Earthquake safety 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about how images and words are used to create meaning on a poster. Use the pictures and the words on the poster to help you answer the questions. Question 1Change answer a) What was the turtle doing before the earthquake? a) What was the turtle doing before the earthquake? Question 1Change answer b) What was the girl doing before the earthquake? b) What was the girl doing before the earthquake? Question 1Change answer c) How does the way these words are written remind you of an earthquake? c) How does the way these words are written remind you of an earthquake? Question 2Change answer d) What has the girl in this picture done to be "turtle safe"? d) What has the girl in this picture done to be "turtle safe"? Question 1Change answer e) What is the same about what the girl and the turtle are doing in this picture? e) What is the same about what the girl and the turtle are doing in this picture? Question 2Change answer f) What do the two sets of dotted lines in this picture show? f) What do the two sets of dotted lines in this picture show? Question 2Change answer g) How does the zigzag line down the middle of this picture go with the idea of an earthquake? g) How does the zigzag line down the middle of this picture go with the idea of an earthquake? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online. Level: 2 Curriculum info: English, Making meaning, Viewing Keywords: poster, movement, comprehension, font Description of task: Students study a poster about being safe in an earthquake and then answer retrieval and inferential questions. Answers/responses: Y4 (09/1999) a) Any 1 of: Standing in the sun/under an apple tree. Going for a walk. very easy b) Reading a book. [Accept also "painting".] easy c) The letters look like they are moving/shaking/cracking. easy d) The girl is sitting under a desk. very easy e) Any 1 of: They are both: under something hard. hiding (under something). keeping themselves safe/protecting themselves. very easy f) Any 1 of: Things moving. The apple/ball/glass falling. moderate g) Earthquakes make things crack/break apart. [Accept also "the house/classroom is breaking".] easy Sand dunes Jump rope Railway Crossings
