Make a pūrerehua

Make a pūrerehua

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Working with Students
This task is about writing clear instructions using visual cues.
To make a pūrerehua, you will need: cardboard, a pencil, a cup to draw around, scissors, felt pens, glue, glitter, a needle, wool or string. 
Look at each picture and write an instruction to go with it. The first one has been done for you. 
 
Purerehua image a.jpg
Purerehua image a writing only.jpg

Question 1Change answer

b) 
Purerehua image b.jpg
 c)
Purerehua image c.jpg
   

Question 1Change answer

d) 
Purerehua image d.jpg
 e)  Purerehua image e.jpg
 
 

Question 1Change answer

f)
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 g)
Purerehua image g.jpg
 
 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper.
Copyright: 
Source: 'Make a Purerehua', Photography by Dean Zillwood.
School Journal, Part 1, No. 1, Learning Media, 2001. Copyright © Crown 2001.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
instructions, procedure, pūrerehua, visual cues, structure and language, SJ-1-1-2001
Description of task: 
In this resource, students write instructions to match each photograph about making a pūrerehua. SJ-1-1-2001. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. 
 

Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • choose effective content, language, and text structure
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 3
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (10/2002)
a)   Draw circle on the cardboard. given
b)   Cut out the circle. very easy
c)   Colour the circle. very easy
d)

i)
ii)

Thread the wool or string through the circle.
Through the centre of the cardboard.

moderate
very difficult
e)   Tie the ends of the wool or string together. easy
f)   Spin the circle around and around. difficult
g)

i)
ii)

Pull the ends of the wool or string.
To make the pūrerehua spin.

difficult
very difficult
    Instructions begin with a verb.

2 marks -
difficult

1 mark -
easy
    Instructions are written in the present tense.

2 marks - moderate

1 mark - easy
Diagnostic and formative information: 

39% of students began all instructions with a verb.
79% of students made only 1-2 errors beginning all instructions with a verb.

18% of students wrote all instructions in the present tense.
73% of students made only 1-2 errors writing all instructions in the present tense.