When the air moves

When the air moves

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This task is about finding information and making inferences from a text.
 
Read the poem "When the air moves" School Journal, Part 2, No 2, Learning Media 1999  to help answer the following questions.

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a)  Write down one group of words that is repeated in the first three verses of the poem.
     

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b)  When the girl whistles, plays her recorder, and blows out the candles,
     how is she making the air move?      

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c)  What is the main letter sound which is repeated in the first verse?  

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d)  Write down four words in the first verse that describe the sounds the air makes.
     1.        2.       3.       4.  

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e)  The air acts like a person when it "steals" the school notice.
     Write down another word in the poem which describes the air as if it was a person.
     

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f)  Write down a word in the third verse which makes it sound as though the waves are acting like a person.  

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g)  Write down one way the last verse is different from the others.
     
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with some auto-marking).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Description of task: 
Students read a poem about air to answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1999. Text provided.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:

  • use comprehension strategies
  • recognise language features

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

Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (08/1999)

a) When the air moves. easy
b) By blowing. easy
c) W difficult
d)
  • whooshes
  • wheezes
  • whispers
  • whines
difficult
e) Any 1 of:

  • Teases (the washing line).
  • Ties (my hair in knots).
  • Blows (strange things into our garden).
  • Whispers.
  • Wheezes.
  • Whines.
moderate
f) sprint moderate
g) Any 1 of:

  • The girl is making the air move.
  • The wind is controlled.
  • The first line of the verse is different.
  • It describes good things happening.
easy