Writing a Narrative About Curiosity
Grade
Grade 2
UNIT
4
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Curiosity
Unit 4, Lesson 3, “Writing a Narrative About Curiosity,” reinforces the vocabulary word curiosity. Students will have the opportunity to write narratives about how they, or a character they create, have shown curiosity. 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.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Demonstrate comprehension of the word curiosity
- 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 4 Worksheet 3: Writing a Narrative About Curiosity
VOCABULARY:
- Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will write a narrative about curiosity, with a beginning, middle, and end.
- We read two stories about curiosity, one about the character Nikolai from The Three Questions, the other a true story about Kelvin Doe.
- Our stories 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 a short sequence of events that explain how a character that I create, named Emma, showed curiosity.
- Second, the story should include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings. Third, the story should use temporal words to signal event order.
- Beginning: Emma had flown on an airplane with her family to Disney World, and she really wanted to understand how airplanes fly.
- Middle: Emma asked her mom to buy her a book about how airplanes fly. She read the book with excitement. Next, her dad showed her some videos about airplanes. She watched the videos many times, paying close attention. From the videos, she learned that airplanes fly by using specially designed wings, called airfoils, to lift the airplane and an engine to move it through the air.
- Finally, the story should provide a sense of closure.
- End: After reading the book and watching the videos, Emma learned how airplanes work. She was very happy that she followed her curiosity and learned something new.
- 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 4 WORKSHEET 3: WRITING A NARRATIVE ABOUT CURIOSITY
Curiosity: I want to learn new things.
ACTIVITY: Write a story about how you—or a character you create—show curiosity.
Beginning:
Middle:
End:
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