Too Much Noise!

Too Much Noise!

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This task is about using information and making inferences from a play script.

Illustration of children making noise with pots and pans

Read the play Too Much Noise by Feana Tu'akoi (pages 14-17, Junior Journal 21, 1999). Then answer the following questions.

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a)  What are three props (things used by actors) that you would need if you were presenting this play?
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2. 
3. 

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b)  Where is this play set? 

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c)  If you were making a backdrop for this play,
     what are two things you could paint on it as part of the background scenery?
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d)  What could the actor who plays Dad wear, to make him look like an older man?

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e)  What could the actor who plays Lara do when she says, "Can't catch me!" at the start of the play?

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f)  What could the actor who plays Timmy do when he says, "Got you!" at the start of the play?

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g)  What sort of voice could the actor who plays Dad use when he says, "Stop that noise!"?

    • Annoyed

    • Bored

    • Cheerful

    • Worried

    • Upset

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h)  What action or movement could the actor who plays Dad do to show how he is feeling when he says, "I'm getting a headache"?
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with some auto-marking).
Copyright: 
Too Much Noise - Text and images were first published by Learning Media Limited for the Ministry of Education. Copyright Feana Tu'akoi, 1999. 
 
Source: Pages 14 - 17, Junior Journal 21, 1999. Written by Feana Tu'akoi with illustrations by Jennifer Cooper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
play, setting, props, inference
Description of task: 
This task assesses close reading and making inferences about the setting, backdrop, props, costumes, and acting required in a performance of the Junior Journal play "Too Much Noise".
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:

  • use comprehension strategies
  • infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text

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
Reading for literary experience, set 3
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y5 (02/2002)

a)

Any 3 of:

  • Chair (for Dad to sit in)
  • book/newspaper (for Dad to read)
  • pot lids [Accept pots]
  • blocks
  • recorders

3 correct – moderate

2 correct – moderate

1 correct – easy

b)

For any 1 of:

  • In a house/at home.
  • In the lounge/kitchen/dining/living room.

easy

c)

Accept any scenery consistent with the answer given in b).

moderate

d)

Accept any items of clothing or accessories that are suggestive of an older person, e.g.,

  • glasses
  • tie
  • beard/moustache
  • wig/grey hair
  • make-up (wrinkles, etc.)
  • suit

easy

e)

Any 1 of:

  • Running (away from Timmy).
  • Making a face/poking her tongue out.

easy

f)

Any 1 of:

  • Catching/tagging/holding Lara.
  • Reaching out to catch/tag/hold Lara.

moderate

g)

A

very easy

h)

Accept any appropriate action, such as:

  • Hold his head/put his head in his hands.
  • Close his eyes.
  • Put the newspaper over his head.
  • Lie back in his chair.

moderate