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NSW HSC 2010 : ENGLISH (STANDARD) PAPER 2

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2010 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 5 20 marks Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 6 13 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 3 7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section S ection III Pages 14 15 20 marks Attempt either Question 8 or Question 9 Allow about 40 minutes for this section 1131 STD Section I Module A: Experience Through Language 20 marks Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 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 how distinctive voices or the distinctively visual are created in texts demonstrate understanding of the meanings shaped through distinctive voices or the distinctively visual organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 1 Elective 1: Distinctive Voices (20 marks) (a) Prose Fiction Marele Day, The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. OR (b) Drama George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in Pygmalion and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. OR (c) Poetry Joanne Burns, On a Clear Day Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in Burns s poetry and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: Joanne Burns, On a Clear Day * on a clear day * public places * echo * australia * kindling OR STD Question 1 continues on page 3 2 Question 1 (continued) (d) Poetry A B Paterson, The Penguin Banjo Paterson Collected Verse Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in Paterson s poetry and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: A B Paterson, The Penguin Banjo Paterson Collected Verse * A Bush Christening * Clancy of the Overflow * Mulga Bill s Bicycle * Saltbush Bill, JP * In Defence of the Bush * Old Pardon, the Son of Reprieve OR (e) Nonfiction Speeches Compare the ways distinctive voices are created in the speeches set for study and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the speeches set for study. The prescribed speeches are: * Martin Luther King I Have a Dream, 1963 * Severn Cullis-Suzuki Address to the Plenary Session at the Earth Summit Rio Centro, Brazil, 1992 * John F Kennedy Inaugural Address, 1961 * Jessie Street Is It To Be Back to the Kitchen?, 1944 * Earl Spencer Eulogy for Princess Diana, 1997 * Indira Gandhi True Liberation of Women, 1980 End of Question 1 3 STD In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of how distinctive voices or the distinctively visual are created in texts demonstrate understanding of the meanings shaped through distinctive voices or the distinctively visual organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form Question 2 Elective 2: Distinctively Visual (20 marks) (a) Prose Fiction Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Lawson s short stories and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the short stories set for study. The prescribed short stories are: Henry Lawson, The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories * The Drover s Wife * In a Dry Season * The Loaded Dog * Joe Wilson s courtship OR (b) Prose Fiction Peter Goldsworthy, Maestro Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Maestro and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. OR (c) Drama John Misto, The Shoe-Horn Sonata Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in The Shoe-Horn Sonata and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. OR Question 2 continues on page 5 STD 4 Question 2 (continued) (d) Poetry Douglas Stewart, Selected Poems Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Stewart s poetry and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: * * * * * * * * Douglas Stewart, Selected Poems Lady Feeding the Cats Wombat The Snow-Gum Nesting Time The Moths The Fireflies Waterlily Cave Painting OR (e) Film Tom Tykwer, Run Lola Run Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Run Lola Run and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. OR (f) Media Deb Cox, Seachange Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in Seachange and in ONE other related text of your own choosing. In your answer, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the episodes of Seachange set for study. The prescribed episodes are: Deb Cox, Seachange Series 2: Playing With Fire Not Such Great Expectations Manna From Heaven Law and Order End of Question 2 5 STD Section II Module B: Close Study of Text 20 marks Attempt ONE question from Questions 3 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 3 Prose Fiction (20 marks) (a) Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Awaiting copyright How does this extract from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time introduce us to the important ideas in Haddon s novel? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. STD OR Question 3 continues on page 7 6 Question 3 (continued) (b) Jane Yolen, Briar Rose Awaiting copyright How does this extract from Briar Rose introduce us to the important ideas in Yolen s novel? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. OR (c) David Malouf, Fly Away Peter Awaiting copyright How does this extract from Fly Away Peter introduce us to the important ideas in Malouf s novel? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. End of Question 3 7 STD 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 Drama (20 marks) (a) Louis Nowra, Cos Awaiting copyright How does this extract from Cos introduce us to the important ideas in Nowra s play? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. OR Question 4 continues on page 9 STD 8 Question 4 (continued) (b) William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Awaiting copyright How does this extract from The Merchant of Venice introduce us to the important ideas in Shakespeare s play? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. End of Question 4 9 STD 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 5 Poetry (20 marks) (a) Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others Awaiting copyright How does this extract from Dulce Et Decorum Est introduce us to the important ideas in Owen s poetry? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: Wilfred Owen, War Poems and Others * The Parable of the Old Man and the Young * Anthem for Doomed Youth * Dulce Et Decorum Est * Futility * Disabled * Mental Cases OR Question 5 continues on page 11 STD 10 Question 5 (continued) (b) Judith Wright, Collected Poems 1942 1985 Awaiting copyright How does this extract from South of My Days introduce us to the important ideas in Wright s poetry? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for study. The prescribed poems are: Judith Wright, Collected Poems 1942 1985 * South of My Days * Train Journey * Flame Tree in a Quarry * For Precision * Request to a Year * Platypus End of Question 5 11 STD 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 Nonfiction Jon Krakauer, Into The Wild (20 marks) Awaiting copyright How does this extract from Into the Wild introduce us to the important ideas in Krakauer s book? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. STD 12 Question 7 Film Peter Weir, Witness (20 marks) How do these scenes from Witness introduce us to the important ideas in Weir s film? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text. Awaiting copyright 13 STD Section III Module C: Texts and Society 20 marks Attempt either Question 8 or Question 9 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 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 Global Village (20 marks) An individual s attitudes and beliefs can be challenged by the experience of living in the global village. Discuss this view with reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction Christopher Koch, The Year of Living Dangerously Drama Film Rob Sitch, The Castle Multimedia STD Nick Enright, A Man with Five Children Wikimedia, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia * Welcome page * Main portal * Community portal * Information * Wikimedia * Wiki community * How to edit a page * Help 14 Question 9 Elective 2: Into the World (20 marks) The experience of moving into the world can challenge individuals attitudes and beliefs. Discuss this view with reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction J C Burke, The Story of Tom Brennan Drama Willy Russell, Educating Rita Poetry William Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience in Selected Poems From Songs of Innocence: * The Ecchoing Green * The Lamb * The Chimney Sweeper From Songs of Experience: * The Chimney Sweeper * The Sick Rose * The Tyger * London Ken Watson (ed.), At the Round Earth s Imagined Corners * Sujata Bhatt, The One Who Goes Away * Carol Ann Duffy, Head of English * Mudrooroo, The Ultimate Demonstration * J nos Pilinezky, The French Prisoner * Miroslav Holub, Brief Reflection on Test-Tubes * Tadeusz R zewicz, The Survivor Nonfiction Alice Pung, Unpolished Gem Film Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot End of paper 15 STD BLANK PAGE 16 Board of Studies NSW 2010

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