Key into Evaluation

Key into Evaluation

Level One Set T2

Evaluation requires the skills or reorganisation and inference.  Answers must come
from the information in the story. Look for keywords. Consider the writer’s intent.

The Flagman

The man who lives across the road from me has a flagpole in his front yard.  He has
lots of different flags, I always look to see which one is flying.

He has one with a bright yellow sun on it and he puts it up on hot summer days.  He
put it up on a dark day in the middle of winter a couple of years ago. It didn’t make
me feel any different and he hasn’t done it again.  Some of his flags advertise things,
some have pictures like the one with the sun, and some are just designs. He loves
them all.

He’s not a young man, and he tripped one day, stumbled forward and fell against the
wall of his house.  The next thing I knew, he had his arm in plaster and in a sling.
The day after that I was surprised to see that his flag was not at the top of the flagpole.
 Flying a flag low means someone has died. I asked him who it was. It was his turn
to be surprised - he didn’t know what I was talking about.

I pointed up at the flag.  He seemed quite upset. He undid the rope and awkwardly
tugged on it, to raise the flag higher.  I took a step forward and tugged it with him.
It went to the top and he fastened the rope firmly at the bottom of the pole.

a.  Who is the first up in the morning, the man across the road or the writer?  Why
do you say that?

The man across the rode. ✓

b.  Why do you think he flew the flag with the sun on it in the middle of winter?

I think that he put it up in the middle of winter so that it can brighten up people’s day. ✓

c.  Had someone died?  Why do you say that?

No because he didn’t know that when the flag is down low it means someone has died. ✓

d.  Why did the writer help the man raise the flag higher?

The writer helped the man because he couldn't get it to the top with his arm in plaster. ✓

Reaction question:

Do you think it was a good thing for the neighbour to fly flags?  Why do you say that?

Yes because he is trying to brighten up everyone's day.

Create activity:

Find the NZ naval flag, how is it different from the NZ flag?

Find the , what does the design mean?