Text Based Writing, Grade 2

Ideal for preparing your second-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards, this series offers scaffolded text-based writing practice with essential nonfiction writing forms, such as:-Compare and contrast-Sequence-Explanatory-Informative-Cause and effect-OpinionThe 15 units provide activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes:-a picture dictionary with content vocabulary words to help students connect words with meanings-close reading of a leveled nonfiction article-text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding-a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing-a text-dependent writing promptTeachers will appreciate these additional resources and features!-Downloadable home school connection activities and projects help teachers encourage learning at home.-Common Core State Standards correlations are located on each unit for easy reference.-The reading level is provided to help identify appropriate texts.-The suggested learning path helps teachers pace the lesson, and makes scaffolding easy!The leveled nonfiction reading selections include:-Biographies-Geography articles-Health articles-Science articles-Social studies articlesBetter Together! Nonfiction Writing and Text-Based Writing: NonfictionNonfiction Writing introduces students to the elements of expository, narrative, and persuasive writing, while Text-Based Writing asks students to practice these nonfiction writing forms in text-dependent paragraphs and essays.