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Band 4/5

Component: Area of Study

Student Responses (3)

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

Question 1

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 (3)

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

Question 1

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 (3)

Band 4/5 response 1 Change Band 4/5 response 2 Change Band 4/5 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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 3 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 (3)

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

Question 3

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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 2 George Lucas, Star Wars - A New Hope (Episode 4)

Question 3a Changing Worlds

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 (2)

Band 4/5 response 1 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems Band 4/5 response 3 Kenneth Branagh, Much Ado About Nothing

Question 3c Changing Self

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.

Component: Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts

Student Responses (1)

Band 4/5 response 2 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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 1 William Shakespeare, The Tempest and Tim Flannery, The Explorers

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 (2)

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

Question 1 Elective 1: Transformations

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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 1 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and Ridley Scott, Blade Runner - Director's cut

Question 2 Elective 2: In the Wild

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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 2 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet

Question 2 Prose Fiction

Question 2 Prose Fiction

Paper 2 Section II Question 2 - 2002 HSC

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

Student Responses (2)

Band 4/5 response 1 Tim Winton, Cloudstreet Band 4/5 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 (1)

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

Question 5 Poetry

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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 3 Speeches

Question 7 Nonfiction – 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 (1)

Band 4/5 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 (3)

Band 4/5 response 1 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems: A New Edition Band 4/5 response 2 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems: A New Edition Band 4/5 response 3 Gwen Harwood, Selected Poems: A New Edition

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 (3)

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

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 (2)

Band 4/5 response 1 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline Band 4/5 response 2 Rob Sitch et al., Frontline

Question 11 Elective 1: Telling the Truth

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 (1)

Band 4/5 response 3 George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

Question 11 Elective 2: Powerplay

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 (2)

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

Question 11 Elective 1: Telling the Truth

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.

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