Ladybirds

Ladybirds

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Overview
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This task is about reading a text to find information and make inferences.
Read the article about ladybirds, written by Diana Noonan, from The garden by Diana Noonan and Nic Bishop. Then answer the questions.  

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a)  What are the names of two insects that ladybird larvae eat?
      i)          ii)    

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b)  Why don't birds eat ladybirds?    

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c)  What do ladybirds sometimes do when they "play dead"?     

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d)  What does "play dead" mean?       
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (without auto marking).
Copyright: 
Source: Text and image reproduced by permission of Heinemann (Primary) Auckland 1996. Copyright © Heinemann 1996. Author Diana Noonan. Photographs Nic Bishop.
 
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
reports, comprehension, locate information, vocabulary
Description of task: 
Students read a short text about ladybirds to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.
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
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (11/1999)

a)
  • scale insects
  • aphids

2 correct – difficult

1 correct – easy

b)

Any 1 of:

  • They taste terrible.
  • Their blood is "bitter".

easy

c)

They "ooze orange blood".

easy

d)

Any 1 of:

  • Act/pretend to be dead.
  • Lie very still/without moving.

easy