Writing




We have been working on writing our opinions and supporting them with reasons and examples or evidence from text.  The children have been writing opinions about characters from books they have read.  I will include below a copy of the Opinion Writing Checklist from the Lucy Calkins units we use to score our work.



Narrative Writing Checklist

Grade 2
Not Yet
Starting To
Yes!
Structure
Overall
I wrote about one time when I did something.
Lead
I thought about how to write a good beginning and chose a way to start my story.  I chose the action, talk, or setting that would make a good beginning.
Transitions
I told my story in order by using words like when, then, and after. 
Ending
I chose and action, talk, or feeling that would make a good ending.
Organization
My piece had a lot of lines on a page and  several pages. 
Development
Elaboration
I tried to bring my characters to life with details, talk, and actions.
Craft
I chose strong words that would help readers picture my story 
Language Conventions
Spelling
I used what I knew about spelling patterns (tion, er, ly, etc.) to spell a word.
I spelled all of the word wall words correctly and used the word wall to help me figure out how to spell other words.
Punctuation
I used quotation marks to show what characters said.
When I used words such as can’t and don’t, I put in the apostrophe.

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