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Grade 2

CCSS ELA Standard: 2.W.3

Halloween Problems and Solutions

When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.

Change A Story’s Genre

What if we rewrote a story's climax into a totally different genre?

Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season

Let's write a holiday song about order and chaos!

Holiday Emoji Story ⛷ī¸

Students will create a story about ⛷ī¸đŸŒ¨ī¸đŸŒ˛đŸģ🤝

Holiday Emoji Story đŸĒ

Students will create a story about đŸĒđŸĨ›đŸ”đŸžđŸĻŒ

Holiday Emoji Story ☃ī¸

Students will create a story about ☃ī¸đŸ‘‘đŸ”ī¸đŸ”­âœ¨

Holiday Emoji Story 🎅

Students will create a story about 🎅🛷🌀🚀🌍

Holiday Emoji Story 🚚

Students will create a story about 🚚🎁🤔đŸļđŸĢŖ

Halloween Emoji Story 🎃

Students will create a story about đŸŽƒđŸ•¯ī¸đŸ“–đŸ’ĨđŸ‘ģ.

Halloween Emoji Story 🌕

Students will create a story about 🌕🌲đŸ‘Ŗ😱💨.

Halloween Emoji Story 🕷ī¸

Students will create a story about 🕷ī¸đŸ•¸ī¸đŸ“ŠđŸ”‘đŸšĒ.

Emoji Stories đŸĻ

Students will create a story about đŸĻđŸ‘‘đŸ—đŸŽļ🌄

Emoji Stories 🐌

Students will create a story about 🐌đŸ“Ŧ✈ī¸đŸ›ī¸ 📜

Emoji Stories 🚚

Students will create a story about 🚚🤖đŸ“ģ🛸🌌

Emoji Stories 🏟ī¸

Students will create a story about 🏟ī¸đŸšđŸžđŸĻđŸ”Ĩ

Emoji Stories 🕰ī¸

Students will create a story about 🕰ī¸đŸŽŠđŸ€đŸ’ŽđŸ•ē

Emoji Stories 👁ī¸

Students will create a story about 👁ī¸đŸ”ŽđŸŒŠī¸đŸšˇđŸŒ˛

Emoji Stories 🚗

Students will write a story about 🚗đŸ—ēī¸đŸŒ‹đŸ‰đŸŒ‰

Emoji Stories 🤖

Students will create a story about 🤖💃đŸŽĩđŸ•ē🐔.

Emoji Stories đŸģ

Students will create a story about đŸģ🎩🎙ī¸đŸ°đŸ¤Ŗ.

Emoji Stories 🏰

Students will create a story about 🏰📚🔍🔐đŸšĒ.

Emoji Stories đŸ›Ĩī¸

Students will write a story about đŸ›Ĩī¸đŸŠđŸŒŠđŸ™đŸ¤ .

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

Let's go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?

Looking Closely at Holiday Photos

Let's write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

Students will look closely at this old image and write a short, structured poem.

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item's point of view.

Discussing An Important Decision from History

How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?

Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”

Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles' song Help!?

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Think Like A Philosopher

What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?

Writing A Thanksgiving Letter

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?

Remixing A Holiday Poem

Let's take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!

Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween

What if one character dressed up as another for Halloween? Would the Cat in the Hat pick Captain Jack Sparrow, because they're both chaotic yet good-natured people? Would Elsa dress up as The Ice King since they are both lonely?