Fever

Fever

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This task is about finding information and making inferences.

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Read the story "Fever" and answer the following questions.
a)  What six symptoms of malaria are mentioned in the story?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

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b)  i)  What is quinine now used for?
          
     ii) Where does it come from?
          

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c)  Write down one way that the story "Fever" is written differently from the way a scientific report on the discovery of quinine would be written.

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d)  What is this story of discovery telling us about science?

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e) Write the meanings of the following words as they are used in the story. The words have been underlined in the story.
Surrounded  
Infected
Exhausted
Conquered
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (without auto-marking).
 
Copyright: 
Source: 'Fever' by Rupert Alchin,
Connected 3, Learning Media, 1999. (Text abridged).
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
comprehension, recount, information skills, retrieve, inference
Description of task: 
An anecdotal story about fever and the discovery of quinine provides the context for this assessment with its focus on information retrieval and making inferences. The text is provided with this resource.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text
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
Reading for literary experience, set 5
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (08/2000)

a)

  

Any 6 of: 

  • aching muscles
  • headaches
  • eyes blurred
  • confusion
  • fever
  • craving for water
  • dizziness
  • sweating profusely

3 marks – difficult
 
2 marks – easy

1 mark – easy

b)

i)
ii)

A cure for malaria.
Any 1 of: 

  • Quina-quina tree bark
  • Peruvian jungle
  • South America

easy
easy

c)

  

Any 1 of: 

  • The story is personalised – "Chequa".
  • It has none of the statistics, sub-headings, or structures of scientific reports.
  • It describes thoughts and feelings.

very difficult

d)

  

Any 1 of: 

  • Some discoveries are made by chance/luck/accident.
  • Poisons can play a part in cures.

difficult

e)

  

Surrounded – enclosed/all-around.
Infected – diseased/contaminated/poisoned.
Exhausted – strength used up/tired.
Conquered – overcome/beaten/defeated.

easy
very difficult
moderate
moderate