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Approach:  Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus:  Inventing appropriate dialogue to fit picture.  
Resources: Picture in answer book.
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Questions/instructions:
Poor Ben. When he woke up, he was covered in red spots.
Look at the picture.
What do you think everyone in this picture might be saying or thinking?
Write inside the balloons to tell the story.

% responses
2002 '98
y4
y8
Relevance of what characters are saying:
Boy:
strong
66 (57)
66 (72)
moderate
28 (36)
28 (27)
weak
6 (7)
6 (1)
Father:
strong
63 (63)
68 (75)
moderate
33 (34)
27 (19)
weak
4 (3)
5 (6)
Mother:
strong
58 (64)
67 (74)
moderate
37 (34)
28 (23)
weak
5 (2)
5 (3)
Cat:
strong
53 (52)
53 (67)
moderate
34 (37)
28 (22)
weak
13 (11)
19 (11)
Interactiveness of comments:
very high
11 (3)
23 (24)
moderate
20 (14)
27 (25)
a little
41 (49)
36 (32)
none
28 (34)
14 (19)
Entertainment:[flair, humour]
very entertaining
0 (0)
3 (6)
quite entertaining
9 (8)
13 (18)
some entertaining features
33 (25)
39 (33)
no entertainment
58 (67)
45 (43)
Following conventions of speech/thought bubbles:
throughout
71 (72)
66 (76)
most (3 of 4)
17 (14)
21 (21)
some (1–2 of 4)
8 (11)
10 (2)
none
4 (3)
3 (1)
Total score:
15–17
8 (2)
17 (20)
12–14
31 (24)
33 (37)
9–11
33 (48)
29 (26)
6–8
21 (21)
13 (15)
0–5
7 (5)
8 (2)

Commentary:
Year 8 students performed only slightly better than year 4 students, mainly in the interactiveness of their comments. There was little change between 1998 and 2002.
YEAR 4 – HIGH RANGE:
Boy: am I sick mum? do I have to go to school 
Father: you can stay in Bed do you want to go to the Docters? You sould
Mother: yes dear I think you are No you don’t have to go to school 
Cat: I don’t want them there ugly! 
Boy: I don’t fell so good dad and mom
Father: Are you ok son, do you want some pills ha.
Mother: It looks like chiken pokes, hunney sile we take him to the docder.
Cat: yucky red spots, Just as wall im not a humine Im going to lice misalfe
YEAR 4 – MID RANGE:
Boy: I don’t feel good
Father: We’ll have to take you to hospital
Mother: Oh No
Cat: I’m hungry
Boy: can We See a docter
Father: have a rest son
Mother: It’s chiken Pocks
Cat: now i can’t liy on his bed
YEAR 8 – HIGH RANGE:
Boy: Oh, Mum, Dad I feel sick and I have red bumps all over me
Father: O.K. I hope it doesn’t last long. And I hope it doesn’t cost much for the doctor.
Mother: It looks like he has chicken pocks. You better call the doctor
Cat: I’m glad I don’t look like that.
Boy: What are these thing chicken poks. Am I going to turn into a chicken.
Father: By crikey son your turning into a chicken. Just joshing. You have chicken poks
Mother: Please do. not itch it makes it worse if you itch
Cat: Meow, Meow, MeowChicken, Chicken, Chicken
YEAR 8 – MID RANGE:
Boy: I feel sick
Father: It looks like you’ve got the measles
Mother: Hurry up and I’ll take you to the doctor
Cat: Who’s that person
Boy: Not to feel Dad!
Father: “Ben do you feel alright”?
Are you itchy
Mother: Oh dear! I think he might have chickenpox. I better go call the doctor
Cat: Red spots, not good.
 
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