Written text exam

Every student will be entered to sit the AS91098 Written text external exam.

You will study a number of written texts in class, some of these will be short texts and you will probably also study a longer texts, like a novel. Your teacher will indicate which texts are suitable for the exam. You will study these in more depth than some other texts and they will offer more options for writing an essay.

This exam requires writing an essay. Your teacher will take you through options for essay writing. Because at Year 11 you didn't do an essay exam, they will be teaching you how to do this.

Here are some resources that may be of interest to you:

• Link to the standard

• Link to a studytime video talking you through the standard and strategies to approach your essay

• Link to NZQA site where you can find past papers and exemplars

NB The credits for this exam count for either reading or writing UE literacy credits.

NCEA 2020 Exam and exemplars