Curriculum / ELA / 2nd Grade / Unit 5: Finding Your Power: Freddie Ramos / Lesson 20
ELA
Unit 5
2nd Grade
Lesson 20 of 21
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Write a story describing how you use a superpower by writing a narrative that includes details that describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.
Book: Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs Into Action by Jacqueline Jules
Book: Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off by Jacqueline Jules
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Imagine that you wake up one morning with a new superpower. You only have the superpower for a day. Write a story describing how you use your superpower.
Make sure your story includes the following things:
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L.2.1.e — Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
L.2.2.e — Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
L.2.5.b — Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
W.2.3 — Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
W.2.5 — With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Lesson 19
Lesson 21
Explain how Freddie feels about the shoes by using details from the text to describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3
Identify and explain the descriptive language the author uses to describe the shoes by describing how words and phrases supply meaning to a story.
L.2.6 RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.4
Explain why the chapter is titled, “The Mysteries Begin” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.5
Explain why the chapter is titled, “A Pretty Regular Night for a Superhero” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 RL.2.6
Writing
Use subordinating conjunctions to write more interesting and complex sentences.
L.2.1.f
Explain if Freddie is a superhero by using details to retell how characters respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.6
Explain why the chapter is called, "Poopee Isn't Good for Starwood Park" by using details to retell how characters respond to major events and challenges.
RF.2.4 RL.2.3 RL.2.6
Explain if Freddie’s actions make him a superhero by using details to retell how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain why the chapter is titled, “I Solve the Final Mystery” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Discussion & Writing
Describe Freddie and Mr. Vaslov and how they respond to key events by preparing for and participating in a class discussion using evidence from the entire text.
L.2.6 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.5 SL.2.1 SL.2.6
Narrative Writing – 3 days
Write a narrative that continues Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off and includes a strong lead and temporal words to show time passing.
W.2.3 W.2.5
Explain how Freddie Ramos shows confidence by using details to describe characters and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain how Freddie’s feelings about his shoes have changed and why by using details to describe characters and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain why the chapter is titled, “Inventions Take Time” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain if Freddie should have taken the wristband and why by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain how what others think of him influences how Freddie behaves by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Defend if Freddie is a superhero by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Explain why the chapter is titled, “An Extra Button” by using details to retell key events and how characters respond to major events and challenges.
Describe Freddie and Mr. Vaslov and what motivates them both by preparing for and participating in a class discussion using evidence from the entire text.
Narrative Writing – 5 days
L.2.1.e L.2.2.e L.2.5.b W.2.3 W.2.5
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