Making meaning resources

Students read a recount about New Zealanders travelling in Africa, then answer retrieval and inference questions. The text is provided.

Students are required to read an article, answer questions and complete a retrieval chart.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to evaluate the ideas and information in a text about an environmental issue. Students are asked to read a text, then respond to four questions. SJ-4-3-2005. Text not provided.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students look at a cartoon and extrapolate meaning through looking at visual features.

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

Students read a poem titled 'The Sea' and explain the meanings of some of the language used.

Students use an index from a book on windsurfing to explain their understandings of an index and to find specific information.

This resource requires students to answer questions about an index page.

This resource assesses the student's ability to interpret the visual elements of a Water Safety Poster. There are questions on font, logos, and language features.

Students interpret five business logos and write a brief statement describing the likely nature of the business.

Assessment focus: ability to de-construct and interpret messages in advertising, so that students can understand meaning-making processes in the construction of imagery.

Students read a narrative about how a character copes with changes in her family dynamics. Students then complete three tasks focusing on that character. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of her. (The text used for this resource is reproduced under the "Working with Students" tab.) Reading age 10-12. SJ-4-2-2000. Text not provided.

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

An anecdotal story about fever and the discovery of quinine provides the context for this assessment with its focus on information retrieval and making inferences. The text is provided with this resource.

A poem about fleas from a School Journal is the context for this resource. The assessment focus is on making inferences. SJ-3-1-1999. Text provided.

Students read an article on starfish and find factual information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-2-1999. Text not provided.

Students read an article on dog grooming. They find information to complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions. SJ-1-1-1997. Text not provided.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify and justify evidence used to visualise and make inferences about a character and setting.

The assessment focus is on student ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to use evidence in text to make inferences about characters' points of view, and to analyse and synthesise understandings of these characters.