English Language Arts — Grade 2

Vessels in Greek art: Museum pre-visit

This lesson will focus on what vessels are, where we can find them in our everyday world, and the concept that vessels are containers that hold something. This lesson is the first lesson of two.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

By Katie O'Connor.

Stop that run-on!

Run-on sentences inhibit understanding and weaken someone's writing. In this lesson, students will learn to identify run-on sentences and how to fix them. They will then apply those skills to their own writing.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)

By DPI Writing Strategies.

Collecting family stories

Students will interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans (art and media) using the same theme but could be used alone. Student work from all three lessons was compiled in a student portfolio.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)

By Amy Honeycutt, Chris Furry, and Diana Hicks.

Resources on the web

Get Writing with "Weekend News!"

In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshop. Following the writing, students self-assess their work based on criteria developed in the classroom. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink