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AS91104 (2.7) Analyse significant connections across texts, supported by evidence Contents Intent of the Standard What students need to do to meet the standard What students need to do to meet the standard with Merit What students need to do to meet the standard with Excellence Assessment Materials Issues Intent of the Standard This standard requires students to analyse significant connections across texts. This assesses students ability to "read broadly", developing their understanding through the analysis of common links across texts. What students need to do to meet the standard Study four texts (at least one text must be chosen by the student). Identify a connection/s shared by the texts they have read. This can be any of: idea, theme, purpose or audience, language features or structures. Students can have one connection, generally a broad umbrella heading, which is differentiated as this connection is analysed and interpreted across the various texts, or they can identify, analyse and interpret more than one connection from the outset. Follow a structure where they analyse the texts, recognising and interpreting the connection by selecting significant specific details as supporting evidence. Evidence can be direct quotations and/or references. The selected evidence must be linked to the connection addressed and/or to the other texts that share the connection. What students need to do to meet the standard with Merit Students must convincingly analyse significant connections across texts. This means that students must develop reasoned and clear interpretations of connections across texts. What students need to do to meet the standard with Excellence Students must perceptively analyse significant connections across texts. This means that students must develop interpretations of connections across texts, which, in addition to being reasoned and clear, are insightful and/or original. Assessment Materials Texts may be written, visual or oral, or any combination of these forms. This means they can do four films if they so choose. Overall, texts should be at Level 7 of the curriculum. A text below the appropriate curriculum level could sometimes be included to help students develop their understanding. The mode in which students present their understandings of connections could be assessed against other standards such as writing, oral presentation and visual text standards. Examples of connectioNs are shown in the NZQA English annotated exemplars. They also provide explanations of requirements at each of the grade boundaries. Issues Although teachers may have chosen texts with some similarities, students must select their own connection.
Answer The Questions Below Explaining How The Characters Identified Help Us To Understand Key Ideas in The Novel. Your Answers Should Refer To Character Attitude, Actions, Reactions and Interactions