Message resources

For this NEMP task students write a letter to a bookshop requesting information about a book.

This NEMP task requires students to write a story book for a young person using a sequence of pictures.

Students look at a cartoon and make interpretations in looking at visual features.

This task assesses students' ability to analyse a text to identify and justify character traits and points of view, including the author's.

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

For this NEMP task students fill in a postcard about a holiday. Students' writing is assessed on postcard conventions, content, and legibility.

This resource assesses students' ability to analyse text to identify and find evidence of the author's message and audience.

Students use evidence in a text to make inferences about a character's feelings. They analyse these within scaffolding activities, synthesising their thinking to suggest the author's message.