South Dakota ELA 2.W.3

2.W.3 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• 2.W.3.a

  recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events.

• 2.W.3.b

  Include details to describe actions, thoughts, dialogue, and feelings.

• 2.W.3.c

  Use transition words to signal event order.

• 2.W.3.d

  Provide a sense of closure.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students write a story or poem about one event or a few events. They show what people do, think, say, and feel. They use words like first and next to show order, then give the story an ending.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A reader can follow what happened without guessing the order. The writing includes specific actions, a thought, a line of dialogue, and a feeling. The last line shows how the event turned out.

03

Common Misconceptions

Some students list events but leave out what anyone thought, said, or felt. Others use then for every step or stop at the most exciting moment without showing how things turned out.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Write four or five sentences about finding a puppy, including what you did, thought, said, and felt. Use first, next, and finally, and tell how it ended.

1. 01

   Give pairs picture cards showing a spill, mopping, and a dry floor; have them order the cards and write a sentence for each.

2. 02

   Write 'Maya spilled the juice' on the board; ask, 'What might Maya think and say next?' Have partners share two lines.

3. 03

   Play Transition Swap: write 'I mixed the batter. I baked the cake. I ate a slice.' Students add first, next, and finally.

4. 04

   After a class experiment, students write a family note: what they tried, what someone said, how they felt, and how it ended.

• 1.W.3

  Write narratives that:

• 5.W.3

  Write narratives (story, poetry, or drama) to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and clear ...

• 3.W.3

  Write narratives (e.g. story, poetry, drama) to develop real and imagined experiences or events using descriptive details, and clear event sequences.