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This resource has an assessment focus on comprehension. Students study the poem 'Learning to Read' and respond to four short written response style questions.

Students read an extract from the narrative 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and answer a combination of multiple-choice and short answer questions.

Students read an extract about selecting suitable trees to build a waka then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

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.

New Zealand's steepest street is the context for this resource. Comprehension questions require students to find information and make inferences. The text is provided with this resource.

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

Students read an article on a town hall pipe organ and answer related questions.

Students read the humorous narrative 'The Diving Competition' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

Students read a short article about Black Holes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

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

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

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Assessment focus: ability to use contextual clues to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.) Reading age 9.5-10.5.

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

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

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

Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to use evidence in text to make inferences about characters' points of view, and to analyse and synthesise understandings of these characters.

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.

Students read a narrative about a toy glider competition, then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a poem to explore the language it uses.