School work 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about interpreting a graph. Fran drew a graph to show how easy she found her school work. Look at the graph and answer the following questions. Question 2Change answer a) Finish the sentence. Fran found spelling Very easyIn between very easy and just rightJust rightIn between just right and very hardVery hardVery easyIn between very easy and just rightJust rightIn between just right and very hardVery hard (Select one) Question 2Change answer b) Which subject did Fran find the hardest? MathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSportMathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSport (Select one) Question 2Change answer c) Which subject or subjects did Fran find just right? MathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSportMathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSport MathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSportMathsSpellingReadingWritingArtScienceSport (Select one from each list) Question 2Change answer d) i) Which of these subjects did Fran find easiest? ScienceSportWritingScienceSportWriting (Select one) ii) Which of these subjects did Fran find hardest? ArtMathsScienceArtMathsScience (Select one) Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students). Level: 2 Curriculum info: Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships Keywords: graph interpretation, qualitative data, relationships, line graphs Description of task: Students interpret and answer questions about a dot plot showing how easy or hard some school work was. Answers/responses: Y5 (03/2001) a) Very easy very easy b) Sport very easy c) Maths Writing easy d) i) ii) Science Maths easy Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely reason c) Maths (excludes writing). Reading included. Does not read graph completely. Misreads as "Just right" on graph. Figure It Out: A Smile a Day, The Big Shake, Story Plots, Algebra L2-3, pp.11-13
