ELA 2nd Grade Literature

Description

• Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions about key details in a literary text

• Describe major and minor characters and their traits using key details

• Describe how characters respond to major events and challenges (e.g., how does the character solve the problem?)

• Determine the central message or moral of poems and stories such as fables or folktales from diverse cultures, and connect themes to life experiences

• Describe the overall structure of a story including what is introduced in the beginning and what is resolved at the end

• Identify patterns of rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and alliteration in stories, poems, or songs, and describe their effect on the reader

• Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same or similar stories such as those by different authors or from different cultures (e.g., describe the similarities and differences between the French story "The Sleeping Beauty" by Charles Perrault and the German story "Little Briar Rose" by the Brothers Grimm)

• Read regularly and independently in second-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension

• Explain the differences between genres including poetry, plays, and fiction (e.g., stories, folktales)