Using a Table of Contents

Using a Table of Contents

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This task is about answering questions about a Table of Contents.
desert

Below is the Table of Contents from a book called Deserts. Use this Table of Contents to answer the following questions.

Chapter CONTENTS Page
 
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

 
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where the World's Deserts Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How Are Deserts Formed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Different Types of Deserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mountain and Basin Deserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rocky and Sandy Deserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sand Dunes – Growth, Size, Movement, Types . .
Water in Deserts – Groundwater, Wells, Streams . .
Travelling by the 'Ship of the Desert' . . . . . . . . . . .
Desert People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Desert Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Desert Creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Appendix: Table Showing Major Deserts of the World

With Areas in Square Kilometres . . . . . . . . .
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
3
6
9
11
17
25
31
37
40
46
56
 
64
66
 

Question 2Change answer

a)  Which chapter would you read if you wanted to find out about different kinds of sand dunes?
     1234567891011  (Select one)

Question 2Change answer

b)  Which chapter would have the most information about sandy deserts?
     1234567891011  (Select one)

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c)  Which chapters would you read if you were interested in finding out how people and the other forms of life live in the desert? (Select one)

    • 7 and 9

    • 7, 9, and 10

    • 9 and 10

    • 10 and 11

    • 9, 10, and 11

Question 2Change answer

d)  On which page does the chapter about people who live in the desert begin?
     

Question

e)  Which one of the following pictures would you expect to find in Chapter 9?  (Select one)

    • A group of tourists looking at a pyramid.

    • A group of herders on their way to a camel market.

    • Camels sheltering from a sand storm.

    • Date palms growing in an oasis.

    • Examples of different types of desert landscape.

Question

f)  Where would you look if you wanted to find out how big the Sahara Desert is?  (Select one)

    • In Chapter 3.

    • On pages 3 to 5

    • In Chapter 4.

    • In the Appendix.

    • In the Index.

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: 
contents page, information skills
Description of task: 
Students use a table of contents from a book about deserts to answer questions.
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: 
  

Y10 (05/2003)

a)

Chapter 6

very easy

b)

Chapter 5

very easy

c)

E

easy

d)

Page 40

moderate

e)

B

moderate

f)

D

easy