Brushes and hedgehogs

Brushes and hedgehogs

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This task is about using information in a comic strip to make inferences.
Your teacher will provide a copy of the comic strip Hedgehogs.

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a) What probably happened to the father hedgehog?

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b)  In Picture 6 there are some hair brushes on the road. How did they get there?

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c)  Why have the hedgehogs gone on to the road in Picture 6?

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d)  What are two things about the way the hairbrushes look that make the hedgehogs think they are squashed hedgehogs?
   
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Question

e)  Which of these titles goes best with this comic strip?

    • Hedgehogs

    • The Hairbrush Truck

    • Road Safety

    • Hairbrush Hedgehogs

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with some auto-marking).
 
You will need to make a copy of the comic strip Hedgehogs, pages 24-25 of School Journal, Part 2, No 1, 1991. Label each frame from 1 to 7.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Viewing
Keywords: 
cartoon, comprehension, title, inference, SJ-2-1-1991
Description of task: 
Students read a comic strip and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1991.
Answers/responses: 
  

Y4 (10/1999)
a) He got run over/squashed. very easy
b) They fell off the truck. easy
c) Any 1 of:

  • To see the hair brushes/hedgehogs/what's on the road.
  • They think the hair brushes are hedgehogs.
 easy
d) Any 2 of:

  • They have bristles/spikes.
  • The handles of the brushes look like squashed hedgehog bodies.
  • They are the shape of squashed hedgehogs.
 2 correct – difficult

1 correct – very easy
e) D (Hairbrush Hedgehogs) difficult