How Well Do You Understand The Standard?
A quiz for year 11 to test understanding of the NCEA standard 1. 3 aka "90851"
- 1.This standard requires that you..."Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s) through close reading, using supporting evidence"
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The first thing that you need to know how to do is...
- A.
Describe the setting
- B.
Analyse a text
- C.
Re-tell the plot
- 3.In the exam, the most important thing to focus on is...
- A.
Analysing every aspect of the text
- B.
Being sure to understand the theme
- C.
Answering the question that is asked
- 4.When providing supporting evidence, you must...
- A.
Add quotations from the text to illustrate your point
- B.
Add specific and relevant details from the text
- C.
Describe the plot or storyline in as much detail as you can
- 5.For this question....TICK ALL THAT APPLY The standard requires you to select "Significant aspects" from texts, which can include....
- A.
Purposes and audience
- B.
Ideas (eg character, theme, setting)
- C.
Language features (eg figurative langauage, style, syntax, symbolism, vocabulary)
- D.
Structures (eg part text, whole text, narrative)
- E.
Text conventions (spelling, punctuation, grammar)
- 6.When writing your answer, you are expected to show your understanding BUT NOT provide supporting evidence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.You will get marks for...
- A.
Making your point and writing it clearly
- B.
Finding some supporting evidence from the text
- C.
Making your point AND providing supporting evidence from the text
- 8.To score at MERIT level, you need to ...
- A.
Show a convincing understanding
- B.
Show a perceptive understanding
- C.
Show an understanding
- 9.TICK ALL THAT APPLY Perceptive understanding of the text will involve ...
- A.
Making your best guess based on your intuition
- B.
Explaining how aspects of the text communicate ideas
- C.
Explaining what is the writer's purpose
- D.
Making connections to the wider world or something else you have read
- E.
Explaining what your thoughts are about being in the exam
- 10.To pass this exam, you will need to "show understanding" - this means...
- A.
Writing a language features names
- B.
Writing language features names and their definitions
- C.
Writing language features names, definitions and explaining the impact on the reader and the writer's intention
Questions: 28 | Attempts: 326 | Last updated: Mar 21, 2022
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