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A recount about a whale watch is the context for comprehension questions that require making inferences. The recount is reproduced in the resource. SJ-1-1-1998. Text provided.

Students read an article about the Moa then answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-3-1982. Text not provided.

Students read an article on parachuting and complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions.

Students read an article on the marathon. They then answer a range of comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Students read a newspaper article about outdoor activities then answer some comprehension questions.

Students read three texts and select the statement that identifies the main idea of each text.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

Students read a newspaper article and answer comprehension and vocabulary questions.

Students are assessed on their ability to identify the main idea of a text that recounts one person's experience of a Tryathlon.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about conservation projects for endangered species.

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 poem to explore the language it uses. SJ-4-3-1995. Text provided.

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.

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 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.

Students read an article and are assessed on their ability to retrieve information and to make inferences in response to two questions about geologists.

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.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details and identify the main idea of a narrative about a Cook Island tradition.

Students unpack a picture, making inferences from its visual cues. SJ-1-2-1998. Text provided.

Students make inferences from visual cues and make links between visual and written text. SJ-2-3-1997.

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.) SJ-4-1-1997. Text provided.

Students view an illustration and read a poem entitled 'The Dinosaur Climber's Kit' and then answer retrieval and inferential questions. An awareness of rhyme is explored. SJ-2-3-1994. Text provided.

Advertising provides the context for this resource that has an assessment focus on vocabulary, repetition, tone and comprehension. SJ-4-2-1999. Text provided.

Students read a recipe and its visual text to make inferences. SJ 1-2-1998.

Students read a poem, retrieve information, and then use this information to make inferences. The text used is shown into the resource. It can also be located in School Journal, Part 2, No. 1, 1999. SJ-2-1-1999. Text provided.