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L.2.1f
Standard: L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.2.1f Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound
sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watch the movie; The
action movie was watched by the little boy).
Unpacked Standard: 2.2.1 An understanding of language is essential for effective
communication. “The inclusion of Language standards in their own strand should not be taken
as in indication that skills related to conventions, knowledge of language, and vocabulary are
unimportant to reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing; indeed, they are inseparable
from such contexts.”
Second grade students must have a command of the grammar and usage of spoken and written
standard English. Standards that are related to conventions are appropriate to formal spoken
English as they are to formal written English.
In this grade, emphasis expands to include irregular nouns and verbs, reflexive pronouns,
adverbs, and more complex sentences.
With conventions, students are becoming more adept at ending punctuation, expanding their
understanding and usage of capitalization, and are beginning to use reference materials.
2.2.1f *Simple Sentence: a sentence having only one clause (a main/independent clause can stand
alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the
sentence I was there when he arrived), as I saw her the day before yesterday.* Compound Sentence:
a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more
conjunctions, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell
(independent clause).
 Students will be need to be able to identify and use simple sentences (one
independent clause)  Students will need to be able to identify and use compound sentences (at least two
independent clauses)
What students need to know:
Students know to expand their language
with the use of
 Simple sentences
 Compound sentences
What students need to do:
 Identify and Compose simple sentences
 Identify and Compose compound
sentences
Level 1
Entering
Identify and
use simple
and then
compound
sentences by
demonstrati
ng command
of the
conventions
of English
grammar in
triads or
partner
groups with
teacher
support
during a
speaking
activity.
Level 2
Emerging
Identify and
use simple
and then
compound
sentences by
demonstrati
ng command
of the
conventions
of English
grammar in a
partner
group with
teacher
support
during a
speaking
activity.
Level 3
Developing
Identify and
use simple
and
compound
sentences by
demonstrati
ng command
of the
conventions
of English
grammar
using
cooperative
group
structures
with teacher
support
during a
speaking
activity.
Level 4
Expanding
Identify and
use simple
and
compound
sentences by
demonstrati
ng command
of the
conventions
of English
grammar in
partners or
small groups
during a
speaking
activity.
Level 5
Bridging
Identify and
use simple
and
compound
sentences by
demonstrati
ng command
of the
conventions
of English
grammar in
partner
structures
during a
speaking
activity.
ELD Standard: English Language Development Standard 1
English language learners communicate for Social and Instructional purposes
within the school setting.
Level 6 Reaching
Speaking
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L.2.1f