Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Literature

20 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LE01

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Answers and review guidance

Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Example response / review guidance: A useful response names each character and selects an event from each book, then explains a shared idea such as exploring or returning and a difference in the circumstances.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 2

Example response / review guidance: Identify the two relationships, explain how each is shown through action or words, and compare them without assuming all animal stories have the same message.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 3

Example response / review guidance: Refer to one visible feature and one relevant word choice in each book. Explain how their effects are similar or different.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 4

Example response / review guidance: Name a shared idea that the books actually support, give an event from each, and explain why the different treatments affect you differently.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 5

Example response / review guidance: Discuss evidence from the two particular books. A similarity about belonging or place must be supported by details, and a difference should preserve each book's context.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 6

Example response / review guidance: Name the relationship in each book and explain an action, memory or exchange that shows it. Then make a clear connection between the two.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 7

Example response / review guidance: Describe what each opening presents, explain a language or illustration choice, and compare the expectations those choices create.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 8

Example response / review guidance: Use the titles and authors, support the comparison with a detail from each, and explain what reading both adds. Avoid suggesting one book represents every person's experience.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 9

Example response / review guidance: Choose an idea genuinely supported by both texts. Explain a specific incident from each and how the settings or circumstances make the experiences distinct.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 10

Example response / review guidance: Select a memory or narrated event in each. Explain the relevant family, place or time details and connect them to its significance.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 11

Example response / review guidance: Describe each moment accurately, identify a language or visual choice, and explain its effect before comparing the two.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 12

Example response / review guidance: Support any suggested similarity with actions or words from both books; then explain a real difference in circumstances or outcome.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 13

Example response / review guidance: Use named features or events from each text, connect them to a shared idea and explain a distinction in the places or perspectives.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 14

Example response / review guidance: Identify the viewpoint in each book from the words, compare what it emphasises, and support the comparison with specific details.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 15

Example response / review guidance: Describe a feature of each chosen illustration, connect it to its accompanying text and explain a similarity or difference in effect.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 16

Example response / review guidance: State an evidence-based connection, name the titles and creators, and explain why both belong in that discussion without calling their contexts interchangeable.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 17

Example response / review guidance: Select a journey actually described in each book. Support the comparison with events and preserve the different historical and personal circumstances.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 18

Example response / review guidance: Explain what each selected detail makes visible or understandable, then compare the effects. Personal responses may differ when grounded in evidence.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 19

Example response / review guidance: Describe the relationship or connection using events in each text; explain a supported similarity and a contextual difference.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.

Question 20

Example response / review guidance: Name a supported shared idea, such as facing change, use evidence from both books, and explain why the particular lives and contexts must remain distinct.

This task assesses a response to the actual published books. There is no single fixed interpretation: a teacher or adult should check the cited events, comparisons and reasoning against the books.

Review criteria
  • Refers accurately to both named books and their creators.
  • Uses a specific event, word choice or illustration detail from each book.
  • Explains a meaningful connection and respects differences of context.