Pan-Asia English Language Arts: Grade 2

Oral Presentation and Discussion

Standard One: Students will use agreed- upon rules for informal and informal discussion.  They will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge.

1. Benchmarks:
1.1. Follow agreed-upon rules for class discussion (raising one’s hand, waiting one’s turn, and speaking one at a time).
1.2. Contribute knowledge to class discussion in order to develop a topic for a class project.
1.3. Give oral presentations about experiences or interests, using eye contact and clear enunciation.
1.4. Maintain focus on the topic.
1.5. Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way.
1.6. Retell a story with a beginning, middle and end, including important details .
1.7. Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way.
1.8. Use listening skills to obtain information.
1.9. Retell or dramatize traditional literature.

Language

2. Benchmarks:
2.1. Identify and sort common words into categories (opposites, living things)
2.2. Identify base words (look) and their inflectional forms (looks, looked, looking).
2.3. Identify simple words with multiple meanings (saw/saw) using their context.
2.4. Identify common antonyms and synonyms.
2.5. Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of unknown compound words (lunchtime, daydream, raindrop).
2.6. Determine meanings of words by using a beginning dictionary.
2.7. Identify formal and informal language in stories and poems
2.8. Recognize that the names of things can also be the names of actions (fish, dream, run).
2.9. Understand and use fundamental skills in sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and spelling.
2.10. Identify the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes and root words.
2.11. Identify and use common graphic features of texts.

Reading and Literature

Standard Three: Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of speech.  Students will identify, analyze, and apply knowledge of the characteristics of different genres. They will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.

3. Benchmarks:
3.1. Read grade-appropriate narrative and expository text with comprehension, fluency, and   accuracy using appropriate timing, and change in voice and expression.
3.2. Use comprehension strategies such as prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning and summarizing to understand text.
3.3. Demonstrate understanding of the various features of written English.
3.4. Use correct spelling of high-frequency words, whether irregularly or regularly spelled.
3.5. Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence and a paragraph.
3.6. Identify the author and title of a book, and use a table of contents.
3.7. Demonstrate orally that phonemes exist.
3.8. Generate the sounds from long and short-vowel patterns, onsets and rhymes, and combine these   sounds into recognizable words.
3.9. Use knowledge of vowel digraphs, vowel diphthongs, and r-controlled letter-sound associations (as in star) to read words.
3.10. Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
3.11. Read many irregularly spelled words, special vowel spellings, and common word endings.
3.12. Apply knowledge of letter patterns to identify syllables.
3.13. Apply the sounds represented by consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs and diphthongs.
3.14. Use more difficult word families (-ought) and known words to decode unknown words.
3.15. Read words with several syllables.
3.16. Retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end when reading literary texts.
3.17. Distinguish cause from effect when reading literary texts.
3.18. Restate main ideas when reading informational text.
3.19. Use knowledge of common text features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to make predictions and to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials.
3.20. Confirm and discount predictions when reading literary and expository texts and explain why.
3.21. Identify similarities among the works of an author or illustrator.
3.22. Identify different interpretations of the same work by different illustrators.
3.23. Relate themes in works of fiction (folk tales, fables and Greek myths for children) and nonfiction to personal experience.
3.24. Identify words appealing to the five senses in literature and spoken language.
3.25. Identify the different forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and drama in reading and apply this knowledge as a strategy for comprehending text.
3.26. Identify and analyze plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
3.27. Identify and use knowledge of common text features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials.
3.28. Locate facts that distinguish cause from effect, distinguish fact from opinion, and summarize main ideas and supporting details when reading informational texts.
3.29. Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and visual and auditory images in poems that are read aloud, and use these techniques in their writing. Plan and perform readings of selected text for an audience.

Writing and Composition

Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes. Students will use knowledge of standard English conventions in their writing, revising and editing.

4. Benchmarks:
4.1. Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end.
4.2. Write short stories and poems.
4.3. Write letters, directions, or short accounts of personal experiences that follow a logical order.
4.4. Write research questions.
4.5. Write a response to a key question from literature.
4.6. Use a variety of genres when writing for different audiences.
4.7. After writing or dictating a composition, identify words and phrases that could be added to make the thought clearer, more logical, or more expressive.
4.8. Apply rules for capitalization for names and places and capitalization and commas in dates.
4.9. Use correct spelling of sight and/or spelling words.
4.1. Use appropriate end marks such as periods and question marks.
4.2. Arrange events in order when writing or dictating.
4.3. Arrange ideas in a way that makes sense.
4.4. Understand and use writers’ craft in their writing.
4.5. Use knowledge of word study to monitor and check spelling.
4.6. Print upper-and lower-case letters legibly and use them to make words.

Media and Technology

Standard Five: Students will identify, analyze and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements and techniques of film, radio, video, television and multimedia productions.  They will design and create coherent media productions.

5. Benchmarks:
5.1. Identify techniques used in television (actors, animation, close-ups, wide-angle shots, sound effects, music, and expressive graphics) and use their knowledge to distinguish between facts and misleading information.
5.2. Create video and presentations.
 

Oral Presentation and Discussion

Standard One: Students will use agreed- upon rules for informal and informal discussion. They will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge.

Benchmarks:

• 1.1 Follow agreed-upon rules for class discussion (raising one’s hand, waiting one’s turn, and speaking one at a time).
• 1.2 Contribute knowledge to class discussion in order to develop a topic for a class project.
• 1.3 Give oral presentations about experiences or interests, using eye contact and clear enunciation.
• 1.4 Maintain focus on the topic.
• 1.5 Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way.
• 1.6 Retell a story with a beginning, middle and end, including important details .
• 1.7 Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way.
• 1.8 Use listening skills to obtain information.
• 1.9 Retell or dramatize traditional literature.

Language

Standard Two: Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading and writing. They will analyze standard English grammar and usage and recognize how its vocabulary has developed and been influenced by other languages.

Benchmarks:

• 2.1 Identify and sort common words into categories (opposites, living things)
• 2.2 Identify base words (look) and their inflectional forms (looks, looked, looking).
• 2.3 Identify simple words with multiple meanings (saw/saw) using their context.
• 2.4 Identify common antonyms and synonyms.
• 2.5 Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of unknown compound words (lunchtime, daydream, raindrop).
• 2.6 Determine meanings of words by using a beginning dictionary.
• 2.7 Recognize that the names of things can also be the names of actions (fish, dream, run).
• 2.8 Understand and use the fundamental skills in sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, spelling as defined in the BPS Course Guides.
• Identify and use common graphic features.

Reading and Literature

Standard Three: Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of speech. They will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.

Benchmarks:

• 3.1 Read grade-appropriate narrative and expository text with comprehension, fluency, and accuracy using appropriate timing, and change in voice and expression.
• 3.2 Use comprehension strategies such as prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning and summarizing to understand text.
• 3.3 Demonstrate understanding of the various features of written English.
• 3.4 Use correct spelling of high-frequency words, whether irregularly or regularly spelled.
• 3.5 Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence and a paragraph.
• 3.6 Identify the author and title of a book, and use a table of contents.
• 3.7 Demonstrate orally that phonemes exist.
• 3.8 Generate the sounds from long and short-vowel patterns, onsets and rhymes, and combine these sounds into recognizable words.
• 3.9 Use knowledge of vowel digraphs, vowel diphthongs, and r-controlled letter-sound associations (as in star) to read words.
• 3.10 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode written English.
• 3.11 Read many irregularly spelled words, special vowel spellings, and common word endings.
• 3.12 Apply knowledge of letter patterns to identify syllables.
• 3.13 Apply the sounds represented by consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs and diphthongs.
• 3.14 Use more difficult word families (-ought) and known words to decode unknown words.
• 3.15 Read words with several syllables.
• 3.16 Retell a story’s beginning, middle, and end when reading literary texts.
• 3.17 Distinguish cause from effect when reading literary texts.
• 3.18 Restate main ideas when reading informational text.
• 3.19 Use knowledge of common text features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to make predictions and to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials.
• 3.20 Confirm and discount predictions when reading literary and expository texts and explain why.
• 3.21 Identify similarities among the works of an author or illustrator.
• 3.22 Identify different interpretations of the same work by different illustrators.
• 2.23 Relate themes in works of fiction (folk tales, fables and Greek myths for children) and nonfiction to personal experience.
• 3.24 Identify words appealing to the five senses in literature and spoken language.
• 3.25 Identify the different forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and drama in reading and apply this knowledge as a strategy for comprehending text.
• 3.26 Identify and analyze plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write.
• 3.27 Identify and use knowledge of common text features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials.
• 3.28 Locate facts that distinguish cause from effect, distinguish fact from opinion, and summarize main ideas and supporting details when reading informational texts.
• 3.29 Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and visual and auditory images in poems that are read aloud, and use these techniques in their writing. Plan and perform readings of selected text for an audience.

Writing and Composition

Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes. Students will use knowledge of standard English conventions in their writing, revising and editing.

Benchmarks:

• 4.1 Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end.
• 4.2 Write short stories and poems.
• 4.3 Write letters, directions, or short accounts of personal experiences that follow a logical order.
• 4.4 Write research questions.
• 4.5 Write a response to a key question from literature.
• 4.6 Use a variety of genres when writing for different audiences.
• 4.7 After writing or dictating a composition, identify words and phrases that could be added to make the thought clearer, more logical, or more expressive.
• 4.8 Apply rules for capitalization for names and places and capitalization and commas in dates.
• 4.9 Use correct spelling of sight and/or spelling words.
• 4.10 Use appropriate end marks such as periods and question marks.
• 4.11 Arrange events in order when writing or dictating.
• 4.12 Arrange ideas in a way that makes sense.
• 4.13 Understand and use writers’ craft in their writing.
• 4.14 Use knowledge of word study to monitor and check spelling.
• 4.15 Print upper-and lower-case letters legibly and use them to make words.

Media

Standard Five: Students will identify, analyze and apply knowledge of the conventions, elements and techniques of film, radio, video, television and multimedia productions. They will design and create coherent media productions.

Benchmarks:

• 5.1 Identify techniques used in television (actors, animation, close-ups, wide-angle shots, sound effects, music, and expressive graphics) and use their knowledge to distinguish between facts and misleading information.
• 5.2 Create video and presentations.