Use the index! 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Further Resources This task is about knowing how to use an index. Read the index page for 'Moa' and answer the questions below. Question 1Change answer a) On what two pages would you find information about skeletons? Question 1Change answer b) On what pages would you find information about ostriches? Question 1Change answer c) Where in a book would you find an index? Question 1Change answer d) How are the words in an index organised? Question 1Change answer e) What is an index used for? Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (without auto-marking). Copyright: 'Moa', written by Jenny Jones, Heinemann Education, 2001. (Text abridged). Courtesy Pearson Education New Zealand. Level: 2 Curriculum info: English, Making meaning, Reading Key Competencies: Thinking, Using language, symbols, and texts Keywords: index, information skills, locate information, text features Description of task: This resource requires students to answer questions about an index page. Curriculum Links: Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading: This resource helps to identify students’ ability to: use comprehension strategies recognise the features of common text types as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Acquiring and using information and ideas in informational texts, sets 2-3Making sense of text: text structure, set 3 within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y5 (03/2003) a) 13 and 20 easy b) 6, 8, 14, 17 very easy c) The back of the book. easy d) Alphabetically moderate e) Any 1 of: To find on which pages certain information in the book can be found. To see if the book has the information you are looking for. moderate Look up the index! Parts of a book II
