Junior journal resources

Students read an article on milking cows and then find information in it to complete a retrieval chart.

Students are assessed on their ability to retrieve details that support the main idea of an article about an endangered species.

Students read a Junior Journal article about tree cutting. From their comprehension of the story they complete a retrieval chart and explain the figurative language used.

The context of this task is a story about a power cut. Students identify the changing feelings of the children in the story and record these as a graph over time.

Students identify what type of people the characters in the story are and choose evidence from the text to justify their decisions; they also identify the main idea of the text. Suggestions for evaluating character and the author's style of characterisation are under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of an article about a geologist. Junior Journal 21. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify important information and the main idea of an article about a conservation project for an endangered species. Junior Journal 13. Text provided

Students read an article about shoeing a horse and find information from it to complete a retrieval chart.

An article about a clown is read by students who then complete a retrieval chart about his job.

Students are required to read an article, answer questions and complete a retrieval chart.

Students read a poem and identify how the visual and written texts work together to build comprehension.

Students use visual clues in a comic strip to answer inferential questions.

A brief picture story is presented about missed opportunities. Students interpret the actions of the figures in the story, and infer the subsequent consequences.

Students read an extract from a play then answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

The use of metaphors and similes is explored in this poem about umbrellas in a storm. Text provided.

Students read a poem then use information from it to make inferences. Text not provided.

Students read a poem to answer questions that focus on the language used. Text provided.