Life in Australia ESL Lesson Plan

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Life in Australia!

Life in Australia! Australian flag map of Australia a view of Sydney outdoor lifestyle

Famous landscapes and landmarks!

Famous landscapes and landmarks! Daintree Rainforest Snowy Mountains Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains Karijini National Park Great Sandy Desert

Welcome to Sydney!

Welcome to Sydney! Downtown Sydney Circular Quay Lakemba, a suburb in Sydney a terrace house in Sydney Sydney’s Chinatown

Enjoy the outdoors in Sydney!

Enjoy the outdoors in Sydney! a beachside suburb Eastern suburbs boardwalk playing cricket playing football ocean swimming

What else can you find in Australia?

What else can you find in Australia? Wylie’s Baths a town in the Blue Mountains a bottle-brush tree eucalyptus trees a Black cockatoo Australian marsupials

My name’s Chris and I live in Sydney, Australia. Sydney is the largest city in Australia. Australia is a huge island, and it is also a continent. Most people in Australia live in large cities on the coast. The first people to live in Australia were aborigines. They came here about 50,000 years ago. Today Australia has many immigrants. People come from many different countries to live here. People in Australia speak English.

Some people think it is always hot in Australia. However, it is a large country and it gets cold in some places. There are deserts and rainforests too. We do not have big rivers, so we must be careful about how much water we use. We have mountains too, like the Great Dividing Range, but they are not tall compared with mountains in Europe and Asia.

Like most people here, I work five days a week. I live in a beachside suburb and I travel to work by bus. Most Australians go to work by car. I work in downtown Sydney. I usually eat my lunch at the Quay, where I have a beautiful view of the famous Opera House and Harbour Bridge. At night, I return to my apartment. Winter is short in Australia, so I can usually go for a run or swim after work. Some of my friends surf, and some play Australian football too. I swim at Wylie’s Baths, a saltwater pool.

At the weekend I often go to the Blue Mountains. Here you can see eucalyptus trees. Many tourists come to this area to see The Three Sisters and other wonderful scenery. If I have time, I go hiking with friends. In Australia we have many unusual animals called marsupials. A baby marsupial lives for some time in its mother’s pouch, which looks like a pocket. Some famous Australian animals are the kangaroo, the koala and the platypus.

Think about these questions! What places can you see in Australia? What kind of house did you see? What animals live in Australia? What do people do at the weekend? Who are the Australian aborigines?

Now, tell your teacher! Are you ready to talk about Australia? Australia is… (Where is it? What size is it? Which language?) In Australia, there are… (Which kinds of animals?) You can visit places like… (Where can you go? What is special about each place?)

Now, tell your teacher! People… (What can you say about Australia?) Sydney is a big city in Australia. In Sydney you can… (What can you see or do?) At the weekend, some people like to… (Where do they go? What do they do?) If I visit Australia, I will… (What will you visit? What will you do there?)