🌱 Unit 3 Summary: Live and Learn (November 3 - December 19)

Theme: Learning life lessons through stories and real-world experiences.

🎯 Focus Standards

1. Context (Purpose & Audience)

• 2.T.C.1.a – Determine the general purpose and target audience in a variety of texts.

• 2.T.C.1.b – Recognize different modes of communication: print, digital, auditory, spoken, visual, and multimodal.

• 2.T.C.1.c – Choose two or more modes and create a multimodal text on a self-selected topic.

2. Structure & Style

• 2.T.SS.1.a – Explain how various text features contribute to meaning and organization.

• 2.T.SS.1.b – Use text features to add clarity and meaning to texts.

3. Techniques

• 2.T.T.1.a–d – Identify and describe narrative techniques including characters, setting, major events, dialogue, and compare versions of the same story.

• 2.T.T.2.a–b – Identify and describe expository techniques including main idea and connections between ideas.

• 2.T.T.4.a – Identify and describe poetic techniques including rhyme, alliteration, repeated lines, stanzas, and line breaks.

4. Research & Analysis

• 2.T.RA.1.a–c – Generate questions, conduct research, and organize/share information through various modes.

• 2.T.RA.2.a–b – Refer to specific parts of texts and explore various sources to make connections.