:House Plan
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 8 
Focus:  Interpreting a plan.
Resources: Pictures in answer booklet.
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Questions/instructions:

Look at the picture and plan of the house then answer the questions.
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Image of House

House Plan (click on image for enlagement)

% responses
2002 '98
y8
1. Put a cross on the plan to show the front door.
correct
76 (79)
2. How many bedrooms are there?
3
99 (96)
3. Which room has the biggest wardrobe?
bedroom 1, bed 1 (4 x 3.5, rm 1)
92 (90)
4. Draw a line on the plan to show the shortest way from the laundry to the lounge.
correct
73 (69)
5. What direction are you facing when you are in the kitchen looking out to the dining area?
North
84 (82)
6. There is a clothes line beside the house.
    Draw the clothes line in the right place on the plan.
drawn in appropriate region
53 (49)
7. The person who drew the plan has not labelled the part shown like this. What is it?
         
         
         
         
         

sundeck, patio, tiled area, etc
[Not marked. Many students noted the materials used rather than the function of the area]

Commentary:
Year 8 students performed similarly on this task in 1998 and 2002.

 
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