Cluster 2: Production and Distribution of WritingArchived

loading spinner
Export Print
General Information
Number: LAFS.1.W.2
Title: Production and Distribution of Writing
Type: Cluster
Subject: English Language Arts - Archived
Grade: 1
Strand: Writing Standards

Related Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks.

Related Access Points

This cluster includes the following access points.

Access Points

LAFS.1.W.2.AP.5a
With guidance and support, use feedback on a topic (e.g., additional text, drawings, visual displays, labels) to strengthen writing.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.5b
With guidance and support, use feedback (e.g., elaborate on story elements) to strengthen narrative writing.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.5c
With guidance and support, use feedback (e.g., drawings, visual displays, labels) to strengthen persuasive writing.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.5d
With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from others to strengthen writing.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.5e
With guidance and support from adults, work with a peer to evaluate a permanent product.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.6a
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools (e.g., word processing, Internet) to produce and publish writing, including collaborating with peers.
LAFS.1.W.2.AP.6b
With guidance and support from adults, use a writing template, tool or mentor text to develop writing skills.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this topic.

Lesson Plans

Flower Power Flower Company MEA & STEAM* Activity:

This STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) lesson has been designed around a Model-Eliciting Activity.

The Flower Power MEA provides students with an real world problem in which they must work as a team to design a plan to select the best flower arrangement for a special event. The resource was primarily designed as an MEA so the time and teacher instructions are based on the MEA format. The additional activities will take several hours of instruction but include watching and discussing a video about the parts of plants, reading a book, and discussing the art in the book as well as additional art by the book author/illustrator.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

I Can Fix It With Your Help!:

In this lesson, students will listen to an informational text about an animal and critique a sample expository paragraph by giving suggestions about how to improve the sample writing. Students will then read an informational text about an animal of their choosing and write an expository paragraph about the animal. They will present their writing to the class and take suggestions from classmates to improve their writing. Students will also revise their writing through use of suggestions given by their peers.

Type: Lesson Plan

Elements of a Short Story:

In this lesson, students will identify story elements. The students will also create a story map within a group and then work independently to write their own narrative using the story elements. They will edit and revise their narratives with a partner and after teacher conferencing.

Type: Lesson Plan

Telescopes and Constellations:

In this two-session lesson, students will use a real telescope to observe how objects appear closer in an artificial night sky. Students will also create a telescope model that will represent how a specific constellation looks in the night sky. The students will be using a Science Journal or "My Space Book" to make a pictorial record of their findings.

Type: Lesson Plan

Unit/Lesson Sequence

What on Earth is That?:

This is a project-based learning unit about what is found on the Earth's surface. This unit can be used as an introduction to learning about what is on the Earth's surface or as a follow up activity to previous introduction. Students will use their five senses to identify and describe things on the Earth's surface. Students will create a group presentation and individual publication.  

Type: Unit/Lesson Sequence

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this topic.

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this topic.