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Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

Students read an article on cold water survival and retrieve information from this text.

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.

Students read an extract from a drama script and answer questions on props, dialogue, and stage sets. (The text used is reproduced in the the Teacher information pages.) SJ-4-1-2000. Text provided.

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

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

Students identify types of figures of speech used in some common phrases.

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

A newspaper article on working from home is the stimulus for this resource. The assessment focus is on looking at both sides of an issue, vocabulary and comprehension.

Students read a story 'The Gift' and answer questions about comprehension, point of view and inference.

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.

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 about a flu immunisation program and answer five questions to show their understanding of the text.

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

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.

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

Students read a personal recount about family relationships in a Pacific context. Assessment focus: the author's construction of two characters and an evaluation of them.

Students read a narrative about relationships and wanting to impress others. Assessment focus: the author’s construction of a character and an evaluation of this character.

The assessment focus is on student ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

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

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

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

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.