Making sense of text: processing system resources

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.

Students read a poem then use information from it to make inferences. Text not provided.

A story about getting rid of family junk is the context for this task. Students find evidence to make inferences about the characters. SJ-1-4-1998. Text not provided.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

The assessment focus is on student ability to identify details that support the main idea of a text, and to identify where the main idea is developed.

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

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

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.

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.

Students identify types of figures of speech used in some common phrases.

Students read a boy's description of himself, identify the places in which capital letters have been omitted for proper nouns, and insert these.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify the main idea in a text about bridge construction.

This task assesses close reading and making inferences about the setting, backdrop, props, costumes, and acting required in a performance of the Junior Journal play "Too Much Noise".

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

Students read a short extract from a legend to answer retrieval and inferential questions.