Using an Index III

Using an Index III

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This task is about knowing how to use an index.
This is part of an index from a book about travel. Use it to answer the questions that follow below.
 

INDEX

Numbers in bold type show that there is an illustration, photograph or diagram on the page.

 
Aeroplanes, as modern transport, 63-64; how they fly, 41, 43; invention of, 44-45; kinds of, 34, 38, 44, 60; military uses of, 50-54; speed records made by, 61-62

Airships, See Dirigibles

Anchors, how used, 171; kinds of, 172; purpose of, 170

Automobiles; changes in style of, 84, 86; different uses for, 80-82; earliest types, 83;
   improvements in, 84-87; invention of, 78-79; private use of, 89; rising cost of, 88

Balloons, early flights of, 242-243; first types, 241; present uses of, 245-246; record flights of, 244

Barges, See Water Transport

Bicycles, as modern transport, 75; earliest types, 70-71; motor-driven, 73-74; penny-farthing, 72-73

Boats, in water sports, 93; pleasure boating, 94-95; rowing, 92

See also Yachts

Cabins, on ships, 215

Canoes, earliest uses of, 115; how made, 116-117; in present day water sports, 118; used by Indians, 119; used by trappers, 120

See also Kayaks

Cars, See Automobiles

Coaches, as means of early travel, 131; horse-drawn vehicles, 132-133.

See also Trains

Dirigibles, decline of, 185; development of, 180-181; famous airships, 182; future use of, 187-188; 'Hindenburg' disaster, 183; passenger use, 184-185; records made by, 182

Dog teams, of the Eskimos, 19; used by Arctic explorers, 25

Source: PAT Study Skills: Knowledge and Use of Reference Materials A, 1978
 
 
 
 
a)
Which pages would probably tell you who had flown the fastest in an aeroplane?
 
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b)
Which page would probably tell you about how the bicycle is used as transport today?
 
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airship
 
c)
On which page would you find this picture of an airship?
 
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d)
If you wanted to find out more about canoes, where else in this index would you need to look?

(A)   Under "Aeroplanes"
(B)   Under "Kayaks"
(C)   Under "Water Transport"
(D)   Under "Water Sports"
(E)   Under "Trappers"
 
e)
Which page would probably tell you about the use of canoes in water sports today?
 
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Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Copyright: 
Source: PAT Study Skills: Knowledge and Use of Reference Materials A, 1978
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
index, information skills
Description of task: 
This resource requires students to answer five selected response questions about an index page from a book on travel.
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 (06/2003)
a) 61-62 easy
b) 75 very easy
c) 183 difficult
d) B moderate
e) 118 easy