Acquiring and using information and ideas in informational texts resources

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

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 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.

Students read an article on cold water survival and retrieve information from this text.

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

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

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

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.

This resource has the parts of an article (on flight) numbered and assesses the student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.

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