Kangaroo
Episode of the series Animals & Creatures of Australia
The episode
Get ready to meet Australia's champion hopper! Discover why these incredible marsupials hop everywhere, how they stick together in groups called "mobs," and why they're such an icon of the Land Down Under.
Episode worksheets (2)
- Student sheet In your teacher account
- Teacher sheet In your teacher account
Teaching guide
Objective & content
This documentary episode of Animals & Creatures of Australia presents the kangaroo, the most famous animal of the country, in an A1- script. The narrator says the kangaroo is a type of marsupial, then describes how a joey lives in its mother's pouch, the main types of kangaroo, how kangaroos jump and why their legs and tail matter, and how a mob lives. The language focus is the present simple, with be, have and can for description and ability, and animal and physical-description vocabulary (joey, pouch, mob, predator, tail). The skill is listening for facts about an animal, as in "A group of kangaroos is called a mob."
Materials & prerequisites
- Student sheet and teacher sheet (`printables/`, HTML and PDF versions), plus the printable text.
- Prerequisites: the present simple, be and have, and can for ability.
Curriculum alignment
This episode is not tagged to a cycle 3 or cycle 4 curriculum axis. It targets CEFR level A1-.
Possible adaptations
- Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
- Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
- Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.
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