Making sense of text: processing system resources

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

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

Students read a poem, 'My Other Jandal', then answer inferential questions. The poem is provided with this resource. SJ-2-4-1994. Text not provided.

Students use an index page to identify the pages they should go to, in order to find specific information.

Students read an article on dog grooming. They find information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-1-1997. Text not provided.

Students read a text about living in a house bus to answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1995. Text provided.

Students read a poem, written from the point of view of an immigrant, then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

Students are assessed on their ability to find and synthesise details to explain the main idea of a text. The text is focused on adjusting to life as a separated family. SJ-3-2-2006. Text provided.

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

An article about a clown is read by students who then complete a retrieval chart about his job.

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.

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

Students are required to read an article, answer questions and complete a retrieval chart.

Students read a poem and explore how the poem expresses the storyteller's mood. SJ-2-1-1990. Text provided.

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

After reading a narrative that is about sibling rivalry, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysis and evaluation of a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age <8. SJ-1-5-2004. Text provided.

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

Students read about cooking food in hot pools to answer inference questions. SJ-1-5-1992. Text provided.

Students explore the language of personification and metaphor in the poem called 'Wash day for the clouds'. The questions require the students to think about the metaphors and personification. Text provided.

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

This resource explores a poem written for two voices about a windy night. Text provided.

Students read a poem and its illustrations to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

The use of metaphors and similes is explored in this poem about umbrellas in a storm. Text provided.

Students read a play and answer questions about the characters' actions, the setting, and text layout. SJ-1-2-1985. Text not provided.