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comprehension
inference
main idea
poster
retrieve
Students read a poster on sand dunes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.
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12Keywords:
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comprehension
inference
poem
progressive disclosure
This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
Students read a narrative and make inferences about the characters' feelings based on evidence in the text. Text is provided with this resource.
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comprehension
inference
locate information
vocabulary
Students read a visual and written text about native plants and animals to answer retrieval and inferential questions.
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comprehension
inference
main idea
opinion
Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
poem
A poem about fleas from a School Journal is the context for this resource. The assessment focus is on making inferences.
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comprehension
inference
main idea
persuade
Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter.
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comprehension
inference
locate information
Students read an article about the Moa then answer retrieval and inferential questions.
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School Journal
comprehension
evidence
inference
Students are required to identify whether a series of statements about the School Journal story 'Personal Mail' are true or false, and to support their opinion with evidence from the text. This task assesses students' retrieval and inferential comprehension skills.
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
poem
progressive disclosure
synthesis
This comprehension task assesses a student's ability to use evidence in a text to work out what a poem could be about as it is disclosed in stages.
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analysis
comprehension
inference
poem
progressive disclosure
This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.
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1Keywords:
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School Journal
comprehension
ellipsis
inference
poem
poetry
Students make inferences from a poem.
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School Journal
character
comprehension
inference
narrative
Students read a story about family dynamics to answer inferential questions.
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School Journal
comprehension
direct speech
inference
retrieve
Students read an article about a boy who loves sculpting insects to answer retrieval and inferential questions. (The text used for this resource is in the teacher information pages.).
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2Keywords:
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
play
retrieve
Students read part of a play called 'No Circulars' and then answer retrieval and and inferential questions. The play is reproduced in the Teacher information pages.
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
instructions
locate information
Students read a text containing instructions then answer retrieval and inferential questions.
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School Journal
character
evaluating
inference
retrieval chart
Students are asked to interpret the changing feelings of the main character in the School Journal story 'Grey Hair', and to provide evidence of these feelings by identifying the words and actions of the character.
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comprehension
evaluating
inference
main idea
narrative
The assessment focus is on student ability to identify details in a text that support the given main idea.
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comprehension
connected
inference
main idea
think critically
Assessment focus: deciding which description of the main idea of an informational text is most appropriate, and justifying their thinking. The text used is about the adaptation of bird's feet to their environment.
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analysis
comprehension
inference
peer-assessment
point of view
This comprehension task assesses a student's ability to make inferences about a character's feelings based on the evidence in a written and visual text, and their own prior experience.
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comprehension
inference
junior journal
language features
poem
poetry
Students read the poem 'Shipwreck Bay' and answer inferential questions that also draw on prior knowledge.
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comprehension
inference
junior journal
locate information
play
text features
Students read an extract from a play then answer retrieval and inferential questions.
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School Journal
comprehension
inference
main idea
report
think critically
This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information to establish the main idea of a text.
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School Journal
analysis
comprehension
evaluating
inference
main idea
narrative
This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information to establish the main idea of a narrative text about a person's experience of war and their learnings from it.
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alliteration
comprehension
language features
poem
poetry
rhyme
vocabulary
Students read a poem, then retrieve information and make inferences from it. The text used is copied into the resource; it can also be located in School Journal, Part 2, No. 1, 1999.