Spider

Spider

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This task is about reading to find information and to make inferences.
Read the poem Spider by Alan Bagnall (School Journal part 1, number 4, 1996). Look carefully at the pictures. Then answer the questions below.

Question 1Change answer

a)  Why is the spider in the jar?

Question 1Change answer

b)  When will the spider be set free?

Question

c)  The child who is hanging from the branch is most likely

    • scared.

    • curious.

    • playful.

    • sad.

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
Copyright: 
Spider - Text was first published by Learning Media Limited in School Journal, on behalf of the Ministry of Education. © Alan Bagnall (permission granted for use). Illustration: © Crown.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
poetry, comprehension, visual cues, locate information, inference
Description of task: 
Students read a poem and its illustrations to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • use comprehension strategies
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
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (05/1999)
a)  Any 1 of:

  • Because he has been captured.
  • To be on show for all to see.
  • So he can not frighten anybody.
 very easy
b) After all the kids have seen him. very easy
c) curious. no estimate