New Shoes for Cloud

New Shoes for Cloud

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about reading to find information.
Illustration: A blacksmith making shoes for Cloud, the horse
 
Read the article "New Shoes for Cloud" (Junior Journal 12) then do the tasks below. Focus on how Brent makes shoes for Mary-Ellen's pony.

 

The chart below states the things Brent uses when making shoes for Cloud and describes each thing is used for. Fill in the gaps to complete the chart. The first one has been done for you.

Things Brent uses What they are used for

Cutters
  • Trimming the horse's hooves.

Rasp
  •  

Forge
  •  

Hammer
  •  

Bucket of water
  •  

Nails
 
 
Illustration: Mary-Ellen and her horse Cloud looking out over a field
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Copyright: 
New Shoes for Cloud - Text and Photos were first published by Learning Media Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Education. Text © Jane Buxton; Photos © Crown Copyright, 1995. Reproduced with permission.
Source: Junior Journal 12, Learning Media Limited (Text altered), 1995.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
reports, junior journal, retrieval chart, comprehension, locate information
Description of task: 
Students read an article about shoeing a horse and find information from it to complete a retrieval chart.
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 2-3
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 

 

Y5 (03/2000)
b) Smoothing the hooves. difficult
c) Heating the shoes. difficult
d)

Any 1 of:

  • Hammering the shoes into shape.
  • Hammering the shoe onto the horse's hoof/hammering the nails in.
  • Hammering the nails flat.
 difficult
e) Cooling the shoes. easy
f) Holding/putting/keeping the shoes on (the hooves). moderate

NOTE: Do not award marks when terms such as "them" and "it" are used in place of the required noun, e.g., for b) award a mark for "Smoothing the hooves", but not for "Smoothing them."