Question 1

What is NCEA AS 91103 about?

Accepted Answer

You need to create a multi-part text (like a poster, video, performance, or digital presentation) that combines words and images to communicate your ideas clearly. The text must feel carefully planned and polished, with ideas that build and connect throughout, and you need to choose your words, images, and design deliberately to suit who you're talking to and what you're trying to achieve.

Question 2

What do students need to do for AS 91103?

Accepted Answer

1. Build and connect your ideas throughout the text by adding explanations, examples, or details that show how different points relate to each other 2. Choose visual features (images, layout, colour, movement, sequence) and verbal features (words, dialogue, quotations) that match your audience and purpose 3. Rework and reshape your text deliberately multiple times to create a polished, finished piece that feels planned rather than rough 4. Use your chosen features to create a specific effect or mood in your audience — whether that's persuading them, engaging them, or making them think in a certain way 5. Create a standalone text that makes sense on its own without needing extra explanation from you

Question 3

What's the difference between Achieved, Merit, and Excellence for AS 91103?

Accepted Answer

Achieved: You create a text with clear ideas that build throughout, using visual and verbal features that suit your purpose and audience, and the whole thing feels deliberately planned. Merit: Your ideas are reasoned and relevant, your choice of features clearly creates effects that work, and everything connects together to convince your audience. Excellence: Your features are inventively and skilfully used to create compelling meaning and strong audience engagement — the text commands attention and persuades or impacts people in a sustained way.

Question 4

What mistakes do students typically make in AS 91103?

Accepted Answer

1. Not reworking the text enough — it looks like a first draft rather than something carefully crafted and polished 2. Choosing visual or verbal features that don't actually match the intended audience or purpose 3. Having ideas that sit separately rather than building on each other — points feel disconnected or the text feels disjointed

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