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2008 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English Extension 1 Total marks 50 Attempt TWO questions from the elective you have studied M odule A: Genre Pages 2 5 50 marks Elective 1: Attempt Questions 1 and 2 Elective 2: Attempt Questions 3 and 4 Elective 3: Attempt Questions 5 and 6 General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes Working time 2 hours Write using black or blue pen OR M odule B: Texts and Ways of Thinking Pages 6 10 50 marks Elective 1: Attempt Questions 7 and 8 Elective 2: Attempt Questions 9 and 10 Elective 3: Attempt Questions 11 and 12 OR M odule C: Language and Values Pages 12 15 50 marks Elective 1: Attempt Questions 13 and 14 Elective 2: Attempt Questions 15 and 16 Elective 3: Attempt Questions 17 and 18 358 Module A: Genre 50 marks You must attempt TWO questions from the elective you have studied Allow about 1 hour for each question Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the conventions of the genre and the ideas and values associated with the genre sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language The electives for this module are: Elective 1: Revenge Tragedy Attempt Questions 1 and 2 (page 3) The prescribed texts are: Drama Film Euripides, Medea Cyril Tourneur, The Revenger s Tragedy Pierre Corneille, The Cid Fred Zinnemann, High Noon Elective 2: Crime Fiction Attempt Questions 3 and 4 (page 4) The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Drama Film P D James, The Skull Beneath the Skin Michael Ondaatje, Anil s Ghost Tom Stoppard, The Real Inspector Hound Howard Hawks, The Big Sleep Director s Cut Elective 3: Speculative Fiction Attempt Questions 5 and 6 (page 5) The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Film Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid s Tale C J Cherryh, Cyteen Frank Herbert, Dune Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2 Question 1 Elective 1: Revenge Tragedy (25 marks) Revenge Tragedy explores the implications of duty from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 2 Elective 1: Revenge Tragedy (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Revenge Tragedy. 3 In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the conventions of the genre and the ideas and values associated with the genre sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language Question 3 Elective 2: Crime Fiction (25 marks) Crime Fiction explores the unravelling of mystery from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 4 Elective 2: Crime Fiction (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Crime Fiction. Awaiting copyright 4 Question 5 Elective 3: Speculative Fiction (25 marks) Speculative Fiction explores the implications of alternative worlds from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 6 Elective 3: Speculative Fiction (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Speculative Fiction. Awaiting copyright 5 Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking 50 marks You must attempt TWO questions from the elective you have studied Allow about 1 hour for each question Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of how particular ways of thinking have shaped and are reflected in texts sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language The electives for this module are: Elective 1: The Individual and Society Attempt Questions 7 and 8 (page 8) The prescribed texts are: Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South Henrik Ibsen, A Doll s House Robert Browning, Selected Poems * The Laboratory * Meeting at Night * Parting at Morning * My Last Duchess * Porphyria s Lover * The Bishop Orders his Tomb at Saint Praxed s Church * Andrea del Sarto Simon Langton, Pride and Prejudice Prose Fiction Drama Poetry Media 6 Elective 2: Postmodernism Attempt Questions 9 and 10 (page 9) The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Drama Film A S Byatt, Possession Italo Calvino, If on a winter s night a traveller John Fowles, The French Lieutenant s Woman David Williamson, Dead White Males Sally Potter, Orlando Elective 3: Retreat from the Global Attempt Questions 11 and 12 (page 10) The prescribed texts are: E Annie Proulx, The Shipping News Keri Hulme, The Bone People Alistair MacLeod, The Lost Salt Gift of Blood Seamus Heaney, New Selected Poems 1966 1987 * Digging * Personal Helicon * Blackberry-Picking * Requiem for the Croppies * The Tollund Man * Funeral Rites * Punishment Rob Sitch, The Castle Prose Fiction Poetry Film 7 In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of how particular ways of thinking have shaped and are reflected in texts sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language Question 7 Elective 1: The Individual and Society (25 marks) The Individual and Society explores the complications of independence from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 8 Elective 1: The Individual and Society (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of The Individual and Society. 8 Question 9 Elective 2: Postmodernism (25 marks) Postmodernism explores the dynamics of originality from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 10 Elective 2: Postmodernism (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Postmodernism. Awaiting copyright 9 In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of how particular ways of thinking have shaped and are reflected in texts sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language Question 11 Elective 3: Retreat from the Global (25 marks) Retreat from the Global explores the transformation of boundaries from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 12 Elective 3: Retreat from the Global (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Retreat from the Global. Awaiting copyright 10 BLANK PAGE Please turn over 11 Module C: Language and Values 50 marks You must attempt TWO questions from the elective you have studied Allow about 1 hour for each question Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways in which language shapes and reflects culture and values sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language The electives for this module are: Elective 1: Acts of Reading and Writing Attempt Questions 13 and 14 (page 13) The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Fay Weldon, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen Nonfiction Alberto Manguel, A History of Reading Virginia Woolf, A Room of One s Own Multimedia Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl Elective 2: The Language of Sport Attempt Questions 15 and 16 (page 14) The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Nick Coleman and Nick Hornby (eds), The Picador Book of Sportswriting Nonfiction John Feinstein, A Good Walk Spoiled: Days and Nights on the PGA Tour Media John Clarke and Ross Stevenson, The Games Film Leon Gast, When We Were Kings Elective 3: Gendered Language Attempt Questions 17 and 18 (page 15) The prescribed texts are: Poetry Drama Nonfiction Film John Tranter, The Floor of Heaven William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Deborah Tannen, You Just Don t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation Shekhar Kapur, Elizabeth 12 Question 13 Elective 1: Acts of Reading and Writing (25 marks) Acts of Reading and Writing explores the interplay of relationships from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 14 Elective 1: Acts of Reading and Writing (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Acts of Reading and Writing. Susan D. Jones 13 In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways in which language shapes and reflects culture and values sustain an extended composition appropriate to the question, demonstrating control in the use of language Question 15 Elective 2: The Language of Sport (25 marks) The Language of Sport explores the nature of achievement from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 16 Elective 2: The Language of Sport (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of The Language of Sport. Photo: Ivor Markman 14 Question 17 Elective 3: Gendered Language (25 marks) Gendered Language explores the workings of power from different angles. Write an essay in which you evaluate the extent to which this is true. In your response you must refer to TWO prescribed texts AND at least TWO texts of your own choosing. Question 18 Elective 3: Gendered Language (25 marks) Write an original short story exploring at least one of the objects, ideas or images in the assemblage shown. In your response, draw on your knowledge and understanding of Gendered Language. Susan Tibbles End of paper 15 BLANK PAGE 16 Board of Studies NSW 2008

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