"Don't Waste the Water!"

"Don't Waste the Water!"

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Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
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Further Resources
This task is about finding information in a text.
Read "Don't waste the water!", School Journal, Part 3, No 3, 1999. 
Use the information in the extract to answer the following questions.

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a)  List three buildings found on Manono (one has been done for you).
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b)  What are two things well-water is used for on Manono?

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c)  What two forms of transport are used?

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d)  List eight chores done on Manono.     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with no auto-marking).
 
Copyright: 
Don't waste the water! - Text and illustrations were first published by Learning Media Limited in School Journal, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. © Jill MacGregor 1999 (Used with permission).
 
Source: Extract from School Journal, Part 3, No 3, Learning Media, 1999.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
School Journal, comprehension, retrieve, locate information, Samoa, SJ-3-3-1999
Description of task: 
Students read an extract about gathering water in Sāmoa to find information to fill in a chart. SJ-3-3-1999. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • use comprehension strategies
  • locate and summarise ideas

as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.

Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (11/1999)

Buildings

  • church
  • village trading store

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy

Uses of well water

  • Rinsing dishes.
  • Washing clothes.

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy

Chores/jobs

  • Sweeping (the path).
  • Weeding (the garden).
  • Fishing.
  • Rinsing dishes. [Not washing dishes.]
  • Washing (clothes).
  • Collecting water (from the well).
  • Putting away mosquito nets.
  • Putting away the mats.
  • Blowing the conch shell.

6-8 correct – difficult

4-5 correct – easy

2-3 correct – easy

Transport used on the islands

  • walking
  • ferryboat

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy