English resources

This resource centers around a poem about a cricket game. Cartoon illustrations surround the text and students use both to answer questions. SJ-3-2-1993. Text provided.

This resource requires students to answer four selected response questions on a table of contents from the book 'Antarctica'.

The assessment focus is on student ability to identify details that support the main idea of a text, and to identify where the main idea is developed.

Students research and write a biographical recount on the life of a well-known New Zealander. Supports for this process and formative assessment points are given.

This resource requires students to answer five selected response questions about an index page from a book on travel.

Students listen to instructions about where to go when visiting the mall, then draw the path to be taken on a map and recall specific information. The assessment focus is on listening, recall, and following instructions.

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

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.

The assessment focus is on the ability to use information skills.

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

Students read a newspaper article and answer questions about comprehension and vocabulary.

This oral assessment is designed to be given to a small group. The audience asks questions at the end of the speech. A selection of scoring guides is provided.

Students read a play to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

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

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

Students identify and insert the missing capital letters for proper nouns in a letter.

Students read a poem to answer questions that focus on the language used. Text provided.

An anecdotal story about fever and the discovery of quinine provides the context for this assessment with its focus on information retrieval and making inferences. The text is provided with this resource.

This resource assesses students' ability to analyse text to identify and find evidence of the author's message and audience.

Students read about a flu immunisation program and answer five questions to show their understanding of the text.

Students read a text on shoplifting to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students are required to identify the nouns and proper nouns in a short story about a class trip to the zoo.

This resource assesses students' ability to identify and correct common spelling errors taken from the essential word lists 4, 6, and 7.

A newspaper story about a runaway weather balloon with a map that tracks its progress is the context for this assessment. Students read it to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students study a range of signs to identify their similarities of meaning, layout, and purpose.