Te tūhura i ngā tuhinga raupeka
This standard asks you to analyse two set texts (Te Pakanga ki Rangiriri: 160 Tau and Ngāti Awa Te Tai) to identify and explain their main themes and ideas. You need to examine the writing techniques the authors used to express those themes, and think about who the intended readers are and how well the texts work for them.
You identify some main themes in both texts and notice some writing techniques the authors used, showing you understand the texts.
You clearly identify and explain the main themes, describe the author's strategies in detail, discuss the intended audience, and judge which parts of the texts work well or poorly.
You critically examine how the authors' techniques work together to express the themes, provide sophisticated analysis of the texts' strengths and weaknesses for readers, and show deep understanding of the relationship between technique and meaning.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.