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.

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.

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.