Reading task Week 5 and 6

Design all around us

By Jan Anderson

We are learning to use clues in the text and our prior knowledge to understand what we are reading.

1. What is design?Design is  a way of changing life

2. Describe how something made out of plastic in your own words.Milk bottles are made to hold milk,sandwich bags are made to hold sandwiches,plastic bags hold food.

3. Why do designers use chrome-plating? It protects the steel from rusting.

4. What makes a classic design? It looks good and works well.

5. What is one difference between houses hundreds of years ago and modern houses? They had very simple designs and small windows.

This is a reading task and it is about design from the 1950's. I have been learning about all designs in my reading group called the Tuatara.

To get all these  answers I got them from the book. We do reading task because so we can get better at using our noticing  muscle. We found the answers in the book and I used my noticing muscle to find the answers.

Here is a question and put the answer in the comment box: Why was Olden day houses made out of bricks?