Year 2 - African Folk Tale - Writing Unit

Dive into our invigorating 1-Week Writing Unit, meticulously crafted to guide students in the creation of captivating narrative stories. This all-encompassing package is themed around the intriguing topic of ‘Discover Behenjy’, offering students a chance to immerse themselves in the process of storytelling while exploring a unique locale.

Key Elements:

End of Topic (Big Writing): By the conclusion of this unit, students will have honed their skills to confidently write an engaging narrative story. Imagine the tales they’ll tell!

Smart Notebook Slides/Models/Plans/Activities: The unit includes dynamic Smart Notebook slides, illustrative models, detailed lesson plans, and interactive activities that foster an engaging learning environment and facilitate the writing process.

Text Type/s: Our focus for this unit is narrative stories linked to the intriguing topic of ‘Discover Behenjy’. Can you imagine the adventures your students will dream up?

Learning Objectives:

Spoken Word: Our unit emphasises developing oral communication skills. Students will learn to give well-structured descriptions, explanations, and narratives for different purposes, participate actively in collaborative conversations, use spoken language to explore ideas, speak audibly and fluently with a command of Standard English, and take part in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations, and debates.

Comprehension: Students will work on sequencing and discussing the main events in stories, retelling a wider range of stories, fairy tales, and traditional tales, and identifying, discussing, and collecting favourite words and phrases. What stories will resonate with your students?

Composition: Students will plan and discuss what to write about, use specific text type features to write for a range of audiences and purposes, write about real and fictional events, and proofread to check for errors in spelling, grammar, and punctuation. How will your students’ writing evolve?

Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation: The unit will guide students to construct and punctuate simple and compound sentences using connectives like ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘or’. They’ll learn to use sentences with different forms, use subordination for reason, generate and effectively use verbs and adjectives, use past tense for narrative, and use the suffix ‘ly’ to turn adjectives into adverbs. What new words will they discover?

Embark on this creative journey with our 1-Week Writing Unit and let’s transform your students into budding storytellers!