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This resource is for the assessment of team debating at intermediate school. A selection of topics are provided. Oral Language Assessment Guides - Speaking E and G are suitable for this task.

Students are required to identify the verbs in a short story about a boy jumping off a diving board.

Students identify whether to use 'there' or 'their' in a piece of student writing.

Students decide if a percentage statement is correct and explain their answer.

Students calculate volumes of composite shapes, showing their working.

Students are assessed on their ability to retrieve details that support the main idea of an article about an endangered species.

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.

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 write an argument about the impact of rugby in New Zealand. The features of a written argument are the focus for this assessment. Links to self-assessment writing supports are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

Task: from a set of animals students identify which have observable features common to fish. They then use this information to identify which of the animals are fish. Assessment focus: classification of fish.

Students answer three questions about data contained in pie graphs about the food wild cats eat.

Task: Complete a drawing of things found in and near a flax bush, and describe relationships between them. Assessment focus: interdependence in a flax bush environment.

Task: Students identify which different events threaten our native birds or have done so in the past. Assessment focus: identification of the specific impacts of human actions.

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.

Students select the correct symbol or the correct number to make number sentences true.

Students select the correct way to describe where a toy is located on a shelf.

Task: Answer questions about a key for metals: Assessment focus: recognising the purpose of a specific key.

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

This grammar resource has a focus on verbs. Students identify verbs in sentences, and answer questions on the active or passive voice.

New Zealand's steepest street is the context for this resource. Comprehension questions require students to find information and make inferences. The text is provided with this resource. SJ-4-3-1996. Text provided.

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

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

This punctuation resource has a focus on colons and semi-colons. Students insert colons into sentences and demonstrate their knowledge of differences between colons and semi-colons.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify prepositions used in twelve sentences.

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.