Australian Emu Information Texts, Report Paragraph Writing & Reading Analysis Activity Booklet

⭐ Simplify report writing and enhance reading comprehension with this ‘Animal Reading Comprehension & Writing Unit’, which saves you the hassle of creating 2 differentiated Australian Emu ‘Information Report’ reading texts, comprehension activities, and report writing tasks. It includes a paragraph planner, draft pages, and a good copy outline.

Overall, this unit provides a week’s worth of skill-building activities and tasks to help students understand the structure of an ‘Information Report‘ and analyze the text/language features used. Students will then be able to complete a detailed animal report in paragraph format. Designed for Year 2 students, it breaks down the writing process into manageable steps, ensuring easy comprehension and successful writing practice before assessment time!

Grade Level: Primary Years (2) – linked to QLD, Australia’s C2C English Unit – Term 3

ANIMAL: Emu (Australian Bird)

⭐ Includes the Following ⭐

(More information lower down)

• Lesson Information, teacher guide & activity examples
• Animal booklet cover page – with colour image

Animal Information Text Reports:

• 2 differentiated reading texts – ‘easier’ & ‘at level’
• Analysis activity text – cut & paste

Comprehension & Analysis Activities:

• Identifying vocabulary, the main idea & author’s purpose
• Annotating text & language features
• Identify & collate information – Facts (New)

Writing Activities:

• Animal body part diagram for descriptive writing – adjective, noun groups
  Animal action task – Writing verbs
• Paragraph planner – sentence starters & descriptive language dot points
• Writing report paragraph outline – 5 pages
• Feedback section – for teachers & students
• Good copy outline included – 2 pages with an image space

Art Activity:

• Students draw, colour in & label their animal

⭐ What Can Students Analyse With This Resource? ⭐

(Annotated: Cut & Paste Activity)

Language Features: Word Level

• Nouns – names, body parts, locations
• Adjectives – descriptors in noun groups
• Verbs – action words
• Vocabulary – scientific/technical words

Sentence Structure: Construction & Joining words

• Sentence structure – simple, compound & complex
• Use of coordinating conjunctions – FANBOYS
• Sentence starters – varying

Text Features: Whole Text

• Title, headings, images, paragraphs, maps, captions…

Comprehension: Understanding

• Main idea – deliver animal information
• Author’s purpose – inform

Need More Detailed Information? Continue reading below…

⭐ Animal Text Resources:

2 Teacher-created texts using similar information, however with differentiated language and text structure (dot points vs paragraphs).

• 2 differentiated reading texts: Has ‘easier reading’ & ‘at level’ vocabulary.

• Subheadings used: General Information, Appearance, Habitat, Diet & Predators.

• Analysis cut & paste text: Breaks down the ‘At Level’ text into text features such as ‘title, headings, images, paragraphs, maps, captions’. Allows a format for annotated analysis to take place. This works best glued onto a landscape double-page workbook.

⭐ Comprehension Analysis Resources:

Enables a detailed examination of the 2 differentiated animal information texts included. Choose either text to develop student understanding when reading.

• Annotated text activity ‘At Level’: Identify specific & technical vocabulary and language features using highlighters and a pencil. Annotate text features to identify their structure.

• Analysis Recording Sheet & Key: Identify the text structure elements, and language features used. Also recording the main idea & author’s purpose, encouraging critical thinking.

⭐ Writing Resources:

Simplify the writing process and support students in creating well-structured paragraphs.

• Animal diagram: (body parts) Insert descriptive writing – adjective, noun groups to practice developing

• Scaffolded Writing Planner Prompts: Students can plan various options for sentence starters and descriptive language to enhance their paragraph writing.

• Draft Pages: Break down writing tasks into manageable steps, guiding students through each paragraph at a time. Great for writing sessions!

• Feedback Section: Allows students to receive feedback formats such as ‘2 stars & a wish’… or use the space for 3 suggested edits.

• Good Copy Writing Outline: Provides a clear and organized framework for crafting final drafts with space for a printed image (computer task).

This comprehensive approach effectively ties everything together, offering a cohesive learning experience for your students.

⭐ Preview PDF & Video:

The Emu resources have been included as a Preview PDF & Video as an example of the resources in this download. Please take a look for more!

Additional Details:

⭐ In Colour

⭐ Low colour option included!

⭐ Activity workbook style – staple & go or glue

⭐ Printable & whiteboard/smartboard friendly

⭐ PDF format

⭐ Used for Yr 2 in Queensland, Australia!

⭐ Australian Curriculum C2C aligned!

⭐ 1 Week of resources!