Zippo
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Approach:  Station
ACCESS
Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Comprehending literal meaning
exemplars
Resources:
Stickers, instruction card
FRAME 2.5Mb
Questions/instructions:

Instructions for Making a Zippo

A Zippo’s body is a rectangle.
A Zippo can fly. It has 2 feathery wings attached to its body - one to the left side and one to the right.
A Zippo has 2 eyes made up of 3 circles, to help it see in dark caves. One eye is in the top left hand corner of its body. The other eye is in the top right hand corner.
A Zippo is a friendly creature. When it smiles, it shows its teeth. Its mouth is in the middle of its body.
A Zippo has 3 short, clawed feet that help it to hold on to tree branches. Its feet are beside each other, in the middle of the base of its body.
A Zippo has dark spiky hair under its antenna and above its eyes.
A Zippo has 1 antenna that helps it to find other Zippos. Its antenna is up above its hair and between its eyes.

 

 

 

 


You are going to make a Zippo with stickers.

The Zippo’s body shape is a rectangle. The rectangle is drawn in your answer book.

Follow the instructions on the card.

Choose the stickers that fit with the instructions.

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% responses
2008 ('04)
y4
y8
student noticed “Top of Zippo” sign
[Note: If student did not notice sign, (i.e. incorrectly oriented the page) all remaining rows were marked as if orientation was correct.]
70 (74)
88 (89)
Wings:
feathery wings chosen
85 (84)
95 (93)
Placement:
right side and left side of rectangle
77 (86)
92 (90)
one side only
3 (3)
2 (0)
Eyes:
correct eyes chosen (made up of three circles)
81 (86)
96 (95)
Placement:
at top of body, centered and attached OR split in two top corners
41 (63)
66 (81)
one or both eyes outside rectangle
47 (29)
30 (15)
Mouth:
correct mouth chosen (curved lips with teeth)
81 (87)
95 (94)
Placement:
middle of body with teeth/ tongue facing downwards
50 (62)
70 (73)
Feet:
correct feet chosen (3 clawed feet)
76 (75)
93 (94)
Placement:
between branch and bottom of middle of body (if orientation incorrect, bottom of middle of body only)
64 (64)
83 (84)
Hair:
correct hair chosen (dark and spiky)
80 (85)
96 (97)
Placement:
above eyes at top of head
(disregarding antenna)
84 (90)
98 (96)
Antenna:
correct antenna chosen (single)
80 (81)
97 (94)
Placement:
on top of head between eyes
(disregarding hair)
80 (85)
97 (95)

Total score:
15
12 (16)
35 (44)
13–14
31 (39)
47 (36)
11–12
23 (19)
11 (14)
9–10
13 (13)
4 (3)
0–8
21 (13)
3 (3)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
This was a popular task, handled well by most year 8 students, but with a wide spread of results for year 4 students. Results from 2004 and 2008 were very similar, apart from the marks for placement of the eyes where there was a difference in how the task was administered in 2004 and 2008 (scissors were provided in 2004, but not in 2008). Year 8 Pakeha and Mäori students performed very similarly, with Pasifika students averaging substantially lower.

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