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L.2.1e
Spice up the Story
Directions: Read the story. Then rewrite it below, using adjectives and adverbs to
make it more interesting. Use the back of this page if you need more space.
(Use “worksheets” cautiously. You might use the worksheet as a model, in a
collaborative group where students only have one worksheet and have to discuss
the answers, or you might display the worksheet on the board and use 1-2 questions
as an exit ticket or journal response where they answer the question and
explain/justify their answers.)
Nancy Fetzer: Fancy Words Deck-O-Cards
http://www.nancyfetzer.com/pdf/writing/fancywordsdeckocards.pdf
Fancy words cards, are a deck of cards with icons that represent different types of
fancy words that can be used to add more style and voice to writing.
My Camping Trip
In each sentence, circle the word that is being modified. Then choose either the
adjective or adverb to fill in the blank.
 Last weekend I reluctant / reluctantly went camping.
 I packed a lot of necessary / necessarily things.
(Use “worksheets” cautiously. You might use the worksheet as a model, in a
collaborative group where students only have one worksheet and have to discuss
the answers, or you might display the worksheet on the board and use 1-2 questions
as an exit ticket or journal response where they answer the question and
explain/justify their answers.)
Anchor Cart and Student Journal Lists:
Teachers create an “adjective” and an “adverb” anchor chart with their students.
Students create “Adjective” and “Adverb” lists in their journals. Students can then add
words to the chart or their own lists in their journals. The words can be collected from
books they are reading, word walls, and other print throughout the room, etc.
Adjectives
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L.2.1e
Adverbs
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L.2.1e
Nancy Fetzer Sentence Builder
Have students brainstorm adjectives and adverbs and use that list to create sentences
using the Nancy Fetzer Sentence Builder.
http://www.commoncorestandardswriting.com/nancy-fetzers-grades-2-3-writingcurriculum-online-training/
 Sentence Builder Template and Instructional Information: The Sentence
Builder chart is used to demonstrate many strategies and skills for
sophisticated sentence writing. This tool may be used to build elaborate,
well-developed topic sentences/thesis statements, story openings, and
powerful sentences with transitions.
 Sentence Builder Cards: The sentence pattern Blueprints are color-coded
cards used to form three different types of sentence structures. These cards
include adjectives, nouns, and verbs for the parts of speech, and why, how,
where, and when questions to add modifiers to the sentences. Once a
sentence is constructed using the cards, students then move the modifiers
(where, when, how, and why cards) as a technique to revise and vary a
sentence.
Nancy Fetzer Narrative/Opinion Writing Strategies:
Teachers may use their Fetzer manual or the online link as a resource for planning
the writing process. The link contains demonstration videos and blackline masters.
Click on the link and scroll to the Narrative/Opinion Section.
http://www.commoncorestandardswriting.com/nancy-fetzers-grades-2-3-writingcurriculum-online-training/
Nancy Fetzer Training Modules are also available on LCPS Blackboard
CCSS Appendix C 2nd Grade Writing Sample and Annotation: This page and link
will provide an exemplar of grade level narrative writing (page 17), including an
explanation (annotation). An exemplar of opinion writing is on page 15.
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_C.pdf
Florida Center for Reading Research (fcrr):
Build a Sentence
Teachers can create their own cards with “adjectives” and “adverbs” and then utilize
the following activity for instruction and practice.
http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/c_005a.pdf