Reading resources

Students identify statements of fact from a range of statements.

Students read an extract from the narrative 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and answer a combination of multiple-choice and short answer questions.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe physical attributes, students identify which animal is being described.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe personal attributes, students identify which person is being described.

Students read about a visit to the islands of Kiribati by a New Zealand flight inspection team to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

This resource looks at a set of cooking instructions for making "Crispy Rounds".

Students read an advertisement and retrieve information and make inferences from it.

Students read a poem titled 'The Sea' and explain the meanings of some of the language used.

Students read an article on milking cows and then find information in it to complete a retrieval chart.

An article about a female wrestler provides the context for this assessment that combines a retrieval chart with questions on alliteration, vocabulary, and comprehension.

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 retrieve details that support the main idea of an article about an endangered species.

Students read an article and are assessed on their ability to retrieve information and to make inferences in response to two questions about geologists.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.

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

Students read an article about the development of safety glass to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

This resource assesses students dictionary skills through a range of short answer questions. These are given in relation to a provided dictionary page, although another dictionary page could be used.

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

The assessment focus is on students' abilities to identify the details in a text that support a given, main idea.

Students read three texts and select the statement that identifies the main idea of each text.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details and identify the main idea of a narrative about a Cook Island tradition.

This resource assesses a student's ability to skim quickly and find the answers to eight questions about islands in the Pacific. It is a timed exercise.

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.

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

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