Shark Scare 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about understanding and making inferences from a story. Read Shark Scare by Marie Gibson (Choices series, 1994) and answer the questions that follow. Question 1Change answer a) Why did the boys go for a swim every morning? a) Why did the boys go for a swim every morning? Question 1Change answer b) What are two possible reasons the mother was not happy about the boys swimming across the bay? b) What are two possible reasons the mother was not happy about the boys swimming across the bay? i) ii) Question 1Change answer c) From the story identify two reactions of the boy on first seeing the "shark". c) From the story identify two reactions of the boy on first seeing the "shark". i) ii) Question 1Change answer d) Explain this line from the story: "Then Jake laughed! I thought he must have gone mad with panic." d) Explain this line from the story: "Then Jake laughed! I thought he must have gone mad with panic." Task administration: This task can be completed online (without auto-marking) or with pencil and paper. Equipment 'Shark Scare' by Marie Gibson, pages 18-23, School Journal Part 2, Number 1, 1992. A PDF copy of the text is available here: Shark Scare Copyright: Text first published by Learning Media Limited on behalf of the Ministry of Education (c) Marie Gibson, 1992. Illustrations (c) Crown 1992. Permission for use granted (Communication: 26 June 2008). Level: 4 Curriculum info: English, Making meaning, Reading Keywords: comprehension, narrative, inference, School Journal, SJ-2-1-1992 Description of task: Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1992. Text provided. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Making sense of text: processing system, set 5 within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y8 (08/2000) a) They were training for the school swimming sports. very easy b) Any 2 of: • the distance • rips • their swimming ability • their age • sharks 2 marks - easy 1 mark - very easy c) Any 2 of: • frightened • panicky • forgetfulness/started sinking • choking/swallowed water 2 marks - moderate 1 mark - very easy d) He couldn't understand why his friend would laugh in a dangerous situation so assumed he was mad with panic. moderate George and Lennie The Diving Competition Huckleberry Finn Declined A story about Māui Porridge Taniwha The Kuia and the Spider No Big Deal The Sleeper Wakes Great-grandpa Once bitten
