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Grade 2 English Language Arts · Level 5, Plan, compose, revise, discuss, listen, and present for real Grade 2 communication purposes.

Recount and Present Clearly

Tell a story or recount an experience with relevant details, speak audibly in coherent complete sentences, and organize a short presentation.

How the lesson starts: Recount and Present Clearly

1. Amara's big adventure

   This is Amara the ant. Yesterday she went on a big picnic adventure! Tomorrow she will tell the whole anthill about it. She wants to tell it clearly. Let's help Amara!

2. Say whole sentences

   A whole sentence tells who and what happened. We found a giant cookie. The word we tells who. Found a giant cookie tells what happened. Found a giant cookie? Who found it? That is not whole.

3. Whole or not?

   Tell what happened at the park. Played tag at the park? Who played? The kids at the park? What happened? We played tag at the park after school. Who and what happened. Whole!