Appendix – Implementing District Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2Recount stories and determines their central message, lesson, or moral.
Students will retell events in their own lives as they craft their small moment narratives in picture book format, explaining why they chose these experiences to write about and why makes want to share them with others.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Students will use the art work of Patricia Polacco and Tomie dePaola to demonstrate understanding of the autobiographical picture books created by each author. Using photographs from home and school, as well as illustrations of their own, students will be creating their own texts that will include characters, plot, and setting.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.3Write 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.
As students create their own autobiographical picture books series, they will demonstrate the skill of writing a well-elaborated event that includes details of their personal experiences.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.5With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
During Writer's Workshop, the students will draft, revise, and edit their autobiographies as they develop their writing skills. Teachers will conference individually on a regular basis to guide and advise and students will engage in peer editing to support each other.
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