AS 91929 Annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars consist of student evidence, with commentary, to explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Achieved, the student needs to demonstrate understanding of factors that influence the purpose and location of primary production. This involves describing the purpose and location of primary production and describing the factors that influence the purpose and location.

The student has described the purpose of growing kumara in Kaipara, with making a profit as the best described purpose. This has been described by including where it is sold and the markets it is sold in, the steady income all year, and who gets the money. The description could be strengthened by including what the profit is used for by a specific grower or situation. A historical purpose was identified as a staple food source and growing kumara in Kaipara for generations. 

Factors that have been described are soil, temperature, and rainfall. The description of Kaipara as the location could have been strengthened by including a variety of points such as where it is stored, how far away the markets are, and how the kumara are transported there.

For Merit, the student could explain how the soil, temperature, and rainfall affect growing kumara in Kaipara to make profit.

For Merit, the student needs to explain factors that influence the purpose and location of primary production. This involves explaining the purpose and location of production based on the influence of contributing factors.

The student has explained how soils and rainfall influence the location and the ‘producing income’ purpose of beef farming in the Waikato. 

The influence of soil has been explained by linking the composition of the soil with its draining and cultivating characteristics, and then linking this to pasture growth, cattle growth rates, and (by implication) profit. Rainfall has been explained by linking the high rainfall and the avoidance of the cost of irrigation to the high growth rate of pasture and the fattening of stock.

This evidence could be strengthened by linking the high rainfall through to the purpose of producing income, and including data and explanation for a specific Waikato beef farm.

For Excellence, the student could analyse the factors and make a judgement for the evaluation. The supporting detail should relate back to both the purpose and location – producing as much income as possible from beef farming in Waikato.

For Excellence, the student needs to evaluate factors that influence the purpose and location of primary production. This involves evaluating the purpose and location of production based on the influence of contributing factors.

The student has explained how soils and rainfall influence the location and the ‘producing income’ purpose of sheep farming in Canterbury. The explanation could be strengthened by linking the factor with the actual location and the purpose.

The student has evaluated aspects of rainfall and topography for making money from sheep farming in Canterbury in a structured and final section of the report. The arguments in the evaluation have been developed by comparing the two factors and giving negative and positive impacts. 

In the final paragraphs, the arguments have been summarised and linked to a difference in the impact on sheep production and the purpose of making money. Rainfall has been judged as the most influential factor.

The description of purpose could be strengthened by including features such as the specific use of the money, the products sold, who buys the products, and where they are sold. The description of the factors influencing location could be more specific and give details for the particular location, e.g. the name of the processing plants, where the markets are, the distances/costs of transport, the actual topography where the sheep are farmed, the land value, etc.