Vocabulary resources

Students complete a cloze passage with 26 blanks about a boy stuck between some steps. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students complete a cloze passage with 27 blanks on the release of a killer whale. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

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

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.

Students complete a cloze passage about koalas using their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to use evidence in text to make inferences about characters' points of view, and to analyse and synthesise understandings of these characters.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students read an article on Mother Teresa and then answer short comprehension questions.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Students read an article on the marathon. They then answer a range of comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Students read a short text about ladybirds to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

Students will identify and use nouns, adjectives, and verbs to write a poem that follows the same structure as given in two examples.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea.

Task: Match terms with definition. Assessment focus: science vocabulary.

The context of this cloze task is a story about a hungry weasel. Students generate appropriate words to create well-formed sentences.

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

Students read a play to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

Students read a poem to answer questions that focus on the language used. Text provided.

Task: Answer six true or false questions. Assessment focus: Definitions of genetic terms.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

After reading a poem, students respond to questions which focus on understanding features of language used and their effects.

Students are required to identify the verbs in a short story about a boy jumping off a diving board.

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) Reading age 9.5-10.5. SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

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.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.