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This practical task investigates the effect of temperature on the rate at which corn pops. Students collect data and make a conclusion.

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

This practical task assesses students' understanding of the different features of the vertebrate groups. Students need to identify the larger group that their animal card belongs too, then work with other students with the same group to write down all the features of that group.

In Part 1 students identify visual techniques used within a static image and describe how they support the meaning of the poem. In Part 2, students create a text to communicate ideas visually. Annotated student work samples of Part 2 are provided.

Task: Answer questions about a planned wildlife reserve. Assessment focus: interdependence of animals with their habitat.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about a famous historical person. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.

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 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 identify and describe a local place they like to visit within a written report.

The context is a plea for a 'good cause' or an emotional statement of opinion on a controversial issue. Some topics are provided. The focus is on passion and forceful speaking. Assessment guides A, B and C are suitable for this task.

The task is to prepare and deliver a short speech on a proverb selected from a list. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

Students retell a myth or legend to another student. Suggestions for the speech content and scoring guides are included.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about an historical event. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.

Students use visual clues in a comic strip to answer inferential questions.

A brief picture story is presented about missed opportunities. Students interpret the actions of the figures in the story, and infer the subsequent consequences.

Students read a poem 'Full Moon Tiger' to answer questions about metaphor, contrast, rhyme and alliteration. SJ-2-3-1987. Text provided.

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 read part of a play called 'No Circulars' and then answer retrieval and and inferential questions. The play is reproduced in the Teacher information pages. SJ-3-2-1993. Text provided.

The assessment focus is on an informative speech to a small group about a famous person. Student directions, a checklist, and scoring guides are included.

Task: Students match parts of statements about how Joan Wiffen worked like a scientist, and identify what skills or experiences helped her find fossils. Assessment focus: interpreting information about how scientists work.

This focus of this resource is punctuating direct speech. Students drag speech marks, commas, and full stops into place to show where direct speech begins and ends. The resource ends with a collaborative writing activity. Students work with a partner to create and punctuate a conversation based on the characters in a photograph.

This focus of this resource is punctuating direct speech. Students drag speech marks into place to show where direct speech begins and ends. The resource ends with a collaborative writing activity. Students work with a partner to create and punctuate a conversation based on the characters in a photograph.

Task: Look for similarities and differences in fruit to answer questions about observation and evidence.

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

Students draw a scatterplot of a table of data and describe the relationship between the two variables.