Smartphones 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about writing open and closed survey questions. Question 1Change answer Smartphones seem to be an important part of life today. But how important are they? Design a survey of six questions that can be used to find out how important smartphones are to students your age. Show that you understand the idea of 'closed' and 'open' questions by writing three of each type of question. Use the boxes below to write your questions. Smartphones seem to be an important part of life today. But how important are they? Design a survey of six questions that can be used to find out how important smartphones are to students your age. Show that you understand the idea of 'closed' and 'open' questions by writing three of each type of question. Use the boxes below to write your questions. Closed questions Open questions Task administration: This task can be completed online or with pencil and paper. Copyright: clker | Public domain Level: 4 Curriculum info: English, Creating meaning, Writing Key Competencies: Using language, symbols, and texts Keywords: questions Description of task: Students write both open and closed questions about the importance of smartphones to students their age. Curriculum Links: This resource can be used to help to identify students’ ability to create texts to meet the writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum. Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing: This resource helps to identify students’ ability to: generate content that is relevant to the task as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Writing meaningful text: text features, set 5 within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: a) Understands the concept of the two types of questions. A closed question may be answered with a 'yes' or 'no' answer, e.g., "Do you have a smartphone?" An open question requires a fuller response, e.g., "How have smartphones changed our lives?" b) Any 6 questions suitable for a class survey. Where to find information
