Moods

Moods

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about exploring what a poem shows us about a person.

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a)  For each verse, write one thing that the girl does.
     The first one has been done as an example for you.
 
         Verse 1: The girl got angry and walked away.
 
             Verse 2               
             Verse 3              
   Verse 4 
   
      

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b)  Who is the girl in this poem feeling angry with?      

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c)  Write down three things the girl says or does to show she feels angry.
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     2.  
     3.  

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d)  What are two things that help the girl calm down?
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     2.  

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e)  What does the girl do, to show that she doesn't feel angry any more?
     

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f)  Describe a time you felt like the girl in this poem.
     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (without auto marking).
Copyright: 
Source: Illustrated by Penny Newman, School Journal, Pt 2, No.1, Learning Media, 1990.
Moods - first published in School Journal by Learning Media Limited for the Ministry of Education. Text Copyright © Alan Bagnall, 1990; Illustrations Copyright © Crown, 1990.
Reproduced with permission.
 
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
poetry, comprehension, School Journal, inference, SJ-2-1-1990
Description of task: 
Students read a poem and explore how the poem expresses the storyteller's mood. SJ-2-1-1990. 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 (11/2000)

a)
  • Kicked cow pats.
  • Sat by the sea.
  • Picked flowers.
  • Took the flowers home/went home for lunch.

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy

b)

Her family.

easy

c)

Any 3 of:

  • "stumped off".
  • Called her family "stupid".
  • Said she was "so annoyed".
  • Kicked cow pats.
  • Sat by the sea for hours.
  • Wandered around.

3 correct – moderate

2 correct – very easy

1 correct – very easy

d)

Any 2 of:

  • Stumping off.
  • Kicking cow pats.
  • Sitting by the sea.
  • Picking flowers.
  • Wandering around/going for a walk.
  • Having time alone/to think/away from her family.

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – very easy

e)

Any 1 of:

  • She goes home.
  • She picks flowers for her family/takes the flowers home.

easy

f)

For a description of a time in which the student:

  • Felt angry.
  • Ran off/away/chose to take time out.
  • Experienced changing moods.

moderate