Tarapunga and Karoro

Tarapunga and Karoro

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This task is about understanding the different techniques authors use when writing a cartoon,
Read the words and look at the pictures in the cartoon Tarapunga and Karoro, pages 16 to 17 of School Journal, Part 1, No. 1, 1994, to help answer the questions.
a)
What is the name of the bird that eats the tuatua at the end of the story? _________________________
 
b)
Look at the shell in Picture 3.
 
What do the lines near the shell show? ________________________
 
c)
What are two things about the drawing of Tarapunga in Picture 5, which show he feels upset?
 
 

1. ______________________________          2. ______________________________

d)

 

How have the words "No Tuatua" been written in Picture 5, to show that Tarapunga is speaking in a loud voice?
 

 
 
e) Which of these titles would be best for this story?
  (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)		 The Good Idea.
The Unkind Trick.
How to Break Open Tuatuas.
The Two Friends.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed using pencil and paper.
 
You will need to make a copy of pages 16 to 17 of School Journal, Part 1, No. 1, 1994 (Tarapunga and Karoro) and number each frame from 1 to 5.
Provide students with a copy of this annotated page or display it on a shared screen.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Viewing
Keywords: 
cartoon, comprehension, layout, title, SJ-1-1-1994
Description of task: 
Students read a cartoon to answer retrieval and inferential questions about the story and the visual techniques used. SJ-1-1-1994.
Answers/responses: 
  Y5 (05/1999)
a) Karoro moderate
b) The shell is falling/moving. easy
c) Any 2 of:

  • His eyes/eyebrows (are frowning)/"his face".
  • His beak (is wide open)/he is shouting.
  • His legs (are wide apart).
  • His wings (are spread back).
  • The lines above his head.
 2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy
d) Any 1 of:

  • The letters are big.
  • Capital letters have been used.
  • An exclamation mark is used.
 moderate
e) B easy