Cockatoos

Cockatoos

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Using this Resource
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This task is about finding information from an article.

Question 1Change answer

illustration: cockatoo
 
Read "Niggles", pages 6-10, Junior Journal Number 17. 
 
Finish the chart below by writing four facts about cockatoos that can be found in "Niggles". The first one has been done for you.

Facts about Cockatoos

  • Cockatoos can bite  
 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (without auto-marking).
 
Equipment:
Text: "Niggles", pages 6-10, Junior Journal Number 17, 1997. 
Copyright: 
Niggles - Text and images were first published by Learning Media Limited for the Ministry of Education. Text Copyright Jane Buxton, 1997. Photograph Copyright Lynnley Driver, 1997.
 
Source: Pages 6-10, Junior Journal Number 17, 1997. 
 
Image source: Wikipedia (Duncan Rawlinson).
 
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
School Journal, fact, retrieve, birds, Junior Journal 17
Description of task: 
Students read an article about a cockatoo to find factual information. Junior Journal 17. 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-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

 

Y5 (03/2000)

Award 1 mark for each fact found in the article that is about cockatoos in general. [Do not award marks for facts specifically about Niggles or traits that are particular to him.]

  • Not all cockatoos are friendly.
  • Cockatoos can be taught to talk.
  • Cockatoos can live for more than 50 years.
  • Cockatoos can eat birdseed, raw fruit, and vegetables.
  • Cockatoos preen their feathers with their beaks.
  • Cockatoos have strong beaks (for cracking nuts and seeds open).
  • Cockatoos love to take things apart.

4 correct – difficult

3 correct – moderate

2 correct – easy

1 correct – very easy