Unit from English for the Australian Curriculum Investigating eggs in stories and science Year 2

Written by Jan Finlayson

About this unit: This unit explores the concept of
information through the theme of eggs. Students will
learn about eggs and explore the life cycles of various
egg-lay creatures.

The students will use everyday specific language and
topic-specific vocabulary to discuss their observations and
understandings of life cycles and create texts that include
their explanations of the life cycle and reports on egg-
laying creatures, based on what they have observed and
learnt. They will participate in group and class discussions
and make presentations of their findings. They will create
texts that show how images support the meaning of the
texts.
Unit duration

Term 2: 5 weeks Term 3: 2-3 weeks
Information/Explanation Literature study
Final Project: Information Report on an egg-laying animal
The students research the animal of their choice in small groups and
write an information report on this animal. Allow enough time for
them to research from one or two sources. The emphasis will be on
organising the information into the relevant paragraph and using
appropriate technical language rather than extensive and
comprehensive knowledge about the animal. The completed
information reports could be in hard copy for a book, or as posters or
charts or as a PowerPoint or other computer presentation






Unit from English for the Australian Curriculum Investigating eggs in stories and science Year 2
Written by Jan Finlayson



















English Outcomes Stage 1
EN1-1A communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating
interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations
EN1-2A plans, composes and reviews a small range of simple texts for a variety of purposes on familiar
topics for known readers and viewers
EN1-3A composes texts using letters of consistent size and slope and uses digital technologies
EN1-4A draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a
range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-5A uses a variety of strategies, including knowledge of sight words and lettersound
correspondences, to spell familiar words
EN1-6B recognises a range of purposes and audiences for spoken language and recognises
organisational patterns and features of predictable spoken texts
EN1-7B identifies how language use in their own writing differs according to their purpose, audience
and subject matter
EN1-8B recognises that there are different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an
awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
EN1-9B uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the
type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-10C thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, ideas and texts when responding to
and composing texts
EN1-11D responds to and composes a range of texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own
experiences
EN1-12E identifies and discusses aspects of their own and others learning

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