:Dictionary Check-Up
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Approach:Station Level: Year 4
Focus: Use of a dictionary.        
Resources: The New Zealand Oxford Junior School Dictionary.  
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Questions/instructions

Use the dictionary to answer all of the questions.

Write down the number of the page on which you found the answer.
% responses
2000 ('97)
y4
1. Mere’s grandfather is a rangatira.

What is a rangatira?
Answer:
Mäori chief/Mäori leader
85 (81)
Page number:
129 or *172
88 (85)
2. The smoke from the fire made my eyes smart.

What does smart mean?
Answer:
stinging pain
47 (35)
Page number:
153 or *202
89 (88)
 3. What is the right spelling?

This is my best acheavement.
Answer:
achievement
65 (52)
Page number:
1 or *2
79 (67)
(* different editions)
Rangatira
Mäori chief, an important person 		smart
1. dressed well
That hat looks very smart.
2. neat and tidy
If you comb your hair, you'll look much smarter.
3. clever
What a smart dog!
4. to feel a stinging pain
The sting made his hand smart.		 achievement
something difficult or special that you have done
Winning the medal was a great achievement.
 
Total score:
6
33 (22)
5
32 (28)
4
14 (17)
2–3
14 (23)
0–1
7 (10)
Commentary:
Students were more successful in finding the right dictionary entry than in extracting the required information. Overall, about 10 percent more students succeeded well in 2001 than in 1997. This task paralleled the year 8 task Dictionary Find.
 
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