Acquiring and using information and ideas in informational texts resources

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank.

Students read an article on parachuting and complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions.

Students study a recipe then answer questions showing their understanding of written instructions.

Students read about a visit to the islands of Kiribati by a New Zealand flight inspection team to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

This resource looks at a set of cooking instructions for making "Crispy Rounds".

Students read an advertisement and retrieve information and make inferences from it.

Students read an advertisement then identify and explain some of its language features.

Students read a text on shoplifting to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a short article about Black Holes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read acknowledgement text from a journal and answer questions about acknowledgements.

Students read a visual and written text about native plants and animals to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

An article about a female wrestler provides the context for this assessment that combines a retrieval chart with questions on alliteration, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Students read a newspaper article and answer comprehension and vocabulary 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.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to find details that relate to the main idea of a text about a Māori naturalist/scientist. Students are asked to read a text, find details about the given main idea, then justify why they think the main idea is right or wrong.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to find the main idea of a transactional text about a Māori naturalist/scientist. Students are asked to read a text, identify the main idea from three choices provided, and then justify why they think their choice is right.

Assessment focus: finding details to support the main idea of an informational text, and justifying why they agree or disagree with the main idea presented. The text used is about environmental issues to do with endangered native species.

Students read a newspaper article about outdoor activities then answer some comprehension questions.

Students read an article about the development of safety glass to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

This resource assesses students dictionary skills through a range of short answer questions. These are given in relation to a provided dictionary page, although another dictionary page could be used.

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

Students read an advertisement for a website. Comprehension questions then require the student to explore the writers' use of metaphor and superlatives.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about conservation projects for endangered species.

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 task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea.