Getting airborne

Getting airborne

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about locating information in an article.

Different parts of the article on 'Getting Airborne' have been numbered. The questions are about the parts of the passage, not about the passage itself.
You do not need to read the whole passage to be able to answer the questions.
 

short article about getting airborne

Question

a) What part of the page should you look at first to get a very general idea of what this page is likely to be about?

    • 1

    • 2

    • 3

    • 4

    • 5

Question

b)  What part of the page should you read to get an explanation of what is included in the illustration?

    • 1

    • 2

    • 3

    • 4

    • 5

Question

c)  What part of the page should you read to find out how the author has summarised his story?

    • 1

    • 5

    • 7

    • 9

    • 11

Question

d) Which parts of the page should you look at to get a quick idea of the main parts of the passage?

    • 1 only

    • 1 and 5

    • 5 and 11

    • 1, 2, and 3

    • 4, 6, 8, and 10

Question

e)  Which part of the page 'sets the scene', or introduces the passage?

    • 3

    • 5

    • 7

    • 9

    • 11

Copyright: 
Source: 'Progressive Achievement Tests: Reading Study Skills', NZCER, 1978.(Text altered and updated).
Level:
5
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
locate information, information skills, text features
Description of task: 
This resource has the parts of an article (on flight) numbered and assesses the student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.
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
Acquiring and using information and ideas in informational texts, sets 5-7
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y10 (07/2003)

a)

A

easy

b)

C

easy

c)

E

easy

d)

E

moderate

e)

B

moderate
 
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  

Common Errors

a)

13% selected B.

b)

11% selected B.

c)

10% selected B.

d)

19% selected B.12% selected C.

e)

34% selected A.