Asking questions

Asking questions

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about writing questions about an animal that you would like to find out about.

Question 1Change answer

Animals logo
Choose any animal you would like to do some research about.
Write the name of your animal:
Write four questions below about the animal you chose that you could find answers to in the library or online.
Begin each question with one of the words below.
You may use the same starting word more than once.

Where ...    Why ...    When ...    What ...     How ...    Who ...

Question 3Change answer

Write the first question about your animal that you could find answers to in the library or online.

Question 2Change answer

Write a second question about your animal that you could find answers to in the library or online.

Question 2Change answer

Write a third question about your animal that you could find answers to in the library or online.

Question 2Change answer

Write a fourth question about your animal that you could find answers to in the library or online.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with NO auto-marking).
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
questions, question marks, sentence structure
Description of task: 
Students write four questions about an animal they would like to find out about.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • generate content that is relevant to the task
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.

 

Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: encoding, sets 3-4
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 3
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
    Y5 (03/2000)
Sense
Award one mark for each question that would be possible to find an answer to using reference material or online.

 

 4 correct - very difficult
3 correct - difficult
2 correct - moderate
1 correct - easy
Structure
Award one mark for each question that is grammatically correct. [Do not award the mark if the student writes a statement as opposed to a question, i.e., not phrased as a question]
 4 correct - moderate
1-3 correct - easy
Punctuation
Award one mark if question marks have been used for all four questions.
 punctuation - difficult
Examples of student questions:

  • What do kiwi eat?
  • How many different kinds of kiwi are there?
  • Where in New Zealand do kiwi live in the wild?
  • What animals are enemies of the kiwi?