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📖 2nd Grade · ELAW.2.1Unit 8: Opinion writing

Book review

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🎯 Objective: Students write a book review with a recommendation.

Lesson outline

  1. Read mentor reviews.
  2. Draft a review with a recommendation.
  3. Publish.
  4. Exit: star rating plus a reason.

Lesson 4 of 5 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

W.2.1

Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 2 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block)

🏁 Unit goals

  • State an opinion, supply reasons, use linking words and a concluding statement

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

📚 All 2nd Grade skills📚 Read-aloud stories⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Opinion writing”

  1. Strong opinions
  2. Reasons and examples
  3. Linking words
  4. Book review
  5. Present your opinion

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