Daisy Data

This task is about knowing which information is important so you get the main idea of a text.

Read "Daisy Data" by Margaret Cahill, Junior Journal 27, pages 15 to 19.

Question

Choose the three pieces of information below that are most important to this text.

    • Daisies grow in lots of different places.

    • The mountain daisy is a native plant.

    • Daisies belong to the Compositae family.

    • Daisies used to be called 'day's eye'.

    • There are lots of different types of daisies.

    • Daisies can be useful in lots of ways.

Question

What is the main idea of this text?

    • Daisies are plants.

    • There are lots of different daisies and some live in New Zealand.

    • There are lots of different daisies and they can be used for all sorts of things.