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

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

Students look at a cartoon and make interpretations in looking at visual features.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about cultural change in a Pacific context.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to find the main idea of a transactional text about a Māori naturalist/scientist. Students are asked to read a text, identify the main idea from three choices provided, and then justify why they think their choice is right.

This task is about using evidence to find the main idea of a text. Students read a narrative text with a Māori context, find two groups of details, then select the main idea from four choices. Note that the text deals with the hunting and slaughter of pigs, which may be a challenging concept for some of your students. SJ-4-2-2004. Text provided.

This resource has the parts of an article (on gold) numbered and assesses student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.

This resource has the parts of an article (on flight) numbered and assesses the student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify and justify evidence used to visualise and make inferences about a character and setting.

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.

This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.

To answer mainly multiple choice questions, students retrieve information and make inferences from a text about Socrates.

Assessment focus: ability of students to use both knowledge acquired from the text and their own backgrounds. This task assesses student ability to critically engage with media texts.