Using an index II

Using an index II

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Overview
Using this Resource
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This task is about knowing how to use an index.
Index page
 
 

Use the following index from a book on windsurfing to answer the questions that follow.

a)

 
What are the two main features of the index layout?
 
i)  __________________________________________________________________
 
ii) __________________________________________________________________
 
b)

 
What is the purpose of an index?
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
c)

 
What aspect of windsurfing has the most page references in the index?
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
d)

 
Sometimes when using an index the idea you are looking for is indexed under a different name. Locate the page references for information about:
 
i) windsurfing indoors. Page __________
 
ii) the association that runs windsurfing. Page __________
 
iii) the best places to windsurf in the world. Page __________
 
e)

 
What is the meaning of the dash in the following examples?
 

 
____________________________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
f)

 

 Give three places in the index you could refer to if you wanted to find out about racing.
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
____________________________________________________________________
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Copyright: 
 
Acknowledgements: 'Windsurfing' by Simon Bornhoft New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd 2001.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
index, information skills
Description of task: 
Students use an index from a book on windsurfing to explain their understandings of an index and to find specific information.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • recognise structural features
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: text structure, set 5
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (11/2002)

a)

  
  • Alphabetical
  • Has page references

moderate
moderate

b)

   

Any 1 of:

  • It is quick reference.
  • You can locate specific information quickly.

easy

c)

  

Rigs and rigging.

easy

d)

i)
ii)
iii)

Page 72 (indoor windsurfing)
Page 8, 72, 77 (Professional Windsurfers Association)
Page 86-91 (Windsurfing hotspots)

very easy
easy
easy

e)

  

Any 1 of:

  • References to sails can be found on every page.
  • These can be key sections with lots of references to the topic.

easy

f)

  

Competitive wind surfing page 72.
Racing page 75.
Transatlantic Windsurfing Race page 76.
Olympic windsurfing page 77.

moderate
moderate
moderate
moderate