Movement resources

Four different vertebrate animals are illustrated. For each animal the student needs to name the body part used by each animal to move, and then explain how this part makes the animal move.

Students study a poster about the benefits of exercise and make inferences from written and visual information.

In Part 1, students interpret how the visual techniques used in the presentation of a Māori legend support the meaning of the written text. In Part 2, students are assessed on their ability to communicate and explain their use of visual techniques. Annotated student work samples using Part 2 are provided.

Students study a poster about being safe in an earthquake and then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students unpack a picture, making inferences from its visual cues. SJ-1-2-1998. Text provided.

A short poem with four pictures is analysed with students having to match text with images and answer questions on movement and illustrations. SJ-2-4-1997. Text not provided.

Students read a poem and make links between its written and visual information. SJ-2-4-1993.

Students read a recipe and its visual text to make inferences. SJ 1-2-1998.

Students make inferences from visual cues and make links between visual and written text. SJ-2-3-1997.