Students complete a cloze passage with 27 blanks on the release of a killer whale. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.
Students read an advertisement for a website. Comprehension questions then require the student to explore the writers' use of metaphor and superlatives.
This resource has the parts of an article (on gold) numbered and assesses student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.
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.
This task assesses students' understanding of the use of capital letters in titles, by asking them to read six book titles and put capital letters in the places they are needed.
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.
From a school newspaper interview about a school production, students complete a retrieval chart for a press release. The assessment focus is on identifying key information.