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Questions/instructions Use the book brochure to answer these questions. You can have 10 minutes to do your answers. |
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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 |
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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 |
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3. Find The Yearbook. How much does it cost? $6.80 |
86 | |||
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4. Find the Rugby League book. How many pages does it have? 82 pages |
98 | |||
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5. How many books in the brochure cost $5.00 or less? 8 books |
32 | |||
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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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