Using keywords

Using keywords

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Overview
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This task is about choosing the best keywords to help you find information and answer questions.
When you research a topic you can use keywords to help you find the information you need.
 
a)  Tick the three words or phrases most likely to help you find information and answer each of the following questions. An example has been done for you.
     
     Question: Why do stars light up?
     Keywords:
graphic showing keywords: space, milky way and stars

Question

       Question: What is being done to stop the Black Robin from becoming extinct? 
       Keywords: 

    • New Zealand wildlife

    • extinct

    • conservation

    • native

    • New Zealand birds

    • newspaper

Question

     Question: How far is it between the Earth and Saturn? 
     Keywords:

    • solar system

    • planets

    • Earth

    • size

    • space shuttle

    • distance

Question 1Change answer

b)  Read the following questions. Write three words or phrases most likely to help you find information and answer each question. The first one has been done for you.
 
Question: How can the sun be used to light a house?
Keywords:  sun              energy                     solar power 

Question 1Change answer

     i) How is diet important to your health?
Keywords:               

Question 1Change answer

      ii) How does blood move around our bodies?
Keywords:       
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with some auto-marking).
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
keywords, searching, information skills
Description of task: 
This resource assesses students' ability to select appropriate key words, from a given list, for the purpose of finding information that can be used to answer a given question. Students' ability to generate key words is also assessed.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • apply their vocabulary knowledge
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: vocabulary knowledge, set 6
Reading to organise ideas and information for learning, set 4
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y8 (03/2004)
a) i)
New Zealand wildlife
conservation
New Zealand Birds
 3 correct – very difficult
2 correct – moderate
1 correct – very easy
ii)
solar system 
planets
Earth
 3 correct –  very difficult
2 correct – difficult
1 correct – easy
b) i)
Any 3 of:
•    diet
•    health/wellness/nutrition
•    protein/vitamins/minerals/carbohydrate/fat/cholesterol
•    other appropriate answer
 
3 correct – very difficult
2 correct – difficult
1 correct – easy
ii)
Any 3 of:
•    human body
•    blood
•    arteries/veins/heart
•    other appropriate answer
 
3 correct –  difficult
2 correct – easy
1 correct – very easy