This model text is a classifying report about Australian desert creatures. It has been written to meet the Year 5 Australian Curriculum English Learning Area and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple), spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.

Australian Curriculum
Year 5 Achievement Standards

Students use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text, selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources.

Students create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different purposes and audiences. They make presentations which include multimodal elements for defined purposes. They contribute actively to class and group discussions, taking into account other perspectives. When writing, they demonstrate understanding of grammar using a variety of sentence types. They select specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and punctuation. They edit their work for cohesive structure and meaning.

Cross Curriculum links:
Science

Version 8.4
ACSSU043- Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment
• describing and listing adaptations of living things suited for particular Australian environments

Version 9
AC9S5U01-examine how particular structural features and behaviours of living things enable their survival in specific habitats

• exploring features of plants and animals that enable them to survive in Australia's desert environments, such a bottle (boab) trees and the water holding frog

Level of this pack:
Age: 10-11
Australia: Year 5 / Grade 5
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