Component

Component: Area of Study

Student Responses (16)

Exemplary response 1 Band 5/6 response 1 Band 5/6 response 2 Band 5/6 response 3 Band 4/5 response 1 Band 4/5 response 2 Band 4/5 response 3 Band 3/4 response 1 Band 3/4 response 2 Band 3/4 response 3 Band 2/3 response 1 Band 2/3 response 2 Band 2/3 response 3 Band 1/2 response 1 Band 1/2 response 2 Band 1/2 response 3

Question 1

Paper 1 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Identify and explain representations of change in a song, a cartoon, a poem and a website. Select two texts for HSC students to study and explain reasons for selection.

Student Responses (15)

Band 5/6 response 1 Band 5/6 response 2 Band 5/6 response 3 Band 4/5 response 1 Band 4/5 response 2 Band 4/5 response 3 Band 3/4 response 1 Band 3/4 response 2 Band 3/4 response 3 Band 2/3 response 1 Band 2/3 response 2 Band 2/3 response 3 Band 1/2 response 1 Band 1/2 response 2 Band 1/2 response 3

Question 1

Paper 1 Section I Question 1 - 2001 HSC

Identify and explain representations of change in a cartoon, a speech and a narrative. Explain how the texts demonstrate connections between youth and change.

Student Responses (17)

Exemplary response 1 Exemplary response 2 Band 5/6 response 1 Change Band 5/6 response 2 Change Band 5/6 response 3 Change Band 4/5 response 1 Change Band 4/5 response 2 Change Band 4/5 response 3 Change Band 3/4 response 1 Change Band 3/4 response 2 Change Band 3/4 response 3 Change Band 2/3 response 1 Change Band 2/3 response 2 Change Band 2/3 response 3 Change Band 1/2 response 1 Change Band 1/2 response 2 Change Band 1/2 response 3 Change

Question 2 Change

Question 2

Paper 1 Section II Question 2 - 2002 HSC

Compose a letter reflecting upon a change in a person, place or time.

Student Responses (4)

Band 5/6 response 2 Change Band 5/6 response 3 Change Band 3/4 response 2 Change Band 1/2 response 1

Question 2a Change

Question 2a

Paper 1 Section II Question 2a - 2001 HSC

Write a story for a school magazine exploring the concept of change and using the stimulus, 'Dancing to a different beat'.

Student Responses (2)

Band 5/6 response 1 Change Band 2/3 response 1

Question 2b Change

Question 2b

Paper 1 Section II Question 2b - 2001 HSC

Write a story for a school magazine exploring the concept of change and using the sentence, 'Now it's their turn to choose'.

Student Responses (2)

Band 4/5 response 3 Change Band 3/4 response 1 Change

Question 2c Change

Question 2c

Paper 1 Section II Question 2c - 2001 HSC

Write a story for a school magazine exploring the concept of change and using a cartoon image of a person leaving a messy desk.

Student Responses (1)

Band 3/4 response 1 Arthur Miller, The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

Question 3 Drama

Paper 1 Section III Question 3 - 2009 HSC

Understanding nourishes belonging while a lack of understanding prevents it.

Student Responses (2)

Band 4/5 response 1 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 4/5 response 2 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom

Question 3 Film

Paper 1 Section III Question 3 - 2009 HSC

Understanding nourishes belonging while a lack of understanding prevents it.

Student Responses (1)

Band 5/6 response 1 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle

Question 3 Poetry

Paper 1 Section III Question 3 - 2009 HSC

Understanding nourishes belonging while a lack of understanding prevents it.

Student Responses (15)

Band 5/6 response 1 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle Band 5/6 response 2 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Band 5/6 response 3 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Band 4/5 response 1 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 4/5 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 4/5 response 3 Sally Morgan, My Place Band 3/4 response 1 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle Band 3/4 response 2 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle Band 3/4 response 3 Carmel Bird (ed.), The Stolen Children - Their Stories Band 2/3 response 1 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 2/3 response 2 Sally Morgan, My Place Band 2/3 response 3 Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing Band 1/2 response 1 George Lucas, Star Wars - A New Hope (Episode 4) Band 1/2 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 1/2 response 3 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle

Question 3

Paper 1 Section III Question 3 - 2001 HSC

Use a variety of texts to explain how an understanding of the consequences of change is shaped by the techniques used by different composers.

Student Responses (3)

Band 5/6 response 1 Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game Band 4/5 response 2 George Lucas, Star Wars - A New Hope (Episode 4) Band 1/2 response 1 George Lucas, Star Wars - A New Hope (Episode 4)

Question 3a Changing Worlds

Paper 1 Section III Question 3a - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Worlds.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

Question 3a Focus - Changing Worlds

Paper 1 Section III Question 3a - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Worlds.

Student Responses (7)

Band 5/6 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 3/4 response 1 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle Band 3/4 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 3/4 response 3 Louis Nowra, Così Band 2/3 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 1/2 response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi Band 1/2 response 3 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle

Question 3b Changing Perspective

Paper 1 Section III Question 3b - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Perspective.

Student Responses (2)

Exemplary response 1 Peter Skrzynecki, Immigrant Chronicle Exemplary response 2 Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi

Question 3b Focus - Changing Perspective

Paper 1 Section III Question 3b - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Perspective.

Student Responses (5)

Band 5/6 response 3 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Band 4/5 response 1 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Band 4/5 response 3 Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing Band 2/3 response 1 Michael Gow, Away Band 2/3 response 3 Sally Morgan, My Place

Question 3c Changing Self

Paper 1 Section III Question 3c - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Self.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems

Question 3c Focus - Changing Self

Paper 1 Section III Question 3c - 2002 HSC

Write a feature article for a magazine examining how composers explore concepts of Changing Self.

Component: Module A: Experience Through Language

Student Responses (4)

Exemplary response 2 Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories Band 4/5 response 2 Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories Band 3/4 response 2 Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories Band 2/3 response 3 Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories

Question 1 Elective 1: Telling Stories

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Using ideas and features of a prescribed text, reflect upon what you have learned in the module Telling Stories, Dialogue or Images.

Student Responses (7)

Exemplary response 1 Jane Harrison, Stolen Band 5/6 response 2 Jane Harrison, Stolen Band 4/5 response 3 David Williamson, The Club Band 3/4 response 3 David Williamson, The Club Band 1/2 response 1 Komninos, Komninos by the Kupful Band 1/2 response 2 David Williamson, The Club Band 1/2 response 3 David Williamson, The Club

Question 1 Elective 2: Dialogue

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Using ideas and features of a prescribed text, reflect upon what you have learned in the module Telling Stories, Dialogue or Images.

Student Responses (8)

Exemplary response 3 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Exemplary response 4 Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows Band 5/6 response 1 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Band 5/6 response 3 Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows Band 4/5 response 1 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Band 3/4 response 1 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 2/3 response 1 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 2/3 response 2 Peter Weir, The Truman Show

Question 1 Elective 3: Image

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Using ideas and features of a prescribed text, reflect upon what you have learned in the module Telling Stories, Dialogue or Images.

Student Responses (5)

Band 4/5 response 2 David Williamson, The Club Band 3/4 response 1 David Williamson, The Club Band 2/3 response 2 David Williamson, The Club Band 2/3 response 3 David Williamson, The Club Band 1/2 response 1 Jane Harrison, Stolen

Question 2 Elective 2: Dialogue David Williamson, The Club

Question 2 Elective 2: Dialogue

Paper 2 Section I Question 2 - 2001 HSC

Explain how dialogue presents relationships between different voices in texts.

Student Responses (9)

Band 5/6 response 1 Kevin Gilbert (ed.), Inside Black Australia Band 5/6 response 2 Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows Band 4/5 response 1 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 4/5 response 3 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Band 3/4 response 2 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 3/4 response 3 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Band 2/3 response 1 Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom Band 1/2 response 2 Peter Weir, The Truman Show Band 1/2 response 3 Peter Weir, The Truman Show

Question 3 Elective 3: Image Kevin Gilbert (ed.), Inside Black Australia

Question 3 Elective 3: Image

Paper 2 Section I Question 3 - 2001 HSC

Explain how images are used to shape your response to the worlds presented in texts.

Component: Module B: Close Study of Text

Student Responses (3)

Band 4/5 response 2 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata Band 4/5 response 3 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata Band 3/4 response 3 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata

Question 2b John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata

Question 2b

Paper 2 Section II Question 2b - 2002 HSC

Explain how unresolved problems in relationships are dramatised and resolved in the play.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata

Question 2b Drama John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata

Question 2b Drama

Paper 2 Section II Question 2b - 2002 HSC

Explain how unresolved problems in relationships are dramatised and resolved in the play.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Question 2c Drama William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Question 2c Drama

Paper 2 Section III Question 2c - 2002 HSC

Explain how the process of destruction is dramatised in the play 'Macbeth' as a whole.

Student Responses (1)

Band 5/6 response 1 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 3b Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 3b

Paper 2 Section II Question 3b - 2002 HSC

Explain how the author, Yolen, helps the reader accept that 'happily ever after' is possible.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 3b Prose Fiction Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 3b Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 3b - 2002 HSC

Explain how the author, Yolen, helps the reader accept that 'happily ever after' is possible.

Student Responses (3)

Band 3/4 response 1 Peter Weir, Witness Band 2/3 response 2 Peter Weir, Witness Band 1/2 response 2 Peter Weir, Witness

Question 4a Peter Weir, Witness

Question 4a

Paper 2 Section II Question 4a - 2002 HSC

Write a radio interview discussing how the two worlds of the film are represented by film techniques.

Student Responses (2)

Band 5/6 response 1 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata Band 4/5 response 3 John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata

Question 4b Drama

Paper 2 Section II Question 4b - 2001 HSC

As an actor, write a letter explaining the challenges of performing Bridie or Shiela's role in the play.

Student Responses (1)

Band 2/3 response 3 Australian War Memorial Website

Question 4c Australian War Memorial Website

Question 4c

Paper 2 Section II Question 4c - 2002 HSC

Interview the designer of the Australian War Memorial website.

Student Responses (2)

Band 4/5 response 1 William Shakespeare, Macbeth Band 2/3 response 3 William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Question 4c Drama William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Question 4c Drama

Paper 2 Section II Question 4c - 2001 HSC

Explain how dramatic techniques are used to explore Macbeth's relationship with the women in the play.

Student Responses (1)

Band 4/5 response 1 Debbie Westbury, Mouth to Mouth

Question 5a Debbie Westbury, Mouth to Mouth

Question 5a

Paper 2 Section II Question 5a - 2002 HSC

Write a class speech explaining how poetic techniques transform the ordinary into something special.

Student Responses (1)

Band 3/4 response 2 Robert Cormier, We All Fall Down

Question 5a Prose Fiction Robert Cormier, We All Fall Down

Question 5a Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 5a - 2001 HSC

Write a class speech discussing how ideas and issues introduced in the opening are significant for the rest of the text.

Student Responses (4)

Band 5/6 response 3 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Band 2/3 response 1 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Band 1/2 response 1 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Band 1/2 response 3 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others

Question 5b

Paper 2 Section II Question 5b - 2002 HSC

Write a speech explaining how poetic techniques convey the experience of war.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others

Question 5b Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 5b - 2002 HSC

Write a speech explaining how poetic techniques convey the experience of war.

Student Responses (4)

Band 5/6 response 2 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Band 3/4 response 1 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Band 2/3 response 1 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Band 1/2 response 3 Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 5b Prose Fiction Jane Yolen, Briar Rose

Question 5b Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 5b - 2001 HSC

Explain how the idea of the journey is presented in the novel, Briar Rose.

Student Responses (4)

Band 4/5 response 2 Peter Weir, Witness Band 3/4 response 3 Peter Weir, Witness Band 2/3 response 2 Peter Weir, Witness Band 1/2 response 1 Peter Weir, Witness

Question 6a Film Peter Weir, Witness

Question 6a Film

Paper 2 Section II Question 6a - 2001 HSC

Identify one interesting character in the film. Explain how Weir has used film techniques to shape your response to the character.

Student Responses (3)

Band 5/6 response 3 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Band 5/6 response 4 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Band 1/2 response 2 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others

Question 7b Poetry Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others

Question 7b Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 7b - 2001 HSC

Explain how Owen explores the horror of war through the power of poetry.

Component: Module C: Texts and Society

Student Responses (8)

Exemplary response 1 Scott Monk, Raw Band 5/6 response 1 Scott Monk, Raw Band 4/5 response 1 Scott Monk, Raw Band 4/5 response 3 Scott Monk, Raw Band 3/4 response 2 Scott Monk, Raw Band 3/4 response 3 Bill Couturie, Dear America Band 2/3 response 1 Bill Couturie, Dear America Band 2/3 response 2 Tony Strachan, State of Shock

Question 6 Elective 1: The Institution and Personal Experience

Paper 2 Section III Question 6 - 2002 HSC

Write a letter persuading the program organisers to include your text in the program.

Student Responses (1)

Band 2/3 response 3 Les Hiddins, The Bush Tucker Man: Stories of Survival

Question 6 Elective 2: Exploration and Travel

Paper 2 Section III Question 6 - 2002 HSC

Write a letter persuading the program organisers to include your text in the program.

Student Responses (6)

Exemplary response 2 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness Band 5/6 response 3 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness Band 4/5 response 2 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness Band 1/2 response 1 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness Band 1/2 response 2 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness Band 1/2 response 3 Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness

Question 6 Elective 3: Consumerism

Paper 2 Section III Question 6 - 2002 HSC

Write a letter persuading the program organisers to include your text in the program.

Student Responses (4)

Band 4/5 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 3/4 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 2/3 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 2/3 response 2 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot

Question 9 Elective 2: Into the World

Paper 2 Section III Question 9 - 2009 HSC

Individuals venturing into new experiences may encounter obstacles but may also gain significant rewards.

Student Responses (8)

Band 5/6 response 1 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 5/6 response 3 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 5/6 response 2 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 4/5 response 2 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 4/5 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 4/5 response 3 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 3/4 response 2 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 3/4 response 3 Willy Russell, Educating Rita

Question 10a Elective 3: Into the World

Paper 2 Section III Question 10a - 2007 HSC

Write a speech explaining if pathways into new worlds offer possibilities or problems.

Student Responses (8)

Band 5/6 response 2 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 5/6 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 4/5 response 1 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 4/5 response 3 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 4/5 response 2 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 3/4 response 1 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot Band 3/4 response 1 Willy Russell, Educating Rita Band 3/4 response 2 Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot

Question 10b Elective 3: Into the World

Paper 2 Section III Question 10b - 2007 HSC

Write a speech explaining if other people encourage or prevent an individual's experience of new worlds.