Grade 2 Fall — Paragraph Structure, Personal Narrative, and Open-Class Parts of Speech
Lesson 14 45 min eng.g2.f.lesson_14.peer_conference_g2_protocol

Peer Conference G2 — Compliment, Question, Suggest (with quoting)

Skills targeted
Objectives
  • Students conduct a peer conference using compliment + question + suggestion, including a direct quote.
  • Students record one revision idea from their conference partner.
Vocabulary
peer conferencecomplimentquestionsuggestionquote

Lesson plan

Warm-up

5 min

Re-watch MG-5 (G1 peer-conference video). Discuss: what's the same in G2? What gets ADDED? (Answer: a direct quote from the writer's piece in the compliment.)

Teacher moves
  • Highlight that quoting the writer back makes the compliment specific
Media
M-2-F-SPK-14-B Video Physical / non-image

90-second video of two Grade-2 children at a conference table. Writer reads paragraph 1 aloud (the lost-tooth narrative). Listener: 'I liked when you said "a tiny white tooth dropped into my palm" — I could see it.' Listener question: 'What did the tooth taste like?' Listener suggestion: 'You could tell us the cafeteria sound.' Caption track on. Multicultural cast.

Direct instruction

12 min

In Grade 1 you learned peer conference moves: COMPLIMENT, QUESTION, SUGGESTION. In Grade 2 we add ONE thing — QUOTING. Your compliment must include a direct quote from the writer's piece. Not just 'I liked your story.' Instead: 'I liked when you said "I gasped when the tooth fell into my hand" — that put me right there.' That's a quote. Then your question, then your suggestion. The writer LISTENS and writes ONE idea they take from the conference in their writer's notebook.

Key examples
  • The quote makes the compliment STICK. The question opens a missing detail. The suggestion is concrete.
    model Compliment: 'I liked how you wrote "the apple was crisp and red" — I could see it.' Question: 'Where were you when it happened?' Suggestion: 'You could tell us about the cafeteria smell.'
    prompt Conference move with quoting
Checks for understanding
  • What goes in a G2 compliment that didn't go in a G1 compliment? (A quote.)
  • Why a quote? (Specificity. The writer feels HEARD.)
Media
M-2-F-SPK-14-A Chart Physical / non-image

Bookmark-size anchor (2x8 inches): three rows top-to-bottom. ROW 1 (green): COMPLIMENT — 'I liked when you said "___".' ROW 2 (yellow): QUESTION — 'What about ___?' ROW 3 (blue): SUGGESTION — 'You could add ___.' Bottom: 'New in G2: include a quote in your compliment.' Print-ready, dyslexic-friendly font.

Guided practice

15 min
Tasks
  • Pair-conference, 7 minutes per writer. Each writer reads paragraph 1 aloud. Listener gives compliment-with-quote + question + suggestion. Writer records ONE idea in margin.
    scaffold Peer-conference bookmark visible; teacher walks 2 pairs to model
  • Swap roles. 7 more minutes.

Formative assessment

4 min
Exit ticket
  • What was the QUOTE your partner used in their compliment to you?
  • What ONE revision idea did you take from the conference?
scoring Both answered with specificity = mastery; one answered = practicing; neither = reteach with teacher-led conference in lesson 15.

Closure

2 min
Moves
  • Thank your partner with their name and one specific word from their piece.
  • Tomorrow: capitalize holidays, products, geographic names — and start paragraph 2.

Homework

5 min
Tasks
  • Tonight, give one family member a compliment-with-quote about something they said today.

Exercises in this lesson

eng.g2.f.ex_27
After your peer conference, write in the margin of your draft: (1) the QUOTE your partner used in their compliment, (2) the QUESTION...
 peer conference record · diff 2

Differentiation

Scaffolds
  • Peer-conference bookmark with all three move-frames printed
  • Pre-paired partners (teacher pairs)
  • Audio recording of conference acceptable
Extensions
  • Conference with TWO partners in a 'gallery walk' — collect three revision ideas, pick one.
  • Be a roving 'peer-conference coach' for one struggling pair (teacher's helper role).
English Learners
  • Bilingual conference bookmark
  • Conference in home language acceptable for the first round
Ieps 504s
  • Teacher-mediated conference instead of peer if needed
  • Reduced volume: compliment + question only

Teacher notes

G2 conferences are slow at first — children struggle to find a real quote. Model the QUOTE-FINDING move explicitly: 'Re-read your partner's paragraph. Pick one sentence that surprised you. THAT is your quote.' Within 3 sessions most children find quotes naturally.