Writing a Narrative About Optimism
Grade
Grade 2
UNIT
1
•
Optimism
Unit 1, Lesson 3, “Writing a Narrative About Optimism,” reinforces the vocabulary word optimism. Students will have the opportunity to write narratives about how they, or a character they create, have shown optimism. Students will recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
.jpg)
SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate comprehension of the word optimism
- Create a narrative that recounts a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events
- Include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings
- Use temporal words to signal event order
- Provide a sense of closure
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Prohuman Grade 2 Unit 1 Worksheet 3: Writing a Narrative About Optimism
VOCABULARY:
- Optimism: I have hope and believe that my actions will help things to turn out well
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will write a story about optimism, with a beginning, middle, and end.
- Write optimism on the board. Tell students that we read two stories about optimism, one about the characters frog and toad, the other a true story about Yash Gupta.
- The stories we write should do four things. Let’s go through all four things with an example story.
- First, the story should focus on either one event in detail, or a short sequence of events. I am going to write a story about one event when my grandma showed optimism.
- My grandma took me to the arcade to play games and she believed I would win a prize.
- Second, the story should include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings. Third, the story should use temporal words to signal event order.
- Beginning: My grandma drove me in her red car to the arcade. I was happy to be with my grandma and excited to play games.
- Middle: After I played the first three games, I was sad because I didn’t win, but my grandma was optimistic. She believed that things would turn out well and that I would win the fourth game.
- Finally, the story should provide a sense of closure.
- End: I won the fourth game! I was very happy and glad that my grandma believed that things would turn out well for me.
- Now you will write your own story on your worksheet.
NOTE: Collect and keep the worksheet on the following page for the next day’s lesson in which students will share their stories with a partner.
GRADE 2 UNIT 1 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING A NARRATIVE ABOUT OPTIMISM
Optimism: I have hope and believe that my actions will help things to turn out well.
ACTIVITY: Write a story about how you—or a character you create—show optimism.
Beginning:
Middle:
End:
Prohuman K-12 Curriculum © 2025 by Prohuman Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/