CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1e

ELA2nd GradeConventions of Standard English

The Standard

Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students add details that describe people, places, things, and actions. They decide whether a describing word belongs with a noun or a verb.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students describe nouns with adjectives and actions with adverbs. They can explain which word each describing word changes and revise errors such as “sang beautiful.”
Common Misconceptions: Students may use an adjective for an action, such as “runs quick.” They may also think every word ending in “-ly” describes an action.
How to Assess It: Give students: “The noisy dog barked loudly.” Ask them to circle the word describing the dog and underline the word describing how it barked.

Lesson moves

Give pairs noun and verb cards, then have them attach adjective sticky notes to nouns and adverb sticky notes to verbs.
Ask students to write two sentences about a playful puppy, one describing the puppy and one describing how it moves.
Play a sorting relay where teams place word cards under “describes a person, place, or thing” or “describes an action.”
Study a weather report and list words that describe the day, then add words showing how rain, wind, or snow moves.

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