Australian AnimalsA Short Project made in the ESL classStudents of Grade 6School Pau VilaEsparreguera, January 2015

This project was carried out during the first term of the school year 2014-2015 in the school Pau Vila (Esparreguera – Barcelona) by the students of grade 6.

In this project the following subjects where directly involved: English as a third languageArtGeographySocial studiesSportLiteracy

The linguistic goals of this project were mainly focused on productive communicative skills (writing and speaking), as well as on one of the receptive skills (reading comprehension).

But we considered other “social skills” such as how to work with other people, how to share work, how to appreciate the work of others, how to work alone… To use scissors, to design a neat page, to use a variety of ICT tools or dictionaries, creativity, structure and organization …

One of the main outcomes is this impressive display about Australian animals.

The students had to do a research on Internet about them, because some animals are really weird!

These are some examples

Classifying into vertebrates or invertebrates

Classifying into different groups: mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, arachnids, insects or mollusks…

Describing physically…

Knowing some curiosities…

Where do the live, what do they eat, How do they reproduce…

It was a great way to know different animals from a very far country!

Good job guys!