How to read a CAA(maths question) using - Graphic Organisers

Text form to Visual form: I Do, we Do, you Do (grid format to tease out the language features)

I have been working with starters (Do Nows) to help students familiarize themselves with CAA questions. While working on this, my learners found it difficult to comprehend some of the questions. Over the past three weeks, I have been collaborating with Mark Milford to develop a smoother process for understanding these questions. Here is the graphic organizer( Scafffold) he introduced to aid comprehension.

I included this graphic organiser into the starters: Here are last week's (7) questions we trialed with my year10 Learners: Link

My learners found it very useful and here are the answers:

How to answer? WUAC

NCEA suggest to use W(working)U(unit)A(answer)C(communication) :

Example:

Calculate the simple interest earned I when $240 is invested for 3 years at 5% interest per year.

 Interest=240x5x3/100 (working)

              =$36 (Unit/answer)

simple interest for $240 for 3 years at 5% is $36( communication)