English resources

Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter.

Students will identify and use nouns, adjectives, and verbs to write a poem that follows the same structure as given in two examples.

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

Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems.

Students read a poster about railway crossing safety to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

Students read a narrative then complete three tasks that focus on one of the characters. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of that character. SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

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

Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1992. Text provided.

Students read an extract from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

Students read through an article about a pending tidal wave. From their comprehension of the cloze passage, they fill in the gaps with their own words. SJ-2-2-1982. Text provided.

After reading a narrative about a shrewd boy, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysing and evaluating a character and the author's construction of him. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Task administration section of the Teacher information pages.) Reading age 8-9. SJ-2-4-2000. Text provided.

This resource assesses students' ability to select appropriate key words, from a given list, for the purpose of finding information that can be used to answer a given question. Students' ability to generate key words is also assessed.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students create simple and compound sentences to go with given photos. The focus is on combining sentences, using simple conjunctions. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students read a poster on sand dunes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

Students are required to read an article, answer questions and complete a retrieval chart.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to evaluate the ideas and information in a text about an environmental issue. Students are asked to read a text, then respond to four questions. SJ-4-3-2005. Text not provided.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students look at a cartoon and extrapolate meaning through looking at visual features.

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