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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.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to use evidence from the poem to work out what it could be describing. SJ-4-1-2002. Text provided.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to use evidence from the poem to work out what it could be describing. SJ-3-1-2004. Text 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.

An extract about Sāmoan life provides the context for this assessment with its focus on retrieving information and making inferences. Text available.

This resource has students comparing four advertisements on holiday camps and identifying the meaning of a slogan.

Students read an article about the development of safety glass to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

Students are required to read three poems, identify the animal that the object in each poem is being compared with, and identify the ways in which the look or movement of the objects are described so that they seem like these animals.

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

Students read about a visit to the islands of Kiribati by a New Zealand flight inspection team to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a report on a fisheries officer's work and make mainly short written responses. The assessment focus is on comprehension and vocabulary. SJ-3-3-1990. 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 assesses student ability to identify important information to establish the main idea of a transactional text about blushing. SJ-4-1-2006. Text 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.

A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.

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

Students read a narrative then complete three tasks that focus on one of the characters. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of that character. SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1992. Text provided.

Students read an extract from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

This resource assesses students' ability to select appropriate key words, from a given list, for the purpose of finding information that can be used to answer a given question. Students' ability to generate key words is also assessed.

Students read a recount about New Zealanders travelling in Africa, then answer retrieval and inference questions. The text is provided.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to evaluate the ideas and information in a text about an environmental issue. Students are asked to read a text, then respond to four questions. SJ-4-3-2005. Text not provided.