Writing meaningful text: text features resources

Students fill in speech bubbles from direct speech in sentences. The purpose of this activity is to assess students' ability to identify the words actually spoken.

For this NEMP task students write a letter to a bookshop requesting information about a book.

This assessment task has students writing a short conversation between friends, using speech marks that have been modelled in the task.

The focus of this resource is the use of simple conjunctions. Students decide which conjunction to use to combine two ideas to make one sentence.

The focus of this resource is selecting the appropriate punctuation to end sentences. The resource ends with a shared activity where students write some sentences about themselves, share them with a partner, and give each other feedback on their punctuation.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students place photos of a canoe trip in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end.

Students create simple and compound sentences to go with given photos. The focus is on combining sentences, using simple conjunctions. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

For this NEMP task students write a thank you letter to the Playground Trust. The letter is assessed on letter conventions, content, and language.

Students write an invitation to a party.

Students place photos in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle and end.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

For this NEMP task students read a poem about 'Me' and then write a poem about their own 'special self'.

Students place photos in order, then use them to write a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end.

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

Students write an advertisement to sell a kayak on a website.

For this NEMP task students look at a picture of a bicycle and write an advertisement to sell the bike in a newspaper column.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

In this resource, students write instructions to match each photograph about making a pūrerehua. SJ-1-1-2001. Text provided.

Students are asked to read a short story and to insert the speech marks required to punctuate the direct speech in the story.

This task assesses students' ability to discriminate between the use of full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks by asking them to read a letter and insert the appropriate punctuation at the end of each sentence.

Students write four questions about an animal they would like to research.

For this NEMP task students fill in a postcard about a holiday. Students' writing is assessed on postcard conventions, content, and legibility.

The focus of this resource is selecting the appropriate punctuation to end sentences. The resource ends with a shared activity where students write some sentences about themselves, share them with a partner, and give each other feedback on their punctuation.