Unit 1 Activities  
1 What Makes Up a Rainforest? 9 Rainforest Cryptosphere
2 Viewing the Rainforest 10 Animal/Plant Relationships
3 Making a Glossary 11 Valuing the Rainforest
4 Maps, Maps, Maps 12 Rainforest Guided Walk
5 Ancient Forests 13 Animals and Palnts at Risk
6 Biodiversity 14 Reporting on an Animal at Risk
7 Rainforest Features 15 Music Inspiring Poetry
8 Rainforest Food Web 16 Producing a Brochure

Activity 14 - Reporting on an Animal at Risk

Focus
Students write an Information Report on an animal or plant at risk.

Background
Students use knowledge gained from Activity 13 to develop the Information Report. It may be useful to review the short video Animals and Plants in Danger

Animals and Plants in Danger

and the following tables for detailed information:
• Rare and Threatened Animal Classification Table
• Rare and Threatened Animal Percentages Table
• Rare and Threatened Animal Species List
• Rare and Threatened Plant Classification Table
• Rare and Threatened Plant Percentages Table
• Rare and Threatened Plant Species List

Pedagogy/teaching strategies
Introduce the Information Report genre:
• Discuss the purpose, generic structure and language features
• Analyse an example
• Develop a collective example
• Research texts and websites to find suitable information for students to take notes. Record notes on the Information Report Template.
• Individual students select their own topic, research, record notes, write first draft, correct draft and publish the report.

Activity sequence
1. Introduce the Information Report genre above.
2. Provide examples and discuss generic structure and language features.
3. Collectively write a class report.

Assessment opportunities
Students each write an Information Report on their chosen animal or plant. See Information Report Assessment Unit 1 for suggested guidelines.

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