There are exemplars for this connections assignment available online. Please note that NCEA deliberately only provide extracts of essays in their exemplars.
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/NCEA-subject-resources/English/91478-A/91478-EXP-A.pdf
and
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/assets/qualifications-and-standards/qualifications/ncea/NCEA-subject-resources/English/91478-B/91478-EXP-B.pdf
Note how the essays start with an exploration of the time period of person who is being discussed.
Structuring your essay:
1. Introduction will define the area of interest and which texts you are going to use to explore the connections.
2. The main body of the essay is divided up into four 'sub-connections'. Each sub-connection will have its own sub-heading. You will discuss the texts in relation to that sub-connection in that section.
3. Your conclusion will draw together the elements and connections which you have discussed.
Your sub-connections could relate to language, themes, topics, purposes and audiences.
e.g. for a discussion of Baxter's relationship with the land, you could have the following sub-connections:
1. The Otago landscape
2. City vs Country
3. Changing language across his nature poems
4. Maori references in his nature poems.
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