Safe Inside a Castle

Safe Inside a Castle

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Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
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This task is about reading to find information.

Question 1Change answer

Read the article Safe inside a Castle by Diana Noonan (School Jounrla part 1, no. 2, 1995). Then complete the chart below.
 
CASTLES
a)  Where were castles built?
(Write 2 details)
b)  How are castle walls different from the walls of a house?
(Write 4 differences)
c)  How did the soldiers inside the castle fight back against their enemies?
(Write 2 details)
d)  What did the castle protect?
(Write 2 details)
Task administration: 
This task can be completed by pencil and paper or online.
 
Copyright: 
Safe Inside a Castle - Text and images were first published by Learning Media Limited for the Ministry of Education © (text and photographs) Diana Noonan, 1995. Reproduced with permission.
 
Source: School Journal Part 1, No 2, Learning Media, 1995.
 
[Text used for this resource has a GRL of 8.5 - 9.5]
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
reports, comprehension, retrieval chart, School Journal, retrieve, SJ-1-2-1995
Description of task: 
Students read an article about castles to complete a retrieval chart using information from the text. SJ-1-2-1995. Text provided.
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.

Answers/responses: 
   

Y6 (07/1999)
a)
  • Surrounded by water/inside moats.
  • On the top of steep hills.
 2 correct – difficult

1 correct – very easy
b) Any 4 of:

  • Thick walls/ They are/They have walls too strong to break.
  • Big gates in the walls.
  • Steep/tall walls.
  • Sentry boxes at the top of the walls.
  • Holes for shooting.
  • Made of stone.
 4 correct – very difficult

3 correct – moderate

2 correct – easy

1 correct – very easy
c)
  • Shooting at them through holes in the wall/with guns or bows.
  • Dropping stones/hot water/oil on them.
 2 correct – difficult

1 correct – moderate
d)
  • people/soldiers
  • animals
 2 correct – difficult

1 correct – easy