Face to face with a Tuatara

Face to face with a Tuatara

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about finding information in a text.
 
Use the information in this article about the Tuatara "Face to face with a Tuatara" School Journal, Part 1, No 3, 1998 to complete the chart below.
 
Write notes under each heading. The first note has been done for you.
 
i) The food tuatara eat

1. Insects (wetas and beetles)

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

4. ________________________

5. ________________________
ii)    
In which country can you find tuatara living in the wild?

__________________________

 
iii) Creatures that can kill tuatara

1. ________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

4. ________________________

5. ________________________
iv) What tuatara look like
 
1. ________________________

2. ________________________

3. ________________________

4. ________________________
Copyright: 
Face to face with a Tuatara - Text and images were first published by Learning Media Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Education. Copyright Jan Maguiness 1998. Reproduced with permission.
 
Source: Story and Photographs by Jan Maguiness, School Journal, Part 1, No 3, 1998. Learning Media Limited. (Text abridged).
 
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
retrieval chart, information skills, School Journal, retrieve, SJ-1-3-1998
Description of task: 
Students read an article about Tuatara to be able to fill in a chart with specific information. SJ-1-3-1998. 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 (06/1999)
i)
  • lizards
  • seabirds
  • seabird eggs
  • baby tuatara
 4 correct – difficult

3 correct – very easy

2 correct – very easy
ii) New Zealand very easy
iii)
  • people
  • rats
  • cats
  • dogs
  • pigs
 5 correct – very easy

4 correct – very easy
iv) Any 4 of:

  • Long/sharp claws.
  • Spiny back.
  • Powerful legs.
  • Scaly skin.
  • Leathery skin.
  • Hard or soft skin. [The text indicates that the skin looks hard but feels soft.]
 4 correct – moderate

3 correct – easy