English resources

Students complete a cloze passage and use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

Students make inferences from a poem. SJ-2-4-1993. Text provided.

Students read a newspaper article about outdoor activities then answer some comprehension questions.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank.

For this NEMP task students fill in a postcard about a holiday. Students' writing is assessed on postcard conventions, content, and legibility.

Students make choices about which adjectives to use to create a poem about a school of fish. A video clip provides the stimulus for this task.

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

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.

Students read an extract about selecting suitable trees to build a waka then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

A letter without capitals is the context of this punctuation assessment. Students insert capitals for a number of different purposes.

Students write an argument either for or against daily physical education in schools. Support materials and links to exemplars for writing an argument are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students view a set of images to answer questions about the camera angles used and the effects these create. Students also suggest sound effects and dialogue for the images.

Students read a poem and make links between its written and visual information. SJ-2-4-1993.

Students make inferences from visual cues and make links between visual and written text. SJ-2-3-1997.

For this NEMP task students look at a cornflakes package, and answer questions about the information shown.

Students prepare an instructive speech from a list of topics. The assessment focus is on explaining the logical steps needed to develop a skill or complete a task. ARB scoring guides A, B, and C are suitable for this task.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify the adjectives in a short story about making breakfast.

Students are assessed on their ability to use the modelled features of a thesaurus to create their own thesaurus page.

Students use evidence in a text to make inferences about a character's feelings. They analyse these within scaffolding activities, synthesising their thinking to suggest the author's message.

Students interpret seven business logos that are each presented with a single short written response question about a design feature.

Students read a recipe and its visual text to make inferences. SJ 1-2-1998.

Students read excerpts from a speech and identify six features of the language and describe their intended effect on an audience.

Students read the poem 'Don't be Wet' and complete two tables to show their understanding of puns. SJ-3-3-1994. Text provided.

Students read a poem then make inferences using the written and the visual texts. SJ-4-2-1994. Text provided.

This resource has an assessment focus on comprehension. Students study the poem 'Learning to Read' and respond to four short written response style questions. SJ-3-3-1989. Text provided.