Text features resources

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words to create well-formed sentences.

Students complete a cloze passage about koalas using their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

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.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about one of our native birds. The task is essentially a literacy task in the context of scientific writing, and can also be accessed from the English Bank.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of a science report about moa.

Students read a non-fiction contents page to identify where to go for different information.

Students read a boy's description of himself, identify the places in which capital letters have been omitted for proper nouns, and insert these.

This task assesses student ability to find the text features of an explanation of a scientific idea.

This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to visualise and infer. SJ-3-3-1989. Text not provided.

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

Students read an extract from a play then answer retrieval and inferential questions. Text provided.

Students read a poem 'Full Moon Tiger' to answer questions about metaphor, contrast, rhyme and alliteration. SJ-2-3-1987. Text provided.

Students study a recipe then answer questions showing their understanding of written instructions.

For this task students read the article, 'Chunky Chalks', and identify the ingredients and equipment used to write a set of 10 instructions for making chunky chalk. Students then identify the verb in each instruction. SJ-2-4-2000. Text not provided.

This resource requires students to match ten ideas about the different parts to books with the correct term.

Students read through an article about a pending tidal wave. From their comprehension of the cloze passage, they fill in the gaps with their own words. SJ-2-2-1982. Text provided.

A poem and brief article about Japanese dolls is the context for this comprehension resource that has focus on comparisons and purpose. SJ-2-2-1983. Text provided.

Students view an illustration and read a poem entitled 'The Dinosaur Climber's Kit' and then answer retrieval and inferential questions. An awareness of rhyme is explored. SJ-2-3-1994. Text provided.

Students complete a cloze passage on the antics of an escaped otter. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences. SJ-2-2-2000. Text provided.

Students complete a cloze passage with 28 blanks about a rugby game. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included. SJ-1-2-1998. Text provided.

Students read a poem then make inferences using the written and the visual texts. SJ-4-2-1994. Text provided.

This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.

The traditional fable of 'Hare and Tortoise' is presented as a cloze article in this resource. Students draw on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to create well-formed sentences.

Students complete a cloze passage about a type of beetle to create well-formed sentences.

Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on insects. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.