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A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.

This task has students writing about themselves. Assessment focus: the use of capitals.

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.

An extract about Sāmoan life provides the context for this assessment with its focus on retrieving information and making inferences. Text available.

Students read a recount about New Zealanders travelling in Africa, then answer retrieval and inference questions. The text is provided.

Students calculate the scale factor and length of one side of a building extension, then draw in a different extension from a given scale factor.

Students read a Junior Journal article about tree cutting. From their comprehension of the story they complete a retrieval chart and explain the figurative language used.

Using isometric dots, students enlarge a 3-dimensional shape by a scale factor of 2.

Students read a story about a girl's first night in Samoa. Then they decide whether some statements are true or false and give evidence from the text to back up their responses. There is a link to the text used in the "Using this Resource" tab. SJ-1-1-1996. Text provided.

Students work out the smallest and largest amounts of coins and notes in a piggy bank from statements about the number and type of money.

Students decide if the height, length, or width of everyday objects is less than, or more than, one metre.

Students decide whether the times written in words under analogue clocks are correct.

Students order times by selecting the appropriate time, written in words, for each of Pirate Pete's morning activities.

Students explore the language of personification and metaphor in the poem called 'Wash day for the clouds'. The questions require the students to think about the metaphors and personification. Text provided.

Students read a poem and explore how the poem expresses the storyteller's mood. SJ-2-1-1990. Text provided.

The use of metaphors and similes is explored in this poem about umbrellas in a storm. Text provided.

This resource explores a poem written for two voices about a windy night. Text provided.

Students complete a cloze passage with 27 blanks on the release of a killer whale. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students complete a cloze passage with 25 blanks on octopuses. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students complete a cloze passage about a type of beetle to create well-formed sentences.

A tale about a character who resolves a problem creatively provides the context for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to fill in the missing words.

The context of this cloze task is a story about a hungry weasel. Students generate appropriate words to create well-formed sentences.

Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on insects. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

The traditional fable of 'Hare and Tortoise' is presented as a cloze article in this resource. Students draw on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to create well-formed sentences.

Students read an advertisement for a website. Comprehension questions then require the student to explore the writers' use of metaphor and superlatives.