Spider by making inferences about key details that support the central message of a story.
Standards
RL.2.1RL.2.2
Describe Spider by describing how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
L.2.6RL.2.2RL.2.3
Recount “How Spider Got a Thin Waist” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.4
Retell “Why Spider Lives in Ceilings” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2RL.2.5RL.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.4
Construct better and more informative sentences by using question words to add more details.
L.2.1.eL.2.1.f
Explain if Spider had been helpful or not by explaining how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
L.2.6RL.2.2RL.2.3RL.2.9
Retell “How Spider Got a Bald Head” and determine the central message or lesson.
Retell “How Spider Helped a Fisherman” and determine the central message or lesson.
Explain what lesson Spider learned and how he learned it by recounting stories and determining their central lesson.
Retell “Why Spiders Live in Dark Corners” including the central message or lesson.
Explain why Spider decided to throw the pot on the ground by describing how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Retell “How the World Got Wisdom” and determine the central message or lesson.
RL.2.2RL.2.5SL.2.1SL.2.2SL.2.4
L.2.6RL.2.3RL.2.9SL.2.1SL.2.2W.2.1
3 days
RF.2.3RF.2.4RL.2.4SL.2.4
4 days
Write a trickster tale featuring Spider that includes details about a beginning, middle, and end.
L.2.2.cL.2.6W.2.3W.2.5
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