Subject/Grade or Course:
2nd
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Unit Name: Conventions of Standard English
grade
Pacing:
Common Core Focus Standards for the Unit:
Language
 L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
 L.2.1a Use collective nouns (e.g., group)
 L.2.1c Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves)
 L.2.1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told)
 L.2.1e Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is modified.
Common Core Focus Standards # from above:
Common Core Focus Standards # from above:
Language:
 L.2.1a
 L.2.1c
 L.2.1d
 L.2.1e
Overarching Understanding(s):
 Students will identify and correctly use collective nouns in
writing and/or speaking.
 Students will identify and correctly use reflexive pronouns
in writing and/or speaking.
 Students will identify, form, and correctly use the past
tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs in writing
and/or speaking.
 Students will identify and correctly use adjectives and
adverbs in writing and/or speaking.
 Students will correctly choose between adjectives and
adverbs depending on what is to be modified in writing
and/or speaking.
Essential Questions:
 When do I use a collective noun? (group, team, class, school, herd)
 When do I use a reflective pronoun? (myself, ourselves)
 What is the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs? (sat, hid)
 What is a describing word? (adjective)
 What is a word that tells how? (adverb)
 What word does the adjective describe? (noun)
 What word does the adverb describe? (verb)
 What is the difference between common nouns, proper nouns, and
collective nouns?
 What is the difference between different pronouns (e.g., subject pronouns,
possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns)?
Subject/Grade or Course:
2nd
grade
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Unit Name: Conventions of Standard English
Pacing:
Knowledge,
Reasoning, or Skill
Targets
“What I need to
know.”
“What I can do with
what I know.”
“What I can
demonstrate.”
Claim & Depth of
Knowledge
STUDENT-FRIENDLY LEARNING TARGET STATEMENTS
 I know a noun can be a person, place, or thing.
 I know I can add –s or –es to a noun to make it plural.
 I know I have to change the spelling of some nouns to make them plural (e.g. tooth—teeth). These are called irregular
plural nouns.
 I know a verb shows action; it is what someone or something is or does.
 I know I can –ed to most verbs to show past tense.
 I know pronouns are words that can be used in place of nouns.
 I know some pronouns are possessive pronouns.
 I can identify and correctly use collective nouns in writing and/or speaking.
 I can identify and correctly use reflexive pronouns in writing and/or speaking.
 I can identify, form, and correctly use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs in writing and/or speaking.
 I can identify and correctly use adjectives and adverbs in writing and/or speaking.
 I can describe a noun using appropriate adjectives.
 I can describe a verb using appropriate adverbs.
 I can differentiate between common nouns, proper nouns, and collective nouns.
 I can differentiate between subject pronouns, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns.
 I can differentiate adverbs and adjectives by asking such questions as, “What kind? How many? How? When? and
Where?”
 I can demonstrate, in writing, the correct grammar and usage of the following: collective nouns, reflexive pronouns,
irregular past tense verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
[ X ] Claim #1 Language DOK: 1 (Identify, use, match)
[ X ] Claim #2 Language DOK: 2 (Construction)
[ X ] Claim #3 Language DOK: 3 (Differentiate)
[ X ] Claim #4 Language DOK: 4 (Create)
Performance Tasks
Claim #1 (Language) I can show I learned the task by:
that Provide
 Identifying a word as a noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, or adverb in a written sentence.
Evidence for Selected
 Identifying a noun as common, proper, or collective in a written sentence.
Claims
 Choosing the correct collective noun to be used in a written sentence.
“I can show I learned
 Identifying a word as a subject pronoun, possessive pronoun, or reflexive pronoun.
the task by…”
 Choosing the correct reflexive pronoun to be used in a written sentence.
Subject/Grade or Course:
2nd
grade
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Unit Name: Conventions of Standard English
Pacing:
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Identifying an irregular past tense verb in a written sentence.
Choosing the correct irregular past tense verb in a written sentence.
Matching an irregular past tense verb with its present tense.
Identifying a word as an adjective depending on what it modifies (noun).
Identifying a word as an adverb depending on what it modifies (verb).
Choosing an adjective to correctly modify a noun.
Choosing an adverb to correctly modify a verb.
Claim #2 (Language) I can show I learned the task by:
 Forming frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told) from frequently occurring present tense verbs (sit, hide,
tell).
 Writing complete sentences using collective nouns correctly.
 Writing complete sentences using reflexive pronouns correctly.
 Writing complete sentences using frequently occurring irregular verbs.
 Writing complete sentences using adjectives correctly.
 Writing complete sentences using adverbs correctly.
Claim #3 (Language) I can show I learned the task by:
 Differentiating between common nouns, proper nouns, and collective nouns in a written sentence.
 Differentiating between subject pronouns, possessive pronouns, and reflexive pronouns in a written sentence.
 Differentiating between adjectives and adverbs in a written sentence.
Claim #4 (Language) I can show I learned the task by:
 Creating a narrative story (or other) using the correct usage of collective nouns, reflexive pronouns, irregular past tense
verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as appropriate.
Materials/Resources
Easy Grammar
Step Up to Writing
Google It!
www.fcrr Florida Center for Reading Research ELA activities and games
Pinterest
Teachers Pay Teachers
Super Teachers worksheets
Subject/Grade or Course:
2nd
grade
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Unit Name: Conventions of Standard English
Pacing:
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