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LISTENING ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY NAME: AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS CUED LISTENING Purpose

• Retrieval of known information and gaining new knowledge through listening

• Students will develop and consolidate listening skills and speak in sentences Strategies Brainstorming or mind mapping, visuals, peer discussion and judicious review are a few strategies that could support this lesson. Resources

• Visual of chosen Australian Animal

• Laminated descriptor cards, blank laminated card and white board marker

• Selected passage describing animal features Instructions 1. Provide each student with a descriptor card (e.g. ‘strong back legs’) and a white

board marker. 2. Tell the students to listen for the specific information about the feature stated on

their card when you start reading the passage. 3. Ask the students to place the completed descriptor card onto the poster and to tell

all the information they know about the feature in full sentences.

Small ears

Sharp claws

Small eyes

Short, stocky body

Round, black nose

Brown or grey

fur

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4. Have the students write or draw the sentences they shared on their blank card, and then placing the sentences and drawings on the poster with their descriptor card.

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