My other jandal 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about making inferences. Read "My Other Jandal", from pages 14-15 in School Journal, Part 2, Number 4, 1994, and answer the questions. Question 1Change answer a) What problem does the boy in this poem have? a) What problem does the boy in this poem have? Question 1Change answer b) Write down a part of the poem that shows the boy has had this problem before. b) Write down a part of the poem that shows the boy has had this problem before. Question 1Change answer c) Why does Mum feel cross about the missing jandal? c) Why does Mum feel cross about the missing jandal? Question 1Change answer d) Write down two things that are the same about every verse. d) Write down two things that are the same about every verse. Question 1Change answer e) Describe a time when you felt like the boy in this poem. e) Describe a time when you felt like the boy in this poem. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Copyright: My Other Jandal - Text was first published by Learning Media Limited in School Journal, on behalf of the Ministry of Education © Don Franks 1994. Illustrations by Wol Jobson. Copyright © Crown, 1994. Source: "My Other Jandal", from pages 14-15 in School Journal, Part 2, Number 4, 1994. Level: 2 Curriculum info: English, Making meaning, Reading Key Competencies: Thinking Keywords: poem, comprehension, School Journal, locate information, text features, SJ-2-4-1994 Description of task: Students read a poem, 'My Other Jandal', then answer inferential questions. The poem is provided with this resource. SJ-2-4-1994. Text not provided. Curriculum Links: Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading: This resource helps to identify students’ ability to: use comprehension strategies as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progression. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Making sense of text: processing system, set 3Reading for literary experience, set 3 within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y4 (11/2000) a) He has lost his jandal. [Do not accept jandals.] very easy b) Any 1 of: "Mum says, 'Not again!" "I'm sick of buying jandals" "When summer starts, my other jandal always disappears." The phrase "Have you seen my other jandal?" is repeated throughout the poem. "that's the way my other jandal usually behaves." easy c) Any 1 of: It has happened many times before. She will have to buy him a new pair. easy d) For any 2 of: They rhyme/have the same rhyme pattern. They all begin with the words "Have you seen my other jandal?" They all begin with a question. He loses his jandal in each verse. They are the same/similar/8 lines (except for the last verse) in length. 2 correct – very difficult 1 correct – easy e) Any reference to a time in which the student loses something, or gets in trouble with a parent for something that has happened before. moderate Trampoline bounce Spider Looking up, looking down Hide-and-go-seek If you are not sleeping ... Mako shark Moods The windy night Sudden Storm Washday for the clouds What or who am I? What is it? What are "they"?
