Reading for literary experience resources

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

Students read an extract from a play then answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

A poem about Samoa is read and then retrieval and inference questions are answered about the author's choice of title and her key ideas. Text provided.

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

Students read a poem then use information from it to make inferences. 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.

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

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

An anecdotal story about fever and the discovery of quinine provides the context for this assessment with its focus on information retrieval and making inferences. The text is provided with this resource.

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

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.

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 personal recount about family relationships in a Pacific context. Assessment focus: the author's construction of two characters and an evaluation of them.

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

Students read a narrative about a family's encounter with a stray cat. They then use evidence from the text and their background knowledge to evaluate the characters. SJ-1-3-2008. Text provided.

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

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem. It assesses a student's ability to use evidence to predict what it could be describing. SJ-2-4-1994. Text provided.

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

A poem is disclosed in stages to students. The task assesses their ability to make inferences using evidence from text and prior knowledge to work out what it could be describing.

Students read a narrative that is about being different and about group dynamics. Assessment focus: an evaluation of characters and the author's construction of them. (A link to the text is provided. Reading age <8.) SJ-1-4-2005. Text provided.