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Australian Outback Reading Workshop

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Australian Outback Reading Workshop

Australian Outback landscape

📖 Part 1: Reading Practice

Read the paragraph below. Circle any words you recognise:

The Australian Outback is a vast and dry region in the centre of Australia. It has red soil and lots of unique animals like kangaroos and dingoes. During the day, the temperature can reach 45°C! Very few people live in the Outback. The people who do live there often work on cattle stations or in mining towns. Aboriginal people have lived in the Outback for thousands of years.

1. How many words did you recognise? Write the number:

🎨 Part 2: Describing the Outback

2. Fill in the blanks with describing words (adjectives):

The Outback is ________ and ________.

The soil looks ________ and feels ________.

The weather is ________ during the day but ________ at night.

3. Name three animals (nouns) that live in the Outback:

Kangaroo

Emu

Dingo

Camel

✍️ Part 3: Facts vs Stories

4. Is this a FACT or a STORY? Circle one for each:

"The temperature in the Outback can reach 45°C."

Fact

Story

"The brave kangaroo hopped across the desert to find his lost friend."

Fact

Story

5. Write one fact about the Outback:

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