Questions / instructions:
Santa is thinking something very funny. In the bubble, write what he could be thinking.

Relevance to pictures: (including buckets)

high
moderate
none

Humour:

very humorous
mildly humorous
not humorous

Follows conventions of personalised thought:

yes
partially
no

Overall score:

5–6
3–4
0–2

Commentary:
Only about half of the year 4 students succeeded in following the speech bubble format. Overall, 22 percent more year 8 than year 4 students produced a strong response to this task.