Grade 4 – Unit 7

Exploring Canada’s Physical Regions: An Alien’s Discovery

Join Zibbi the alien as she visits Earth to explore some of Canada’s physical regions. As she travels from towering mountains to frozen northern landscapes and wide-open plains, students follow her journey to learn how land, climate, and human activities shape each region.

This Releasing Writers-inspired unit is directly aligned with the Ontario Grade 4 Science and Technology curriculum (Strand B – People and Environments: Political and Physical Regions of Canada) and includes a connected syntax lesson for students to practise writing complex sentences with adverbial clauses.

Structured Writing Cycle

Exploring Canada’s Physical Regions: An Alien’s Discovery

• Mentor Text – Exploring Canada’s Physical Regions: An Alien’s Discovery
• Educator Resource – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Vocabulary
  • Colour Coded and Student Exemplars
  • Student Writing Page with Prompt

General Resources

• Learning Through Literacy Grade 4 Overview