1. Instructions for the teacher are provided in the ‘notes’ section.
Curriculum Overview & Lesson Objectives P2
Places
Learn new vocabulary: Australia
Reading: animals, people and geography.
Writing: write about Australia
Single and plural forms
Activities & Scary!
Afraid of and must be
Reading: Adventure sports
Writing: write their own text.
Compare
More and less, er (smaller, bigger)
National animals
Writing excercise: compare the animals.
Festivities
Party Time! Birthday text.
Read and undestand the text.
Student writes their own birthday diary.
Instructions for the teacher are provided in the ‘notes’ section.

2. Read and complete the texts with must be or afraid of
My name is Ben Morgan. I live in Canada. My favourite adventure activity is snowboarding in the mountains. I’m not __________________ falling over.
It __________________ fantastic to snowboard down the Rocky Mountains.
I’m Chris Smith. I live in Sydney, Australia. My favourite adventure activity is snorkelling.
It __________________ great to see a shark. I’m not __________________ sharks.
My name is Jane Kennedy. I live in Cardiff in Wales. My favourite adventure activity is canoeing. I’m a good swimmer so I’m not __________________ capsizing. It __________________ fantastic to race in a canoe slalom.
Once they have completed the text they will need to write their own.
The blue box gives them some structure. Help the student to write down their thoughts.
Match the text to the pictures
I’m afraid of
I’m not afraid of
It must be great to ride a horse
Spiders / riding a horse

3. More, Less, er The panda has more feet. The kangaroo has less feet.
The panda has a smaller tail.
The kangaroo has a larger tail.
Student completes a writing activity to compare the differences between the two animals. Examples are given in the blue box.
You can add more ‘er’ examples to the table if the student already knows them.
Kangaroos are from
Pandas are from
Small
Big
Large
Long
Short
Tall
Smaller
Bigger
Larger
Longer
Shorter
Taller

4. Come to Australia People and Animals
The kangaroo has got a long tail, short front legs and a big pouch. In the pouch there’s a baby kangaraoo! It’s called a ‘joey’.
This is a boomerang. The first in habitants of Australia, called aborigines, used this to hunt. Now they are just for fun!
The aboriginal culture represents nature. They have a traditional instrument called the didgeridoo.
The koala lives in the forest. Its name is an aborigine word, it means ‘no water’. Koalas don’t drink, but they eat lots of eucalyptus leaves! Koalas sleep for about 18 hours a day!

5. Come to Australia Geography
Sydney is a big multiculural city. This is the famous opera house.
Come to Australia
Geography
Uluru (Ayres Rock) is a magnificent rock which changes colour during the day. It’s pink, orange, red, brown....
On the Great Barrier Reef you can see lots of colourful fish and coral.
Canberra is the capital of Australia
Tasmania is a beautiful island. The capital is Hobart. You can visit beaches, national parks and mountains
The Pinnacles Desert is in Western Australia

6. Party Time! It’s my birthday today! I’m eleven! Yipee!
Read Jane’s diary.
What’s her favourite drink?
Jane makes her own drink.
It’s called a “Sunny Milkshake”
Make a drink with your teacher!
What’s in the drink?
April 20th
It’s my birthday today! I’m eleven! Yipee!
I’ve got some fantastic presents and we’ve got some wonderful food for my party. We haven’t got any popcorn, but we’ve got hamburgers and crisps and my huge chocolate birthday cake!
And there’s my favourite drink – Sunny Milkshake. It’s milk with some oranges, bananas and ice cream in it. It’s delicious!
I want to play my favourite picture and word game with my friends at the party. After that, we can dance to some amazing music because I’ve got three new CDs. Wow! I’m so excited!
Complete the sentences.
Jane is excited because
Jane is
There’s ice cream in
Jane’s favourite partY game,
Jane and her friends can dance
1 it’s her birthday today, 2 eleven years old now, 3 her favourite drink, 4 people write and draw pictures, 5, to her new CDs