Making sense of text: processing system resources

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe physical features, students identify which animal is being described.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe physical attributes, students identify which animal is being described.

From visual stimuli and a series of simple statements that describe personal attributes, students identify which person is being described.

Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

Students read an article and are assessed on their ability to retrieve information and to make inferences in response to two questions about geologists.

Students read an extract from the narrative 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and answer a combination of multiple-choice and short answer questions.

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

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.

An account of a fishing adventure in a lagoon provides the content for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

A tale about a character who resolves a problem creatively provides the context for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to fill in the missing words.

Students read the poem 'Hide-and-go-seek' to make inferences about the game. SJ-3-2-1996. Text provided.

Students complete a cloze passage with 20 blanks on polio to create well-formed sentences.

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

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

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

This resource has an assessment focus on comprehension. Students study the poem 'Learning to Read' and respond to four short written response style questions. SJ-3-3-1989. Text provided.

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

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

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words 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 are assessed on their ability to find details that relate to the main idea of a text about a flood. SJ-2-2-2004. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their comprehension of text by completing a cloze exercise about albatross.

Students create well-formed sentences as they complete a cloze exercise on the ruins of Ko Bakong.

Students complete a cloze passage with 25 blanks on octopuses. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.