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Students use a table of contents from a book about deserts to answer questions.

Students take an entry from a library catalogue and answer questions about the various features of the catalogue entry.

Student use an extract from a telephone directory to answer questions identifying phone numbers, fax numbers, and internet address.

Students read an anti-drinking advertisement and identify and explain the effect of different language features.

On a diagram of a stage, students identify four named areas. Then they answer questions about the uses of other aspects of stages.

Students examine a poster and body text about child abuse and answer questions on the effect of the dominant image, audience, lettering, and imperatives.

Students read a visual presentation about manufacturing processes and identify information in the text and why certain visual techniques are used.

Students study a poster about the benefits of exercise and make inferences from written and visual information.

Students choose a proverb from a list, then prepare and make a short speech explaining the proverb's message. The assessment focus is on explaining an idea, using an example and personal opinion. ARB scoring guides B and C are suitable for this task.

Students listen to instructions on where to go when visiting the zoo, then draw the path on a map. The assessment focus is on listening, recalling, and following instructions.

After reading the article, 'Flax Flyers', students classify statements from the article as persuasive or factual. SJ-1-4-1997. Text provided.

Students read a story about family dynamics to answer inferential questions. SJ-3-3-1996. Text provided.

The assessment is based on an extract from an article on pacific fashion that has students responding to questions on layout, font, images, and repetition. SJ-4-1-1997. Text provided.

Students read an extract about gathering water in Sāmoa to find information to fill in a chart. SJ-3-3-1999. Text provided.

For this NEMP task students look at a picture of a bicycle and write an advertisement to sell the bike in a newspaper column.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details that relate to the main idea of a text about a flood. SJ-2-2-2004. Text provided.

Students read a poem about air to answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1999. Text provided.

This resource has an assessment focus on comprehension. Students study the poem 'Learning to Read' and respond to four short written response style questions. SJ-3-3-1989. Text provided.

Students read a narrative and make inferences about the characters' feelings based on evidence in the text. Text is provided with this resource. SJ-2-2-1999. Text provided.

Students explore the literary device used in the poem title, choose their own phrase, and visually present it. They obtain feedback from a class member. Annotated student work samples are provided.

Students provide short written answers to questions on the advantages and disadvantages of interviews as source material. They then practise writing effective interview questions.

From a selection of grammar terms, students assign the appropriate terms to the parts within two sentences.

A contents page from a book on windsurfing is used by students to identify where to go to for specific information.

For this task students read the article, 'Chunky Chalks', and identify the ingredients and equipment used to write a set of 10 instructions for making chunky chalk. Students then identify the verb in each instruction. SJ-2-4-2000. Text not provided.

In this resource, students write instructions to match each photograph about making a pūrerehua. SJ-1-1-2001. Text provided.