Reading - Evaluate Texts

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In reading we have been learning to….Apply some criteria to evaluate texts e.g accuracy of information and presence of bias.

Here is a link to our online modelling book

We have been evaluating texts against the following four criteria:

1. Readability
2. Accuracy
3. Relevance
4. Quality of language/ information.

These documents show evidence of my learning during this unit:

  Describing Authors Purpose

 Criteria to Evaluate texts

Evaluating A Range of texts

My Next Step: Is to continue to apply this new knowledge and evaluate texts as I read them, checking for readability, accuracy, relevance and quality of language/ information

I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Year 7/8: I can use my growing wide range of academic and content-specific vocabulary to understand texts.

Name of Text: Underground Explorers

Definitions

Void: an empty space or vacuum. Fluorescent: able to give off visible light after being exposed to a source of heat, light, or other form of energy Vulnerable: able to be hurt or injured Interconnected: to connect or cause to be connected one to the other or others. Seldom: not often; rarely.

	Is a void messy? Why or why not?	No because it’s an empty space where there is nothing to get messy.
	Which color is the most fluorescent at night? Why?	White because the moon is white and the moon shines on everything and makes it white.
	Why are elderly people more vulnerable than children? Why?	Because most elderly are older are often living in rural areas.
	Which is more interconnected;  a vine or a dandelion? Why?	Dandelion because as soon as somebody sees a dandelion they will pick it up and and be connected with it straight away.
	Which is more seldom; the Olympics or an election in NZ? Why?	Olympics because elections are much more often in New Zealand.

Word Associations	The plants in the garden are die during a frost	Vulnerable
	There were lots of different paths that joined each other	Interconnected
	I made a shot from halfway while facing backwards.	Seldom
	We are still exploring  outer space.	Void
	I can find my key ring easily in the dark.	Fluorescent

Word Relationships How might each pair of words be connected?	Vulnerable/Fluorescent	Sometimes being in a dark place with some light can make you vulnerable because the light hurts your eyes sometimes.
	Void/interconnected	Being space can be interconnected like the caves there are lots of paths that are interconnected

Extended Writing	Think of a time when you felt as though you were in a void or when you saw something that happens seldom. Write a paragraph about this.
	When I went outside to get a drink I felt like I was the only one there and I was going into a place with nothing in the area.

Year ⅞ - I can use appropriate skills and technologies to find and use a range of texts for specific purposes.

For my “Evaluating Leaders” research I have been researching about…Taylor Swift & Richie McCaw

During this unit I have had to use a range of strategies to find the information I needed on Google. This includes: Research, Cross-Checking, Referencing.

List strategies you used here Key words Strengths, Achievements

I have achieved this goal because… I am able to Reference my work

My next step is to set a new reading goal.

I can describe the language used by authors to achieve their purpose.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N4kzYZaOIFV7EgaIf71QkhDfecVNWo-psDi6V71DXXk/edit?ts=56fc2ddd

This is my Authors purpose doc that I did with Amelia and Jade

I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XSPJetNnjajwgeuHp2HKdsxtPVd0zHCRjIyBz6i_lZc/edit

I was learning about should we change the New Zealand flag or not i think that i did good because we got over half of the page done i think that we should not change the flag. I really enjoyed doing this activity.