News articles resources

Students use comprehension skills to answer a range of questions based on a newspaper story. Knowledge of adjectives and alliteration is also required.

A newspaper article on working from home is the stimulus for this resource. The assessment focus is on looking at both sides of an issue, vocabulary and comprehension.

A newspaper story about a runaway weather balloon with a map that tracks its progress is the context for this assessment. Students read it to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.

Students read a newspaper article and answer questions about comprehension and vocabulary.

Students reflect on notes taken during a rugby game to write an effective report. They also consider some features that will add effect to their report. A link to student support material is given under the "Working with Students" tab.

A report about a topic of local, national, or international interest is prepared. The assessment focus is on opinions and information from the media. ARB scoring guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students are provided with a newspaper article titled 'Gentle quake the latest in swarm' and use this to answer three questions.

Students write headlines for brief newspaper items. This task assesses student ability to summarise text as a headline.