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Sentences

Teachers Name Nawal Elhellani
Grade Level of Students Second Grade
Subject Matter English
Length of Lesson Two class periods
Key Goal/ Enduring
Understanding
We have four types of sentences: statements, questions,
exclamations and commands. Sentences have two parts: a
subject and a predict. Two sentences can be joined using the
word and
Essential Question How many types of sentences do we have? What are they? How
many parts does a sentence have? What are they? How can two
sentences be joined?
Curriculum
Framework/ Standard
-Council of Chief State Officers (CCSSO)
Second Grade Language Standards
Conventions of Standard English
L.2.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard
English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
o Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
o Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g.,
feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
o Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
o Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular
verbs (e.g., sat, hid, and told).
o Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them
depending on what is to be modified.
o 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.2.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard
English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
o Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
o Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
o Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently
occurring possessives.
o Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g.,
cage badge; boy boil).
o Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as
needed to check and correct spellings.
Knowledge of Language
L.2.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when
writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
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o Compare formal and informal uses of English.
o Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.2.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and
multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading
and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
o Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word
or phrase.
o Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known
prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy,
tell/retell).
o Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown
word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).
o Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict
the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse,
housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
o Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital,
to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
L.2.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word
relationships and nuances in word meanings.
o Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g.,
describe foods that are spicy or juicy).
o Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs
(e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin,
slender, skinny, scrawny).
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).

Learning Objectives -Students will be able to tell how many types of sentences we
have in the English language.
- Students will be able to know what the types are.
- Students will be able to know the difference between all of the
types.
-Students will be able to give the meaning of each type with
examples.
-Students will know what each type ends with. (Question mark,
period, exclamation mark).
-Students will be able to know how many parts a sentence has.
- Students will be able to know what the parts of the sentences
are.
-Students will be able to know the meaning of each part and
give examples.
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- Students will be able to know that two sentences can be joined
using the conjunction and.
Materials 1) - Overhead projector
2) - 3 dry-erase markers ( Red, Green and Blue)
3) - Computers with Microsoft Word installed
4) - Printer
Procedure 1) 1) Teacher will divide class into groups of 3 or 4.
2) 2) Teacher will introduce the lesson in an interesting way.
3) 3) Teacher will ask students what they think sentences are and
what they know about them.
4) 4) Teacher will ask them to type sentences on Microsoft Word
about anything that comes to their mind and will help students
print them.
5) 5) Teacher will choose one of her students papers and write the
sentence on the overhead projector and will start going deeper
into the lesson little by little.
Technology Uses This lesson consumes classroom computers, printer, and
overhead projector.
Analysis and Extension Students will be assessed in the following way:
One student from one group uses teachers overhead projector
to write the sentence they had already typed, a second student
from a different group comes up to determine the type, a third
student from another group will tell the parts of it and so on,
until all of the students from all groups will have shared their
sentences with their classmates and participated in this activity.
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