Point of view resources

Students are required to identify arguments for and against keeping animals in zoos and then use these to write a paragraph expressing their point of view about this issue.

Students attempt to persuade the adults in their families that they should be able to have a dog. They construct an argument by writing replies to the adults' statements.

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

This comprehension task assesses a student's ability to make inferences about a character's feelings based on the evidence in a written and visual text, and their own prior experience.

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.

The assessment focus is on the ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

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

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.

This transactional writing resource requires students to express their views about organ donation.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify and justify evidence used to visualise and make inferences about a character and setting.

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.

Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter.

Students read a story 'The Gift' and answer questions about comprehension, point of view and inference.

The assessment focus is on the ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.