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NSW HSC 2006 : ENGLISH (STANDARD) PAPER 2

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2006 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 6 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 4 7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection III Pages 7 8 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) The power of storytelling lies in its portrayal of interesting characters. Explain how the texts you have studied achieve this. In your answer, you should refer 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) The power of dialogue lies in its communication of strong viewpoints. Explain how the texts you have studied achieve this. In your answer, you should refer 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) The power of images lies in their portrayal of challenging ideas. Explain how the texts you have studied achieve this. In your answer, you should refer 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) In what ways does the author draw you into the world of the novel? In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. The prescribed texts are: Robert Cormier, We All Fall Down or Amin Maalouf, Ports of Call or Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Question 5 Drama (20 marks) In what ways does the playwright draw you into the world of the play? In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. The prescribed texts are: Katherine Thomson, Navigating or John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata or William Shakespeare, King Richard III 4 Question 6 Poetry (20 marks) In what ways does the poet draw you into the world of the poetry? In your response make detailed reference to at least TWO poems. The prescribed texts 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 Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others * The Send-Off * Anthem for Doomed Youth * Dulce Et Decorum Est * The Next War * The Last Laugh * Futility Please turn over 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 7 Nonfiction, Film, Media or Multimedia (20 marks) (a) Nonfiction Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild In what ways does the author draw you into the world of the nonfiction? In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. OR (b) Film Peter Weir, Witness In what ways does the director draw you into the world of the film? In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. OR (c) Multimedia Australian War Memorial Website In what ways do the website composers draw you into the world of the website? The section of the site set for study is: 1918 Australians in France: Contents and Feedback In your response make detailed reference to your prescribed text. 6 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) Your texts offer various representations of protest and compliance in society. Compare these representations, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Drama Nonfiction Scott Monk, Raw Tony Strachan, State of Shock Stan Arneil, One Man s War Please turn over 7 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 9 Elective 2: Ways of Living (20 marks) Your texts offer various representations of old attitudes and new perspectives in society. Compare these representations, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. 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 & Strange (Series 1: Episode 1, Something Rich and Strange, and Episode 2, Full Fathom Five) Real Wild Child Consortium, Real Wild Child Question 10 Elective 3: Into the World (20 marks) Your texts offer various representations of familiar experiences and new horizons. Compare these representations, referring to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Drama Poetry Film Willy Russell, Educating Rita Steven Herrick, The Simple Gift Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot End of paper 8 Board of Studies NSW 2006

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