Making sense of text: processing system resources

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

After reading a narrative that is about sibling rivalry, students identify evidence in the text that supports their thinking. Assessment focus: analysis and evaluation of 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. SJ-1-5-2004. Text provided.

Students read about cooking food in hot pools to answer inference questions. SJ-1-5-1992. Text provided.

Students read a poem and explore how the poem expresses the storyteller's mood. SJ-2-1-1990. Text provided.

An article about a clown is read by students who then complete a retrieval chart about his job.

Students use an index page to identify the pages they should go to, in order to find specific information.

Students read a text about living in a house bus to answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1995. Text provided.

Students read an article about a cockatoo to find factual information. Junior Journal 17. Text not provided.

Students read an article about shoeing a horse and find information from it to complete a retrieval chart.