Wearable Art show

Wearable Art show

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Read the newspaper article 'Flipflop Rachel the frog princess'. Then answer the following questions.

Flipflop Rachel the frog princess
Few models fear tripping over their feet onstage, but few have to walk in the floppers Rachel Lean wears as a frog princess.
Rachel, 12, wore a costume by Wellington designer Annemiek Weterings in the Montana New Zealand Wearable Art Awards in Nelson last night.
It was the first of three nights of the awards.     Rachel wore a large toad suit, then burst out of it dressed as a princess.
"It's a little scary because I have to hop along and sometimes my toes double up and I'm scared I'll fall over," she said.     
Weterings said the costume, which she called Puddocky, showed that "beauty was in the eye of the beholder".
Rachel said modelling the costume was "not that hard", but the top was quite heavy.
"All I have to do is place my arm through, unzip it, flick it back and push my way out."    
Children's model assistant Janet Sowman said stamina was an essential to the smooth running of the show.
The final show is tomorrow night.

SURPRISE! –  Rachel Lean bursts out of a costume by Wellington designer Annemiek Weterings at the Wearable Art Awards in Nelson last night.

Picture: Nelson Mail

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a)  When reporters make notes for an article they often use Who, What, and Where questions to help them get information.
      i)  Fill in these facts from the article. 
          Who was featured? 
          What was the event?
          Where was it held? 
     ii)  Who was the sponsor of the event? 

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b) What are two problems Rachel had with wearing the costume "Puddocky"?
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c)  Why would they need a "children's model assistant"?

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d)  The article says that the model "wore a large toad suit" but the headline talks about "the frog princess".
     Write one likely reason for the writer using "frog" instead of "toad" in the headline.

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e) Explain the phrase, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Task administration: 
This task can be completed online (without auto-marking) or with pencil and paper.
Copyright: 
Text source: The Evening Post, Friday 25 September 1999.(Text abridged).
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
comprehension, article, news articles, locate information, inference
Description of task: 
A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text
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
Reading for literary experience, set 5
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (11/1999)

a)

i)
  • Rachel Lean
  • New Zealand Wearable Arts Awards
  • Nelson

very easy
 

ii)

Montana

moderate

b)

  

Any 2 of: 

  • She has to hop.
  • She's scared of falling over.
  • Her toes double up.
  • The costume is quite heavy.

very easy

c)

  

Any 1 of:

  • Children need help getting into costumes.
  • Children need one person to go to if there is a problem.
  • For safety and security.
  • No parents back stage/because parents aren't allowed backstage.

moderate

d)

  

Any 1 of:

  • An example of alliteration.
  • To sound the same as "Flipflop".
  • To make it sound better [some reference to sound, "not looking better"].
  • Frogs and princesses are linked in Fairy Tales.

moderate

e)

 

Each of us sees "beauty" in our own way.OrWhat is considered beautiful is different for different people/differs from person to person.

difficult