Lessons 10 & 11

Title: Comparing Melbourne Zoo in Queenies time to a zoo of today

Estimated Time: 2 hours (1 hour blocks for each lesson)
Lesson Objective: n !esson "ne students #ill listen to a special $uest
%peaker from &ustralia Zoo about the day to day operations of a Zoo in
2'1() n !esson *#o students #ill #rite a story+report on life in a zoo today
for an animal compared to an animal in Queenies time)
Classroom Organisation: (Lesson 1) ,hole class (Lesson 2)
ndi-idual
Resources:
Queenie . "ne /lephants %tory by Corinne 0enton
/nglish #orkbooks+notepads
%pecial $uest %peaker from &ustralia Zoo
Zoo comparison #orksheet+report
Learning E!erience"Lesson Outline:
,rite on the board1 ,elcome to (Zoo representati-es name) from
&ustralia Zoo2
3emind students about appropriate beha-iour and e4pectations
#hen #e ha-e special -isitors coming to our school)
&d-ise students that their t#o 5obs for lesson one is to listen to as
much information they can about &ustralia Zoo and the li-es of
animals in Zoos6 but also to take some notes on the presentation
that #ill be used after 3ecess #hen #e compare this to a Zoo in
Queenies time)
7efore handing o-er to the Zoo representati-e ask each student to
raise their hand if they ha-e been to a Zoo and say #hich one #hen
asked)
8ando-er to the Zoo representati-e to run their presentation)
0ollo#ing the presentation from the Zoo representati-e6 use the
remaining time before 3ecess for a Q9& session) &sk students to
raise their hand #ith any further :uestions)
3ecess
&gain ask students to put up their hand if they ha-e been to a Zoo
(e4ample ;ubbo6 *aronga <ark6 &ustralia Zoo etc)) $o around the
room to each student and ask them one thing they liked about the
zoo and #hy=
&sk each student if they cant think of anything to contribute in this
sense to read out their fa-ourite piece of information that they
learnt from the Zoo $uest %peaker in the lesson before 3ecess)
Class discussion . are Zoos today the same as in Queenies time)
,hy and #hy not=
8and out the Zoo comparison #orksheet)
8ighlight to students the importance of clear concise #riting that
highlights the key points and details of their research) /mphasise
the importance of presenting their information neatly using
appropriate language and #riting on the #orksheet+report)
<articularly focus on the di>erences and similarities in the animals
li-ing conditions6 -isitors6 Zoo responsibility6 feeding6 animal
#elfare6 employment at the Zoo etc)
&llo# students (? minutes for students to collate their notes and
information from the @rst lesson and the $uest %peaker @nd
interesting information and then publish)
3emind students about proof reading6 spelling6 and grammar)
f time permits6 ask for student -olunteers to share their fa-ourite
piece of information that they ha-e learnt during this and the
pre-ious lesson) ,hat is something they are glad is di>erent in our
Zoos today compared to Queenies time=
,hen each student as had the opportunity to share #ith their peers6
use the remaining time before lunch to discuss ho# does kno#ing
this information about Zoos in Queenies time and today help
pro-ide some clarity around animals in Zoos then and no#)
%tudents can paste into their /nglish or $eography books their
#orksheet+report for marking)