Making sense of text: processing system resources

Students read an extract from the narrative 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and answer a combination of multiple-choice and short answer questions.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe physical attributes, students identify which animal is being described.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe personal attributes, students identify which person is being described.

Students read a poem titled 'The Sea' and explain the meanings of some of the language used.

Students read an article on milking cows and then find information in it to complete a retrieval chart.

Students are assessed on their ability to retrieve details that support the main idea of an article about an endangered species.

Students read an article and are assessed on their ability to retrieve information and to make inferences in response to two questions about geologists.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about cultural change in a Pacific context.

The assessment focus is on students' abilities to identify the details in a text that support a given, main idea.

Students read three texts and select the statement that identifies the main idea of each text.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details and identify the main idea of a narrative about a Cook Island tradition.

This resource assesses a student's ability to skim quickly and find the answers to eight questions about islands in the Pacific. It is a timed exercise.

Students create well-formed sentences as they complete a cloze exercise on Inuit carving.

Students read a Junior Journal article about tree cutting. From their comprehension of the story they complete a retrieval chart and explain the figurative language used.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

Students are assessed on their comprehension of text by completing a cloze exercise about albatross.

Students create well-formed sentences as they complete a cloze exercise on the ruins of Ko Bakong.

The context of this task is a story about a power cut. Students identify the changing feelings of the children in the story and record these as a graph over time.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems.

Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order.

An account of a fishing adventure in a lagoon provides the content for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words to create well-formed sentences.