Creating meaning resources

Students prepare a talk on a personal experience, interest, or activity.

Students provide short written answers to questions on the advantages and disadvantages of interviews as source material. They then practise writing effective interview questions.

Students write a set of instructions after reading a poem about cooking. Students self-assess their writing before conferencing with the teacher to set their next learning steps.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

This task assess the ability to give a short speech that teaches the audience something new. Scoring guides are provided.

Students prepare a talk for a group or the class about a book. The assessment focus is on both content and delivery. ARB scoring guides A and B are suitable for this task.

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 present a 'show and tell' for a small group. The focus includes discussion, handling questions, and bringing the session to a close. Speaking assessment guide C (Peer assessment) is suitable for this task.

Students prepare a 2 to 3 minute speech, to inform, persuade, or entertain. Topics suitable for primary students are provided. Assessment guides B and C are suitable for this task.

Students give a 'show and tell' speech to a group of 4-5 students. The audience will ask questions at the conclusion of the speech. Scoring guides are provided for teachers.

This task assesses students' understanding of how to communicate with an audience. Students identify the voice expressions and sound effects needed for a play, "Who pushed Humpty Dumpty?" (Text used is reproduced as a pdf under "Using this resource" tab.) SJ-2-2-1998. Text provided.

This task assesses a formal debate. A list of general topics is provided. For topics on school and teenage life, see resources Debating I and Debating II. ARB scoring guides D, E and F are suitable for this task.

Students write an argument about the impact of rugby in New Zealand. The features of a written argument are the focus for this assessment. Links to self-assessment writing supports are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students identify and describe a local place they like to visit within a written report.

Students write a set of instructions after reading a science article about growing crystals. Students assess their own writing using the supports provided.

This punctuation resource has a focus on colons and semi-colons. Students insert colons into sentences and demonstrate their knowledge of differences between colons and semi-colons.

Students read a story about rabbits and mark where the paragraph breaks should occur. The assessment focus is on organisation.

The assessment focus is punctuation with students inserting commas and speech marks into text.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students identify prepositions used in twelve sentences.

This resource assesses grammar knowledge. Students complete a table giving definitions and examples of proper, common, collective, and abstract nouns.

Students deliver an impromptu speech from a range of topics. Assessment guides A and B are suitable for this task.

The context is a plea for a 'good cause' or an emotional statement of opinion on a controversial issue. Some topics are provided. The focus is on passion and forceful speaking. Assessment guides A, B and C are suitable for this task.