Using a telephone directory

Using a telephone directory

Pencil and paper
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This task is about finding information in a directory.

Below are listings from a phone book of some Government Departments.

Telephone clipart

Telephone directory

Use the page that shows phone listings for some Government Departments to answer the following questions:

a) What is the website address for the Human Rights Commission?

 
 
 

b) Write down the address that you would send a letter to for the Lower Hutt Office of the Ministry of Housing.

 
 
 
 
 

c) What are the hours of service for Inland Revenue phone enquiries on a Saturday?

 
 
 

d) What is the phone number for enquiries about student loans?

 
 
 

e) What does the Inland Revenue Department ask you to have ready, before ringing them to make an enquiry?

 
 
 

f) In which three cities are offices for the Tenancy Services to be found in this directory?

 

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Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
directory, locate information, information skills, reference
Description of task: 
The assessment focus is on the ability to use information skills.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:

  • locate and summarise ideas

as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions

Answers/responses: 
    Y7 (04/2005)
a) www.hrc.co.nz very easy
b) Level 1
Bloomfield Hse/House
46-50 Bloomfield Tce/Terrace
Lower Hutt
or
PO Box 30-400
Lower Hutt		 easy
c) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. very easy
d) 0800 377 778 or 0800 377 774 very easy
e) Your IRD number moderate
f) Wellington
Lower Hutt
Porirua		 3 correct - easy
2 correct - easy
1 correct - very easy