Trampoline bounce

Trampoline bounce

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This task is about looking at the visual and written features of a poem.
Read the poem Trampoline Bounce, page 32 of Junior Journal 17, 1997, and look at the pictures to help answer the questions.
  1. What do the lines around the pictures of the children show?

     
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The mother is the person depicted at the bottom right-hand corner of the page.
  1. Draw arrows pointing at three parts of the image of the mother which show that she feels worried.

     
  2. Why is the mother most likely worried?

     
     
     
     
     
  3. Draw a circle around the words in the poem which go best with the picture of the mother.

     
  4. Look at the way the letters in the title of the poem have been written. How do they fit with the idea of a trampoline?

     
     
     
     
     
  5. How many children are using the trampoline?

     
     
     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed using pencil and paper.
 
You will need to provide each student with a copy of page 32 of Junior Journal 17, 1997 (Trampoline bounce).
 
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Viewing
Keywords: 
illustration, poem, poetry, comprehension, layout, junior journal, JJ-17-1997
Description of task: 
Students read a poem and identify how the visual and written texts work together to build comprehension.
Answers/responses: 
  Y5 (05/1999)
a) They are moving/jumping/bouncing. easy
b) Arrows pointing to any 3 of:

•   The zig zag lines near the mother's head.
•   The pointing hand.
•   The mother's mouth.
•   The mother's eyes.
•   The mother's eyebrows.

 3 correct –
easy

2 correct –
easy

1 correct–
very easy
c) Any 1 of:

•   There are two children on the trampoline at once.
•   Trampolines can be dangerous and the children
     might fall off/hurt themselves.
•   The children are doing daring things on the
     trampoline.

 very easy
d) Line drawn around all or any relevant part of "Hey! You kids! One at a time on the trampoline!" easy
e) The letters go up and down on the page (as if they are bouncing). moderate
f) two moderate