:Aroha Town
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Approach:  Independent Level: Year 8
Focus: Making a key for a map 
Resources: Map in recording book
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Questions/instructions:

This map does not have a key.

Make a key in the box beside the map.

[Student examples at bottom of page]


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% responses
2003 ('99)
y8
Labelled appropriate symbol:
forest
79 (78)
railway
86 (88)
road
71 (76)
river
81 (84)
townships
70 (66)
bridges
85 (83)
Total score:
11–12
53 (50)
9–10
27 (28)
6–8
9 (11)
3–5
3 (1)
0–2
8 (10)
Commentary:
There is little difference in the ability of year 8 students to make an appropriately labelled key for a map between 1999 and 2003. Fifty percent of students completed the task to a very high standard.
AROHA TOWN – STUDENT EXAMPLES (important note - these are examples ONLY, not exemplars):
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