: Book Brochure   
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Resources: 4-page book brochure Scene (page 1 illustrated)

Questions/instructions

Use the book brochure to answer these questions. You can have 10 minutes to do your answers.

  % responses
y4 y8
1. Pretend that you have won a prize in a competition, and you can have any book from the brochure. Write down the book you would choose.

All titles received some nominations, ranging from 0.2% for the least frequent choice to 14% for the most preferred title. The two most preferred titles were:

Goosebumps

Rugby League

 

14

11

2. What is it you liked about this book?

topic of interest

enables learning or performing skill

author or book series known

perceived reading level

other

combination of the above reasons

 

58

7

4

1

5

21

3. Find The Yearbook. How much does it cost?

$6.80

  86

4. Find the Rugby League book. How many pages does it have?

82 pages

  98

5. How many books in the brochure cost $5.00 or less?

8 books

  32

Commentary

Both this task and the similar year 4 version Book Club News, produced similar results, despite different resource materials and questions. Most students chose books largely on the appeal of the topic. Most students were competent in using the brochure to locate information provided that information was readily observable.

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