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NSW HSC 2007 : ENGLISH (STANDARD) PAPER 2

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2007 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 (Standard) Paper 2 Modules Total marks 60 S ection I General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes Working time 2 hours Write using black or blue pen Pages 2 3 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 1 3 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 4 7 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 4 7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection III Pages 8 10 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 8 10 Allow about 40 minutes for this section 152 Section I Module A: Experience Through Language 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 1 3 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the ways meaning is shaped through narrative, dialogue or image organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 1 Elective 1: Telling Stories (20 marks) Compare the ways in which your texts use narrative to explore aspects of human experience. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Nonfiction Media Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories * The Drover s Wife * In a Dry Season * The Loaded Dog * Joe Wilson s Courtship Boori (Monty) Pryor, with Meme McDonald, Maybe Tomorrow Les Hiddins, Bush Tucker Man: Stories of Survival * Gold Fever * The Passionate Prussian * The Great Misadventure * Into the Vilest Country 2 Question 2 Elective 2: Dialogue (20 marks) Compare the ways in which your texts use dialogue to explore aspects of human experience. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Drama Jane Harrison, Stolen or Poetry David Williamson, The Club Bruce Dawe, Sometimes Gladness, Collected Poems 1954 1997 * Enter Without So Much as Knocking * Up the Wall * Weapons Training * Pleasant Sunday Afternoon * Big Jim * Bedroom Conversations Question 3 Elective 3: Image (20 marks) Compare the ways in which your texts use image to explore aspects of human experience. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Poetry Film Samuel Wagan Watson, Itinerant Blues * the dusk sessions * kangaroo crossing * we re not truckin around * abandoned factories * itinerant blue * jaded Olympic moments * the night train from Newcastle Baz Luhrmann, Strictly Ballroom or Multimedia Peter Weir, The Truman Show Raymond Briggs, When the Wind Blows 3 Section II Module B: Close Study of Text 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 4 7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of a text s distinctive qualities and how these shape meaning organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 4 Prose Fiction (20 marks) (a) Robert Cormier, We All Fall Down Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every novel. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in We All Fall Down? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the novel. OR (b) Amin Maalouf, Ports of Call Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every novel. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Ports of Call? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the novel. OR (c) Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every novel. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Briar Rose? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the novel. 4 Question 5 Drama (20 marks) (a) Katherine Thomson, Navigating Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every play. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Navigating? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the play. OR (b) John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every play. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in The Shoe-Horn Sonata? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the play. OR (c) William Shakespeare, King Richard III Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every play. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in King Richard III? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the play. 5 In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of a text s distinctive qualities and how these shape meaning organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 6 Poetry (20 marks) (a) Deb Westbury, Mouth to Mouth Distinctive ideas are at the heart of all poetry. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Deb Westbury s poetry? Explain how this idea is developed in at least TWO poems you have studied. The prescribed poems are: Deb Westbury, Mouth to Mouth * The Scribe s Daughter * The prince * shells * coffee and rain * the persistence of memory * mouth to mouth * Dapto dressing up OR (b) Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Distinctive ideas are at the heart of all poetry. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Wilfred Owen s poetry? Explain how this idea is developed in at least TWO poems you have studied. The prescribed poems are: Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others * The Send-Off * Anthem for Doomed Youth * Dulce Et Decorum Est * The Next War * The Last Laugh * Futility 6 Question 7 Nonfiction, Film, Media or Multimedia (20 marks) (a) Nonfiction Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every work of nonfiction. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Into the Wild? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the text. OR (b) Film Peter Weir, Witness Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every film. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in Witness? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the film. OR (c) Multimedia Australian War Memorial Website Distinctive ideas are at the heart of every website. In your view, what is a distinctive idea explored in the prescribed section of the Australian War Memorial website? Explain how this idea is developed throughout the prescribed section of the website. The section of the site set for study is: 1918 Australians in France: Contents and Feedback Please turn over 7 Section III Module C: Texts and Society 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 8 10 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In this section you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate analysis of the ways texts and meaning are shaped by context organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose, context and form Question 8 Elective 1: The Institution and Individual Experience (20 marks) Choose ONE of the two questions below as the focus for a speech to be presented at a student forum on The Institution and Individual Experience . Write your speech, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. (a) Do institutions support or abandon individuals? OR (b) Do individuals embrace or resist institutions? The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Drama Nonfiction Scott Monk, Raw Tony Strachan, State of Shock Stan Arneil, One Man s War 8 Question 9 Elective 2: Ways of Living (20 marks) Choose ONE of the two questions below as the focus for a speech to be presented at a student forum on Ways of Living . Write your speech, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. (a) Do different ways of living offer people opportunities or obstacles? OR (b) Does the passing of time have an impact on ways of living? The prescribed texts are: Poetry Media Multimedia Komninos, Komninos by the Kupful * back to melbourne * kuranda, october 1992 * hillston welcome * the girls * eat * at christmas * consumer rap Deb Cox, SeaChange: Something Rich and Strange (Series 1: Episode 1, Something Rich and Strange, and Episode 2, Full Fathom Five) Real Wild Child Consortium, Real Wild Child 9 In this section you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate analysis of the ways texts and meaning are shaped by context organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose, context and form Question 10 Elective 3: Into the World (20 marks) Choose ONE of the two questions below as the focus for a speech to be presented at a student forum on Into the World . Write your speech, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. (a) Do the pathways into new worlds offer possibilities or problems? OR (b) Do other people encourage or prevent the individual s experience of new worlds? The prescribed texts are: Drama Poetry Film Willy Russell, Educating Rita Steven Herrick, The Simple Gift Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot End of paper 10 BLANK PAGE 11 BLANK PAGE 12 Board of Studies NSW 2007

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