Strong fit
Phase 4 text studies include examining context, identifying explicit and
implicit perspectives, and interpreting evidence to support conclusions about meaning and purpose.
How this handout aligns
The PONO framework makes students test author purpose, evidence, omission, and position rather
than simply agreeing or disagreeing with a text.
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Purpose
Perspective
This is the clearest primary row for the resource.
Strong fit
Textual and critical analysis (Phase 4) expects students to examine how
language, structure, and multimodal features shape credibility and audience response.
How this handout aligns
The sample text and table push students to name what is present, what is missing, and how that
shapes trust. That is directly useful for senior analysis work.
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Critical analysis
Credibility
Best followed by a discursive or evaluative writing response.
Aotearoa lens
Environmental texts in Aotearoa should be read with attention to whose
relationships to whenua, wai, and community are acknowledged and whose are sidelined.
How to teach this well
Invite students to ask whether mātauranga Māori, mana whenua
voices, and kaitiakitanga are treated as central, token, or
absent. That question raises the quality of analysis immediately.
Mātauranga Māori
Kaitiakitanga
Environmental justice
This is where the resource becomes properly local rather than imported
media-literacy genericism.