Number
AS90724
Version
1
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Achievement Standard
Subject Reference
English 3.5
Title
Respond critically to unfamiliar prose and poetry texts
Level
3
Subfield
English
Domain
English Written Language
Registration date
Credits
7 November 2003
2
Assessment
Date version published
External
7 November 2003
This achievement standard requires responding critically to ideas and language features in
unfamiliar prose and poetry texts.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with
Excellence
 Respond critically to ideas
and language features.
 Respond critically and
perceptively to ideas and
language features.
 Respond critically, with
sustained and detailed
insight, to ideas and
language features.
Explanatory Notes
1
This achievement standard is derived from English in the New Zealand Curriculum,
Learning Media, Ministry of Education, 1994, up to and including Level 8.
READING:
Close Reading, Exploring Language, Thinking Critically
VIEWING:
Reading Visual and Dramatic Texts, Exploring Language, Thinking
Critically
With links to:
WRITING:
Transactional Writing
LISTENING: Listening to Texts, Exploring Language, Thinking Critically.
2
A critical response to unfamiliar prose and poetry texts may include discussion of:

aspects such as theme(s), characterisation, setting, context (social, political,
historical, etc), positioning of audience

“methods or procedures used in crafting and shaping text” (EiNZC glossary), eg
structure, method of narration, verbal features (such as music, sound effects,
dialogue, etc) and visual features (such as camera techniques, lighting, props,
costume, colour)

conventions of the genre.
Number
AS90724
Version
1
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Assessment will require students to respond to at least one of each of the following
text types:

prose, eg persuasive, journalistic, literary

poetry.
4
Students will be directed to sections of each text to demonstrate their analysis of
verbal and visual language features used to convey the ideas and purpose of the
text, eg figurative language, syntax, grammatical features, vocabulary, symbols,
layout.
5
Assessment may require short and/or extended written responses. Students will
need to communicate ideas and comments clearly and coherently.
Quality Assurance
1
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the
Qualifications Authority before they can register credits from assessment against
achievement standards.
2
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against
achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to
those achievement standards.
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0226