Hide-and-go-seek

Hide-and-go-seek

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This task is about making inferences from a poem.
 

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a)  What are three ways in the poem that the friends who are hiding give a clue to where they are?
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b)  What word in the poem means that someone has been found?
     

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c)  Write down a line in the poem that means the game has started again.
     

 

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d)  What does it mean when the poet says, "friends sound like feathers"?
     

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e)  How do the numbers around the edge of the poem fit with the game "hide-and-go-seek"?
     

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f)  What are three rules of this game of "hide-and-go-seek"?
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Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with NO auto marking).
Copyright: 
Hide-and-go-seek - Text was first published by Learning Media Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Education © Raewyn Alexander 1996. Illustration Copyright © Crown. Reproduced with permission.
 
Source: School Journal Part 3, No. 2, Learning Media, 1996.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
poetry, comprehension, inference, School Journal, SJ-3-2-1996
Description of task: 
Students read the poem 'Hide-and-go-seek' to make inferences about the game. SJ-3-2-1996. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • use comprehension strategies
  • recognise and unpack figurative language
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
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
Reading for literary experience, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (07/1999)
a) Any 3 of:

  • Closing a door.
  • Wriggling a blanket.
  • Giggling.
  • Coughing.
  • Foot outside a corner.
 3 correct – moderate

2 correct – easy

1 correct – very easy
b) GOTCHA easy
c) Any 1 of:

  • "who's it now?"
  • "not me not me not me!"
  • "I'm running hiding gone"
 moderate
d) Any 1 of:

  • Very quiet.
  • Can not be heard.
 moderate
e) Because the searcher has counted to a number before she/he can begin to look. easy
f) 1 mark for each idea expressed:

  • Searcher counts, eyes closed. Everyone hides.
  • At end of count, searcher goes to look.
  • 'Hider' can sneak 'home' without being caught.
 3 correct – very difficult

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy