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Australian Animal Information Reports

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Australian Animal Information Reports

Australian Animal Information Reports

Australian animals including koala, kookaburra and platypus

🦘 Part 1: Animal Fact Sorting

Instructions: Read the mixed facts below about Australian animals. Sort them by drawing lines to match each fact with the correct animal.

1. Match each fact to the correct Australian animal:
Has soft, dense fur to keep warm
Known for its distinctive laughing call
Uses echolocation to find food underwater
Mainly eats eucalyptus leaves
Can dive more than 20 metres deep
Lives in forests and woodlands
One of the only mammals that lays eggs
Can grow up to 45 cm in length
A. Koala
B. Kookaburra
C. Platypus
A. Koala
C. Platypus
B. Kookaburra
C. Platypus
B. Kookaburra

📝 Part 2: Information Report Structure

2. Choose ONE Australian animal from Part 1. Which animal will you write about?

Koala

Kookaburra

Platypus

3. Complete the planning organiser for your chosen animal. Fill in the sections below:

Animal Name: _________________________

Habitat (Where it lives):

Appearance (What it looks like):

Diet (What it eats):

Interesting Facts:

✍️ Part 3: Writing Your Information Report

4. Use your planning organiser from Part 2 to write a complete information report about your chosen Australian animal. Remember to:
  • Start with an introduction sentence
  • Use complete sentences
  • Include facts about habitat, appearance, diet and interesting information
  • Use topic-specific vocabulary

Sentence starters to help you:

"This animal lives..." / "It has..." / "An interesting fact is..." / "The _______ eats..."

🎨 Part 4: Illustration and Vocabulary

5. Draw your chosen Australian animal in its natural habitat:
6. Circle the words that are topic-specific vocabulary for writing about animals:

habitat

marsupial

bicycle

echolocation

native

homework

eucalyptus

species

7. Complete these sentences using words from the word bank:

Word Bank: marsupial, habitat, native, mammals, eucalyptus

Koalas are _____________ to Australia and are a type of _____________.

Their natural _____________ includes forests where _____________ trees grow.

Platypuses are unusual _____________ because they lay eggs.

🔍 Part 5: Reflection

8. What is the difference between a messy fact sheet and a well-organised information report?
9. Which part of writing your information report did you find most challenging?

Sorting the facts into categories

Writing complete sentences

Using topic-specific vocabulary

Organising the information in the right order

10. What is one new fact you learned about Australian animals today?

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