Refine Current Search

Students deliver an impromptu speech from a range of topics. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students write equations for story problems describing practical situations.

Students write down an explanation of how the front-end estimation strategy works in addition problems to give information on their understanding of the strategy.

Assessment focus: ability to critically analyse and interpret a visual text, based on individual perception and the use of descriptors (visual/verbal/sound etc) to illustrate interpretation.

Students use tables, graphs, and equations to find the break-even point for two companies who charge for postage according to different rules.

This punctuation resource is on the use of brackets. Students explain when brackets are used, then insert them into four sentences.

This oral language resource has students matching debating terms and their definitions with extracts from a debate.

Students use a given example of a blurb about a book to create their own blurb for a book of their choice.

Students identify phrases within sentences which provide additional information, and enclose these phrases using commas.

Students break amounts into a number of equal sized groups.

Students are assessed on the ability to identify important information in order to establish the main idea of a narrative text about being judgemental. Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-3-1994. Text 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.

This task assesses a formal debate. A list of general topics is provided. For topics on school and teenage life, see resources Debating I and Debating II. ARB scoring guides D, E and F are suitable for this task.

Students calculate multiplication problems.

Students decide whether a graph is suitable to display category data and explain their answer.

Students order fractions from smallest to greatest, and work out fractions of an amount.

Students read a play (retold from a traditional Persian folktale) about the interactions at a market place in old Baghdad. They then use evidence from the text and their background knowledge to complete the task. Assessment focus: evaluating. SJ-4-2-2009. Text not provided.

Students recognise equal and different likelihoods when playing a game of chance and explain their reasoning.

Students discuss making an initial estimate in addition problems using the front-end method followed by compensation to get a more accurate estimate. They then use this method on two addition problems.

For this NEMP task students are required to fill out a form to join a Fun Club.

For this NEMP task students write a thank you letter to the Playground Trust. The letter is assessed on letter conventions, content, and language.

Student solve addition problems where the missing value is located in different positions. This may mean that students transform the problem into a subtraction one. Students reflect on the easiest and hardest problems, and explain their choice.

Students identify what type of people the characters in the story are and choose evidence from the text to justify their decisions; they also identify the main idea of the text. Suggestions for evaluating character and the author's style of characterisation are under the "Working with Students" tab.

This listening comprehension assessment is based on a short extract from a school journal on moving an old house. SJ-2-3-1995. Text not provided.

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.