Making sense of text: processing system resources

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words to create well-formed sentences.

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

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.

Students identify types of figures of speech used in some common phrases.

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

Students read an article on dog grooming. They find information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-1-1997. Text not provided.

Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

Students read a poem, 'My Other Jandal', then answer inferential questions. The poem is provided with this resource. SJ-2-4-1994. Text not provided.

To answer mainly multiple choice questions, students retrieve information and make inferences from a text about Socrates.

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

Students are assessed on their ability to identify the main idea in a text about bridge construction.

Students read a boy's description of himself, identify the places in which capital letters have been omitted for proper nouns, and insert these.

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.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

A story about getting rid of family junk is the context for this task. Students find evidence to make inferences about the characters. SJ-1-4-1998. Text not provided.

Students read a play and answer questions about the characters' actions, the setting, and text layout. SJ-1-2-1985. Text not provided.

Students read a poem then use information from it to make inferences. Text not provided.

Students explore the language of personification and metaphor in the poem called 'Wash day for the clouds'. The questions require the students to think about the metaphors and personification. Text provided.

The use of metaphors and similes is explored in this poem about umbrellas in a storm. Text provided.

This resource explores a poem written for two voices about a windy night. Text provided.

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

Students read a short text about ladybirds to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

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

Students read a poem and its illustrations to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.