Grade 2 - Composition (Writing) Unit - BC Language - Lesson/Workbook Bundle

Grade 2 - Composition (Writing) Unit - BC Language Curriculum - Lesson/Workbook Bundle. This bundle was created to provide everything you need to teach the Grade 2 Composition (Writing) unit in the BC Language Curriculum.

With your purchase, you will receive lesson slides that follow the 3-Part lesson format, engaging your students from start to finish. You will also receive the workbook, which contains fun activities and worksheets for your students to demonstrate their understanding.

Workbook Details:
This resource covers all learning standards and elaborations related to writing in the British Columbia (BC) Language Curriculum (ELA).

There are 357 activity sheets that are aligned to cover the learning standards in the British Columbia Language Curriculum. Included are 10 blocks of content, each covering a different text form. Within each block, the Big Ideas, learning standards and elaborations are taught.

This is a language program developed by a language teacher. We have included exemplars for students to use to formulate success criteria so they can improve their writing quality. Moreover, we’ve scaffolded the skills involved with producing quality writing to ensure all students can progress.

In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week.

Some of the concepts covered:

• Types of text forms – when to use each one (narratives, letters/emails, procedural writing, reports, etc.)
• Experiment – writing with planning time versus writing without planning time (no brainstorming)
• What is a message?
• Writing simple sentences and compound sentences
• Personal voice in writing
• How to write descriptive sentences
• Activity – nature walk descriptions
• Writing activity – my dream playground
• How to write a paragraph – topic sentence (hook), body, conclusion
• Formal versus informal letter writing – voice in our writing
• Purpose and audience in letter writing – effect on our voice
• Writing personal narratives
• Setting and character development
• Narratives with a beginning, middle, and ending
• Publishing personal narratives
• Analyzing quality stories – building success criteria
• Activity – Story Swap Revision Party
• Opinion writing – being persuasive
• Fact or fiction – which is more persuasive?
• Researching – finding facts to support our opinion
• Research activity – completing a weather report
• Research – animal fact sheet
• Interviews – creating a family tree by interviewing family members
• Research – questioning: asking community members questions
• Procedural writing – instructions
• Writing instructions for simple tasks
• Sequencing the order of instructions
• Writing and publishing instructions
• Report writing – a quick guide
• Activity – Idea Factory
• Writing reports – using the facts provided to organize a report
• How to research effectively
• Activity – Online Treasure Hunt
• Types of poems – Haiku, Limerick, Rhyming, and Acrostic Poetry
• Illustrating a poetry children’s book
• Writing book reviews
• Summarizing books for our book reviews
• Success criteria for all writing assignments – used for student self-assessments
• Printing practice: 16-page package
• Metacognitive activities – writing goals chart, reflection journal, what I have learned web
• Answer pages for all activities

Google Lesson Slides

Grade 2 - Composition (Writing) Unit - Google Lesson Slides - BC Language Curriculum. This resource is packed with all the lessons you need to teach the Composition (Writing), Grade 2, BC Language Curriculum.

We have structured these lessons to follow the popular 3-Part Lesson format. By using these lessons, you will be provided with learning goals, discussion questions, relevant YouTube videos, interactive slides, exit cards, and more. Check out the variety of activities you'll receive below.

Part 1: Minds On!
- Learning Goals

- Discussion Questions

- Quotes

Part 2: Action!
- Interactive Activities

- Drag and Drop

- Fill in the Blanks

- Matching

- Drawing

- Writing

Part 3: Consolidation

- Exit Cards

- Quizzes

- Reflection

After purchasing this resource, you will be able to download a copy of this file to your Google Drive. From there, you can complete these lessons with your class, and/or assign these slides in Google Classroom.