Text features resources

Students complete a cloze passage with 27 blanks on the release of a killer whale. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

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.

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.

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

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

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

This resource has the parts of an article (on flight) numbered and assesses the student knowledge about where to locate different sorts of information in the article.

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

The context of this cloze task is a story about a hungry weasel. Students generate appropriate words to create well-formed sentences.

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 a science report about moa.

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