Making meaning resources

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

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

To answer mainly multiple choice questions, students retrieve information and make inferences from a text about Socrates.

Students read a poem, 'My Other Jandal', then answer inferential questions. The poem is provided with this resource. SJ-2-4-1994. Text not provided.

A joke about a parrot is the context for this resource that assesses understanding of idioms and the interpretation of humour.

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 explores a poem written for two voices about a windy night. Text provided.

A recount about a whale watch is the context for comprehension questions that require making inferences. The recount is reproduced in the resource. SJ-1-1-1998. Text provided.

Students read an article about castles to complete a retrieval chart using information from the text. SJ-1-2-1995. Text provided.

Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order.

Students read a report on a fisheries officer's work and make mainly short written responses. The assessment focus is on comprehension and vocabulary. SJ-3-3-1990. Text provided.

Students use the information in an article to interpret the body language of cats in nine different pictures. This task assesses student ability to bring together written and visual texts to show their comprehension. The text is reproduced in the Teacher information pages. SJ-3-1-1990. Text not provided.

Four conventions for speech bubbles are presented with the students showing their understanding by having matching appropriate text to the bubbles.

The assessment focus is on students' abilities to identify the details in a text that support a given, main idea.

Students read an extract about gathering water in Sāmoa to find information to fill in a chart. SJ-3-3-1999. Text provided.

Students view a television advertisement, and answer questions about advertising techniques and the effect on the audience.

Students listen to a folktale then recall information from it by answering multiple-choice questions.

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

This task assesses students' ability to analyse a text to identify and justify character traits and points of view, including the author's.

A newspaper article on working from home is the stimulus for this resource. The assessment focus is on looking at both sides of an issue, vocabulary and comprehension.

Students draw a strange space creature from an oral description. The assessment focus is on listening to descriptions, recalling details, and following instructions.

Students draw a strange sea creature from an oral description. The assessment focus is on listening to descriptions, recalling details, and following instructions.

Students listen to instructions on where to go when visiting the zoo, then draw the path on a map. The assessment focus is on listening, recalling, and following instructions.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information to establish the main idea of a transactional text about blushing. SJ-4-1-2006. Text provided.

Students read a poem about air to answer retrieval and inferential questions. SJ-2-2-1999. Text provided.