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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 (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: Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts

Student Responses (12)

Exemplary response 1 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Exemplary response 2 Sam Raimi, A Simple Plan Band 5/6 response 1 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 5/6 response 2 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 4/5 response 2 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 3/4 response 1 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Band 3/4 response 2 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Band 3/4 response 3 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 2/3 response 2 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 1/2 response 1 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Band 1/2 response 2 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead Band 1/2 response 3 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless

Question 1 Elective 1: Transformations Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless

Question 1 Elective 1: Transformations

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Compare two texts to evaluate the extent to which context and values shape form and meaning.

Student Responses (4)

Exemplary response 3 Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 4/5 response 1 William Shakespeare, The Tempest and Tim Flannery, The Explorers Band 2/3 response 1 Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 2/3 response 3 Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut

Question 1 Elective 2: In the Wild Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless

Question 1 Elective 2: In the Wild

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Compare two texts to evaluate the extent to which context and values shape form and meaning.

Student Responses (7)

Band 5/6 response 1 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Band 4/5 response 2 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Band 4/5 response 3 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Band 3/4 response 2 Geoffrey Chaucer, The Pardoner's Tale and Sam Raimi, A Simple Plan Band 3/4 response 3 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Band 2/3 response 2 Jane Austen, Emma and Amy Heckerling, Clueless Band 2/3 response 3 William Shakespeare, Hamlet and Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Question 1 Elective 1: Transformations

Paper 2 Section I Question 1 - 2001 HSC

Compare and evaluate how the composer of a contemporary text has used an earlier text to say something new.

Student Responses (7)

Band 5/6 response 2 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 5/6 response 3 David Malouf, An Imaginary Life and John O. Hayden (ed.), Selected Poems: William Wordsworth Band 4/5 response 1 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's cut Band 2/3 response 1 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 1/2 response 1 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 1/2 response 2 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut Band 1/2 response 3 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's Cut

Question 2 Elective 2: In the Wild

Paper 2 Section I Question 2 - 2001 HSC

Compare how two texts set for study explore the tension between humanity and the natural world.

Component: Module B: Critical Study of Texts

Student Responses (3)

Exemplary response 1 Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion Band 4/5 response 2 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 2/3 response 1 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet

Question 2 Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 2 - 2002 HSC

Conversation considering the structure, language and ideas of the text.

Student Responses (3)

Band 5/6 response 2 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets Band 3/4 response 3 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets Band 2/3 response 2 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets

Question 4 Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 4 - 2002 HSC

Compose a conversation considering the structure, language and ideas of the text.

Student Responses (7)

Band 5/6 response 1 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 5/6 response 2 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 5/6 response 3 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 4/5 response 1 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 4/5 response 2 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 3/4 response 1 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 3/4 response 2 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet

Question 4c Prose Fiction Tim Winton, Cloudstreet

Question 4c Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 4c - 2007 HSC

Evaluate the representation of intense human emotions that captivates readers.

Student Responses (4)

Band 5/6 response 3 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets Band 4/5 response 3 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets Band 3/4 response 1 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets Band 3/4 response 2 John Donne in The Metaphysical Poets

Question 5 Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 5 - 2001 HSC

Explain how the poet's use of personal voice shapes emotional and intellectual responses to the poetry.

Student Responses (3)

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

Question 7 Nonfiction – Speeches

Paper 2 Section II Question 7 - 2002 HSC

Compose a conversation considering the structure, language and ideas of the text.

Student Responses (3)

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

Question 7 Nonfiction - Speeches Speeches

Question 7 Nonfiction - Speeches

Paper 2 Section II Question 7 - 2001 HSC

Analysis of how great speeches continue to speak to us.

Student Responses (8)

Question 7a Poetry Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems: A New Edition

Question 7a Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 7a - 2007 HSC

Explore the representation of at least one intense human emotion and evaluate its significance.

Student Responses (7)

Band 5/6 response 1 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 5/6 response 2 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 4/5 response 1 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 4/5 response 2 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 4/5 response 3 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 3/4 response 1 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney Band 3/4 response 3 William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney

Question 7b Poetry William Butler Yeats, W. B. Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney

Question 7b Poetry

Paper 2 Section II Question 7b - 2007 HSC

Explore the representation of at least one intense human emotion and evaluate its significance.

Component: Module C: Representation and Text

Student Responses (12)

Question 11 Elective 1: Telling the Truth

Paper 2 Section III Question 11 - 2002 HSC

Explain how your understanding of events, personalities or situations has been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied.

Student Responses (5)

Exemplary response 2 George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Exemplary response 3 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Band 5/6 response 1 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Band 4/5 response 3 George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four Band 3/4 response 3 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

Question 11 Elective 2: Powerplay

Paper 2 Section III Question 11 - 2002 HSC

Explain how your understanding of events, personalities or situations has been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied.

Student Responses (1)

Band 2/3 response 1 Robert Benigni, Life is Beautiful

Question 11 Elective 3: History and Memory

Paper 2 Section III Question 11 - 2002 HSC

Explain how your understanding of events, personalities or situations has been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied.

Student Responses (7)

Band 4/5 response 1 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 4/5 response 3 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 3/4 response 2 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 3/4 response 3 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 2/3 response 1 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 2/3 response 3 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts Band 1/2 response 1 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline plus related texts

Question 11 Elective 1: Telling the Truth

Paper 2 Section III Question 11 - 2001 HSC

Write a speech for the opening night of an exhibition of texts entitled: 'One person's truth is …' Explain how the exhibition reflects your vision of the representations of truth.

Student Responses (3)

Band 5/6 response 2 George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four plus related texts Band 5/6 response 3 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar plus related texts Band 3/4 response 1 William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar plus related texts

Question 12 Elective 2: Powerplay

Paper 2 Section III Question 12 - 2001 HSC

Write a speech for the opening night of an exhibition of texts entitled: 'Explorations of Power …' Explain how the exhibition represents the interplay between people and power.

Student Responses (2)

Band 2/3 response 2 Robert Benigni, Life is Beautiful Band 1/2 response 2 Mark Raphael Baker, The Fiftieth Gate

Question 13 Elective 3: History and Memory

Paper 2 Section III Question 13 - 2001 HSC

Write a speech for the opening night of an exhibition of texts entitled: 'History: Whose Story Is It?'. Explain how the exhibition reflects your view of the representations of history and memory.