Australian animals – An informative language approach – Ages 8–10

Using Bloom’s taxonomy, Australian Animals is designed to foster and develop interest in Australian fauna through language development. These activities provide an ideal opportunity to introduce a high-interest topic as part of your language program.

Features:

• skills introduced and covered include oral reading, comprehension, research, word study, key words, semantic grids, main idea, sequencing, reporting, brainstorming, interpretation, silent reading, fact organisation, information retrieval and three-level questioning/prior knowledge/comparisons incorporating Bloom’s taxonomy
• a wide range of Australian animals is covered using a strong language/literacy approach
• teachers notes and answers