Grade 2 Spring — Opinion Writing, Pronouns/Adverbs/Prepositions, and Word-Building with Prefixes and Suffixes
Lesson 7 45 min eng.g2.s.lesson_07.add_detail_revision

Revision Move 2 — Add Detail (Adjective, Adverb, Prepositional Phrase)

Skills targeted
Objectives
  • Students add one adjective, one adverb, OR one prepositional phrase to a draft sentence to make it more specific.
  • Students annotate the ADD DETAIL move.
Vocabulary
add detailadjectiveadverbprepositional phrase

Lesson plan

Warm-up

5 min

Sentence-grow: teacher shows a bare sentence ('The dog barked.') and asks children to add one detail at a time — adjective, adverb, prepositional phrase. Build to 'The brown dog barked loudly outside the door.'

Teacher moves
  • Affirm each detail-type by name
  • Show how each detail adds a specific picture
  • Bridge to the revision move
Media
M-2-S-WR-07-B Illustration
Illustration of three sentence-strip cards stacked vertically with arrows between: top strip 'The dog barked.' middle st

Illustration of three sentence-strip cards stacked vertically with arrows between: top strip 'The dog barked.' middle strip 'The brown dog barked.' bottom strip 'The brown dog barked loudly outside the door.' Each detail addition color-coded (adjective green, adverb purple, prep phrase blue). Print-ready, manipulative-style.

Direct instruction

12 min

Today's move: ADD DETAIL. There are three flavors. Flavor 1: add an adjective (a describing word for a noun) — 'sandwich' becomes 'warm grilled-cheese sandwich.' Flavor 2: add an adverb (a how/when/where word for a verb) — 'I ate' becomes 'I ate happily / yesterday / outside.' Flavor 3: add a prepositional phrase (a where/when phrase) — 'I sat' becomes 'I sat under the big maple tree.' One detail per sentence, not five. Annotate the move: 'ADD DETAIL — adjective' or 'ADD DETAIL — adverb of manner' etc.

Key examples
  • Notice how the prepositional phrase tells the reader WHERE — that's vivid.
    model Adjective: 'I helped Mateo find a thick book.' Adverb: 'I helped Mateo find a book yesterday.' Prep phrase: 'I helped Mateo find a book on the shark shelf.' Pick ONE — let's say the prep phrase: 'I helped Mateo find a book on the shark shelf.'
    prompt Teacher revises live: 'I helped Mateo find a book.'
Checks for understanding
  • Name the three flavors of ADD DETAIL.
  • Show me a prepositional phrase you could add to 'I ran.'
Media
M-2-S-WR-07-A Chart Physical / non-image

Anchor chart titled 'ADD DETAIL — 3 flavors': 3 horizontal panels. Panel 1 (green) — ADJECTIVE icon (a noun with a describing tag attached), example 'sandwich → warm grilled-cheese sandwich'. Panel 2 (purple) — ADVERB icon (verb with a how/when/where tag), example 'ate → ate happily / yesterday / outside'. Panel 3 (blue) — PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE icon (a small mouse-and-box scene), example 'sat → sat under the maple tree'. Print-ready 11x17, dyslexic-friendly font.

Guided practice

12 min
Tasks
  • Open your draft. Pick ONE sentence. Add ONE detail (adjective OR adverb OR prep phrase). Annotate the flavor.
    scaffold Detail-type card at desk (3 flavors with examples)
  • Trade drafts. Did your partner pick the most useful flavor for THAT sentence?
    scaffold Yes/Try-different rubric

Formative assessment

3 min
Exit ticket
  • BEFORE/AFTER of one ADD DETAIL change in your draft, with the flavor labeled.
scoring Real detail change with correct flavor name = mastery; change without name = practicing; no change = reteach.

Closure

2 min
Moves
  • Read your revised sentence aloud.
  • Predict: tomorrow we meet recommended, delighted, disappointed.

Homework

10 min
Tasks
  • At dinner, listen for one prepositional phrase an adult uses. Write the phrase on a sticky note.

Exercises in this lesson

eng.g2.s.ex_14
Pick one sentence from your draft. ADD DETAIL using ONE of: an adjective, an adverb, or a prepositional phrase. Annotate the FLAVOR...
 add detail apply · diff 2
eng.g2.s.ex_15
Take the kernel 'The dog ran.' Expand it three times: (a) add an ADJECTIVE; (b) add an ADVERB; (c) add a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
 kernel expand three moves · diff 3

Differentiation

Scaffolds
  • Detail-type card (adj/adv/prep with 3 examples each)
  • Pre-highlighted target sentence in child's draft
  • Anchor charts MG-4 and MG-5 on every table
Extensions
  • Add TWO different flavors to two different sentences in your paragraph.
  • Try a prepositional phrase at the START of a sentence: 'Under the maple tree, I sat.'
English Learners
  • Bilingual detail-type cards
  • Pre-listen to the grow-sentence sequence
Ieps 504s
  • Verbal addition with adult scribe
  • Reduced target: 1 adjective only

Teacher notes

The three flavors of ADD DETAIL pull together this term's grammar work (adjectives from Fall, adverbs from this term's lesson 8 preview, prep phrases from this term's lesson 10 preview). Lesson 7 surfaces all three quickly to give children a vocabulary for the move; deep instruction on adverbs and prep phrases follows in lessons 8 and 10. If children confuse adverbs and prepositions in the sentence-grow warm-up, that's fine — flag for retrieval after lesson 10.