☰ Year plan · English (Connect)

Review of house, health and animals

Week 22 · Review 3 (Units 7–9): house, health and animal words, past simple, un- words, ability, an animal infographic · 3 lessons
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Units 7–9: an animal infographic

Connect Primary 5 Term 2, Review 3: pp. 50–55
GoalPlan and write six labelled facts for an animal infographic.
New words
infographic · a page with a heading, pictures and short factsheading · the big titlelabel · a short name for each facthabitat · the natural home of an animalmammal · an animal that feeds its babies milkcalf · a baby camel
Explanation

An infographic shows facts with pictures. It has a heading, a picture and short facts. Each fact has a label, for example Home, Food or Baby. Write only short sentences. Here is a plan for a camel: Type, Home, Food, Body, Eyes and Baby. Check your facts and the spelling. Then show your infographic to your family and answer their questions.

LabelFact
TypeA camel is a mammal.
HomeIt lives in the desert.
FoodIt eats plants and dry leaves.
BodyIts hump stores fat.
EyesLong eyelashes keep sand out.
BabyA baby camel is a calf.
Worked examples

Heading: The camel.
Type: A camel is a mammal.
Home: It lives in the desert.
Food: It eats plants and dry leaves.
Body: Its hump stores fat.
Eyes: Its long eyelashes keep sand out.
Baby: A baby camel is a calf.

Read and listen to the infographic text.
Look at the order for making an infographic.
Hoda

This is my infographic about the penguin.

Adel

Where does it live?

Hoda

It lives in cold places. Its home is near the sea.

Adel

What does it eat?

Hoda

It eats fish.

Listen. Hoda shows her infographic.
Now you. Choose an animal and tell a grown-up two facts about it.
Class activity

Make your infographic. Take a big piece of paper. Write a heading. Draw the animal. Write six labels and six short facts. Ask the grown-up to read it and ask you two questions.

Practice
1
Which label fits: ‘It eats plants and dry leaves’? Home, Food or Baby
2
Which label fits: ‘A baby camel is a calf’? Type, Eyes or Baby
3
Put in order: 1 draw a picture 2 choose an animal 3 find facts
4
Fill in: A whale is a ___ . (mammal or fish)
5
Writing: write a label and a fact about the home of a penguin.