English resources

Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on a sailing ship mutiny. 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.

For this NEMP task students read a poem about 'Me' and then write a poem about their own 'special self'.

Student use an extract from a telephone directory to answer questions identifying phone numbers, fax numbers, and internet address.

This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.

Students prepare an oral book review. The assessment focus is on the ability to summarise, read fluently, and promote the book. Oral Language Assessment Guide C is suitable for this task.

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 use a page from a telephone directory to answer questions identifying phone numbers, fax numbers and internet addresses.

This task assesses whether students know the most suitable reference resource to go to for particular information.

Students read an anti-drinking advertisement and identify and explain the effect of different language features.

A student speaks to another student or a small group about a news article. Two scoring guides are provided.

After reading the story, students recall the sequence and identify some details. To do this, students are given a list of words to select from. Students justify their inferences based on the evidence in the written and visual texts.

On a diagram of a stage, students identify four named areas. Then they answer questions about the uses of other aspects of stages.

Students look at a cartoon and make interpretations in looking at visual features.

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

Students examine a poster and body text about child abuse and answer questions on the effect of the dominant image, audience, lettering, and imperatives.

Students read a visual presentation about manufacturing processes and identify information in the text and why certain visual techniques are used.

Students study a brochure and identify the visual features that link to its purpose.

Students study a poster about the benefits of exercise and make inferences from written and visual information.

Students look at the types, uses and effects of different camera shots.

This assessment is based on an anti-cigarette poster from the Cancer Society. Students answer five short answer response questions on repetition, the message, and the major visual images.

This resource assesses the student's ability to interpret the visual elements of a Water Safety Poster. There are questions on font, logos, and language features.

Four conventions for speech bubbles are presented with the students showing their understanding by having matching appropriate text to the bubbles.

This assessment takes the context of the New Zealand flag and has questions that focus on presenting, layout, symbols, and visual cues.

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