Night in the forest

Night in the forest

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
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Further Resources
This task is about reading to find information and make inferences.
 
Read the poster and use the information to complete the following tasks. 

Question 2Change answer

a)  Use the ideas from Night in the Forest to explain how birds, insects, and bats find food at night.     Fill in the chart. Write one idea for each bullet point.     The first one has been done for you.
Animal How does this animal find food?
Kiwi Can smell food/worms through its nostrils at the end of its nose.
Morepork
Glow-worm
Bat

Question 2Change answer

b)  Give the meaning of the word that is underlined in these parts of Night in the Forest.
     i)   "...and makes a net of sticky, dangling threads."
          dangling means 
     ii)  "...many native flowers are white to attract night flying moths and beetles."
          attract means 
     iii) "The kiwi is special."
          special means 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (without auto-marking).
Copyright: 
Night in the forest - Text and images were first published by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, 1998. Reproduced with permission.
 
Source: Kiwi Conservation Club Magazine, Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, 1998.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
comprehension, locate information, vocabulary, inference
Description of task: 
Students read a visual and written text about native plants and animals to answer retrieval and inferential questions.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:

  • use comprehension strategies
  • locate and summarise ideas

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 3-4
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (09/1999)
a)   Morepork has large eyes/excellent eye sight (which helps it see food in the dim light).

Glow-worm – uses light in its tail to attract insects to a sticky net.

Bats – use echolocation to sense/hear and catch insects.

 moderate
2 correct – difficult
1 correct – easy
difficult
b) i)

ii)

iii)

 Dangling – hanging/suspended in midair, etc.

Attract – draw/pull towards/bring to oneself, etc.

Special – different/out of the ordinary/exceptional, etc.

 easy

moderate

moderate