Component

Component: Module A: Genre

Student Responses (1)

E1/2 response 1 Out of Africa, Life Studies

Question 1 Elective 1: Life Writing;

Question 1 Elective 1: Life Writing;

Written Paper Question 1 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any genre arise from specific social and cultural conditions and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (7)

E3/4 response 1 The Skull Beneath the Skin, Anil's Ghost E3/4 response 2 The Skull Beneath the Skin, Anil's Ghost E3/4 response 3 The Skull Beneath the Skin, The Real Inspector Hound E2/3 response 1 The Skull Beneath the Skin, Rear Window E2/3 response 2 Rear Window, The Real Inspector Hound E2/3 response 3 Rear Window, Anil's Ghost E1/2 response 3 The Skull Beneath the Skin, Rear Window

Question 1 Elective 2: Crime Writing;

Question 1 Elective 2: Crime Writing;

Written Paper Question 1 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any genre arise from specific social and cultural conditions and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (1)

E1/2 response 2 Brave New World, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Question 1 Elective 3: Science Fiction;

Question 1 Elective 3: Science Fiction;

Written Paper Question 1 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any genre arise from specific social and cultural conditions and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (9)

E3/4 response 1 E3/4 response 2 E3/4 response 3 E2/3 response 1 E2/3 response 2 E2/3 response 3 E1/2 response 1 E1/2 response 2 E1/2 response 3

Question 1

Question 1

Written Paper Question 1 - 2002 HSC

Use 'Sometimes the best weapon is…' as the opening to a piece of writing within or about the genre you have studied.

Student Responses (7)

E3/4 response 1 E3/4 response 2 E3/4 response 3 E2/3 response 1 E2/3 response 2 E2/3 response 3 E1/2 response 2

Question 2 Elective 2: Crime Writing;

Question 2 Elective 2: Crime Writing;

Written Paper Question 2 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a promise', 'a stone' and 'silence'.

Student Responses (2)

E1/2 response 1 E1/2 response 3

Question 2 Elective 3: Science Fiction;

Question 2 Elective 3: Science Fiction;

Written Paper Question 2 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a promise', 'a stone' and 'silence'.

Student Responses (10)

Exemplary response 1 The Big Sleep, The Real Inspector Hound E3/4 response 1 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E3/4 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E3/4 response 3 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Skull Beneath the Skin, The Real Inspector Hound E2/3 response 1 The Real Inspector Hound, Snow Falling on Cedars E2/3 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Skull Beneath the Skin, The Real Inspector Hound E2/3 response 3 The Big Sleep, The Real Inspector Hound E1/2 response 1 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E1/2 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E1/2 response 3 Snow Falling on Cedars, The Skull Beneath the Skin

Question 3 Elective 2: Crime Fiction

Question 3 Elective 2: Crime Fiction

Written Paper Question 3 - 2002 HSC

Identify and explore the grounds for the enduring popularity of crime fiction.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 The Essays: A Selection, The Penguin Essays of George Orwell

Question 4 Elective 3: The Essay

Question 4 Elective 3: The Essay

Written Paper Question 4 - 2002 HSC

Reflect on the changing nature and range of purpose of the essay by responding to the question 'Has the essay had its day?'.

Student Responses (9)

E3/4 response 1 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Skull Beneath the Skin E3/4 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Skull Beneath the Skin E3/4 response 3 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E2/3 response 1 The Big Sleep, The Skull Beneath the Skin E2/3 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E2/3 response 3 Snow Falling on Cedars, The Real Inspector Hound E1/2 response 1 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E1/2 response 2 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars E1/2 response 3 The Big Sleep, Snow Falling on Cedars

Question 4

Question 4

Written Paper Section I Question 4 - 2001 HSC

Explore how the conventions of the genre limit or support the impact of the composer's vision.

Component: Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking

Student Responses (5)

E2/3 response 1 Catch-22, Hiroshima E2/3 response 2 Catch-22, Hiroshima E2/3 response 3 Waiting for Godot, Ariel E1/2 response 2 Ariel, Hiroshima E1/2 response 3 Catch-22, Waiting for Godot

Question 3 Elective 1: After the Bomb

Question 3 Elective 1: After the Bomb

Written Paper Question 3 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any period arise from particular ways of thinking and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (1)

E3/4 response 3 John Keat's Complete Poems, Wuthering Heights

Question 3 Elective 2: Romanticism

Question 3 Elective 2: Romanticism

Written Paper Question 3 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any period arise from particular ways of thinking and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (3)

E3/4 response 1 Island, Opened Ground: Poems 1966-1996 E3/4 response 2 Lost in Translation, The Mosquito Coast E1/2 response 1 The Shipping News, Lost in Translation

Question 3 Elective 3: Navigating the Global

Question 3 Elective 3: Navigating the Global

Written Paper Question 3 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts in any period arise from particular ways of thinking and possess an enduring relevance'.

Student Responses (2)

E3/4 response 1 E3/4 response 3

Question 4 Elective 1: After the Bomb

Question 4 Elective 1: After the Bomb

Written Paper Question 4 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a wish', 'a message' and 'solitude'.

Student Responses (3)

E2/3 response 1 E2/3 response 3 E1/2 response 1

Question 4 Elective 2: Romanticism

Question 4 Elective 2: Romanticism

Written Paper Question 4 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a wish', 'a message' and 'solitude'.

Student Responses (2)

E3/4 response 2 E2/3 response 2

Question 4 Elective 3: Navigating the Global

Question 4 Elective 3: Navigating the Global

Written Paper Question 4 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a wish', 'a message' and 'solitude'.

Student Responses (10)

Exemplary response 1 The French Lieutenant's Woman E3/4 response 1 E3/4 response 2 E3/4 response 3 E2/3 response 1 E2/3 response 2 E2/3 response 3 E1/2 response 1 E1/2 response 2 E1/2 response 3

Question 5

Question 5

Written Paper Question 5 - 2002 HSC

Use 'Who says your way is right?' as the opening to a piece of writing from the perspective of a character from one of the prescribed texts.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 Pride and Prejudice, A Doll's House

Question 6 Elective 1: The Individual and Society

Question 6 Elective 1: The Individual and Society

Written Paper Question 6 - 2002 HSC

Justify the response, 'Although these texts are representations of times past, we still respond to the experience of the individual then'.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 The French Lieutenant's Woman, Orlando, Dead White Males

Question 7 Elective 2: Postmodernism

Question 7 Elective 2: Postmodernism

Written Paper Question 7 - 2002 HSC

Discuss your view of the reason for the interest of postmodernism.

Component: Module C: Language and Values

Student Responses (1)

E1/2 response 2 The French Lieutenant's Woman, Orlando

Question 5

Question 5

Written Paper Question 5 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts manipulate language in dynamic ways to explore profound ideas about culture and values'.

Student Responses (2)

E3/4 response 2 Orlando, If on a winter's night a traveller E3/4 response 3 Orlando, If on a winter's night a traveller

Question 5 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics

Question 5 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics

Written Paper Question 5 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts manipulate language in dynamic ways to explore profound ideas about culture and values'.

Student Responses (1)

E2/3 response 1 The French Lieutenant's Woman, If on a winter's night a traveller

Question 5 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics;

Question 5 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics;

Written Paper Question 5 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts manipulate language in dynamic ways to explore profound ideas about culture and values'.

Student Responses (1)

E3/4 response 1 Elizabeth, Twelfth Night

Question 5 Elective 2: Language and Gender

Question 5 Elective 2: Language and Gender

Written Paper Question 5 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts manipulate language in dynamic ways to explore profound ideas about culture and values'.

Student Responses (3)

E2/3 response 2 Elizabeth, Twelfth Night E2/3 response 3 Elizabeth, Twelfth Night E1/2 response 1 Elizabeth, Twelfth Night

Question 5 Elective 2: Language and Gender;

Question 5 Elective 2: Language and Gender;

Written Paper Question 5 - 2010 HSC

Write an essay exploring the statement: 'Significant texts manipulate language in dynamic ways to explore profound ideas about culture and values'.

Student Responses (1)

E1/2 response 1

Question 6 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics;

Question 6 Elective 1: Textual Dynamics;

Written Paper Question 6 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a question', 'a note' and 'irresponsibility'.

Student Responses (6)

E3/4 response 1 E3/4 response 2 E3/4 response 3 E2/3 response 1 E2/3 response 2 E2/3 response 3

Question 6 Elective 2: Language and Gender;

Question 6 Elective 2: Language and Gender;

Written Paper Question 6 - 2010 HSC

Compose a piece of imaginative writing using the setting from a prescribed text and incorporating the terms 'a question', 'a note' and 'irresponsibility'.

Student Responses (1)

Exemplary response 1 You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation, Twelfth Night

Question 12 Elective 3: Gendered Language

Question 12 Elective 3: Gendered Language

Written Paper Question 12 - 2002 HSC

Reflect on the limitations and/or possibilities inherent in a gender specific way of speaking. Consider the extent to which men and women draw upon gendered language codes.