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STEEL Animal Reports

The school canteen is making a display about Australian animals. Help Xavier and Ivy-Mae turn animal facts into a clear report paragraph. STEEL is a writing organiser: Statement, Tell a fact, Example, Explain, Link. Read the fact cards, then complete each task. Use full sentences and check capital letters and full stops.

Fact cards

KOALA: Koalas are marsupials, not bears. They eat mainly eucalyptus leaves and sleep for many hours. Their strong claws help them climb trees.\n\nECHIDNA: Echidnas are mammals covered in spines. They eat ants and termites. A long, sticky tongue helps an echidna collect its food. Female echidnas lay one egg, and the baby is called a puggle.

Build a strong report

Use the STEEL steps as a guide. A report paragraph does not need to label every sentence, but it should develop one main idea.

1.What does the S in STEEL ask you to write? Choose the best answer.

A clear main idea about your animal
A list of unrelated animal names
A question for the reader

2.Which fact card detail is an example of how a koala is suited to climbing?

3.Tick the two statements that are supported by the fact cards.

Koalas are marsupials.
Echidnas eat ants and termites.
All Australian animals eat leaves.
Echidnas have feathers.

4.Xavier writes: “Echidnas have spines. They are interesting.” Improve the second sentence by explaining how one fact helps the animal or tells us something important. Use a detail from the card.

5.Match each report part to its job.

Statement
Tell a fact
Example
Explain
Link

Gives accurate information
Adds a specific detail
Connects back to the main idea
Tells the reader the main idea
Shows why a detail matters

6.Ivy-Mae is writing about echidnas. Put these ideas in a sensible report order by writing the letters: A. This feeding tool helps echidnas find small insects. B. Echidnas have special features that help them find food. C. For example, an echidna uses a long, sticky tongue to collect ants and termites. D. One useful feature is its long, sticky tongue. E. These features make the echidna well suited to its way of life.

7.Choose the sentence that best links an echidna report back to its main idea: “Echidnas have useful features that help them find food.”

This is why an echidna's features help it find food.
Some animals live in other places.
I like the colour of the canteen chairs.

8.Complete this report sentence using an accurate fact from either card: “A koala is a marsupial, while an echidna is a mammal covered in spines. One difference between them is …”

Write like a wildlife reporter

Plan and write a short STEEL paragraph about either the koala or the echidna. Use at least two accurate details from its fact card. Include an explanation and a linking sentence. You may use the prompts in the question to organise your ideas.

9.Plan your paragraph. Chosen animal: ______. Statement: ______. Fact and example: ______. Explanation: ______. Link back to the main idea: ______.

10.Write your finished report paragraph. Include a clear statement, accurate facts and an example, an explanation, and a link. Reread it to check sentence punctuation.

11.Edit this sentence for capitals and punctuation: “echidnas are mammals they eat ants and termites”