Book Look (Y8)
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Approach:  One to one
Level: Year 8
Focus: Knowing about features in a non-fiction book  
Resources:
Book:The War in the Trenches, recording book
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Questions/instructions:


Hand the book to the student.
Here’s a book called The War in the Trenches.
[Hansen, O. S. (2003). The War In The Trenches. The World Wars. London: Hodder Wayland.]

Take a little time to have a look at the different parts of this book.
Allow time.
 
% responses
2009 ('05)
y8
1. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find out whether the book is up to date, or quite old.
inside first page/page 2/ publications page
58 (62)
2. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find a list of the topics covered in the book.
contents page/page 3
82 (75)
 
index page / page 64
10 (14)
3. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find an explanation of some of the terms or special words used in the book.
glossary (pages 61–62)
77 (75)
4. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find the books the author used to get information for this book.
page 63 – sources/resources
61 (57)
5. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find the page number for a specific topic, like tanks.
index, page 64
58 (56)
6. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find the name of the country or the place where the book was published.
inside first page/page 2/ publications page
72 (70)
7. Show me where you would look if you wanted to find out about the author.
back cover
57 (62)

Total score:
8
18 (16)
6–7
37 (34)
4–5
30 (34)
2–3
11 (12)
0–1
4 (3)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on chart to enlarge] :
Year 8
 
Commentary:
Most year 8 children were able to locate basic information in a non-fiction book, but few were able to locate all of the information. Performance in 2009 was slightly improved over 2005. Girls were somewhat more successful on this task as were Pakeha children.