Student Number 2015 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION English (Advanced) Paper 2 - Modules Total marks 60 Section I Pages 2-6 20 marks General Instructions Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Reading time - 5 minutes Working time - 2 hours Section II Pages 7-11 Write using blue or black pen 20 marks Write your student number at Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-8 the top of this page Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section III Pages 12-13 20 marks Attempt either Question 9 or Question 10 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Directions to School or College To ensure integrity and security, examination papers must NOT be removed from the examination room. Examination papers may not be returned to students till August 24 th 2015. These examination papers are supplied Copyright Free, as such the purchaser may photocopy and/or make changes for educational purposes within the confines of the School or college. All care has been taken to ensure that this examination paper is error free and that it follows the style, at and material content of the High School Certificate Examination in accordance with the Board of Studies requirements. No guarantee or warranty is made or implied that this examination paper mirrors in every respect the actual HSC Examination paper for this course.
Section I - Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts 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. demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts Question 1 - Elective 1: Intertextual Connections (20 marks) (a) Shakespearean Drama and Film In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual connections between Richard 111 and Looking for Richard enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Shakespeare, William, King Richard 111 AND Pacino, Al, Looking for Richard (b) Prose Fiction and Film In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual connections between Mrs Dalloway and The Hours enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Woolf, Virginia, Mrs Dalloway AND Daldry, Stephen, The Hours 2 Question 1 continues on page 3
Question 1 (continued) (c) Prose Fiction and Nonfiction In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual connections between Pride and Prejudice and Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice AND Weldon, Fay, Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen (d) Poetry and Prose Fiction In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual connections between Tennyson s poetry and Tirra Lirra by the River enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Poetry of Tennyson, Alfred Lord The Lady of Shalott Tears, idle tears In Memoriam A.H.H. Cantos XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX AND Anderson, Jessica, Tirra Lirra by the River Question 1 continues on page 4 3
demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts Question 1 (continued) (e) Poetry and Drama In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual connections between Donne s poetry and W;t enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Selected poems of Donne, John The Sunne Rising The Apparition A Valediction: forbidding mourning The Relique, This is my playes last scene At the round earths imagin d corners If poysonous mineralls Death be not proud Hymne to God my God, in my sicknesse AND Edson, Margaret, W;t End of Question 1 4
demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts Question 2 Elective 2: Intertextual Perspectives (20 marks) (a) Shakespearean Drama and Nonfiction In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual perspectives between Julius Caesar and The Prince enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Shakespeare, William, Julius Caesar AND Machiavelli, Niccolo, The Prince (translated by Tim Parks) (b) Prose Fiction and Poetry In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual perspectives between The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning s poetry enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Fitzgerald, F Scott, The Great Gatsby AND Selected poems of Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Sonnets from the Portuguese 1, X111, X1V, XX1, XX11, XXV111, XXX11, XL111 Question 2 continues on page 6 5
demonstrate understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together evaluate the relationships between texts and contexts (c) Prose Fiction and Poetry In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual perspectives between Dubliners and Heaney s poetry enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Joyce, James, Dubliners AND Poetry of Heaney, Seamus Digging Blackberry-Picking Mid-Term Break The Given Note The Strand at Lough Beg Casualty Granite Chip Clearances III (d) Prose Fiction and Film In what ways does a comparative study of the intertextual perspectives between Nineteen Eighty-Four and Metropolis enhance your appreciation of the distinctive values and contexts? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed texts. Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty-Four AND Lang, Fritz, Metropolis End of question 2 6
Section II Module B: Critical Study of Texts 20 marks Attempt one question from Questions 3-9 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. demonstrate an ined understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction Question 3 Shakespearean Drama Shakespeare, William, Hamlet (20 marks) In the context of your critical study, explore how Shakespeare s representation of time and place in Hamlet contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response make detailed reference to the play. Question 4 Prose Fiction (20 marks) (a) Bronte, Charlotte, Jane Eyre In the context of your critical study, explore how Bronte s representation of time and place in Jane Eyre contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response make detailed reference to the novel. Question 4 continues on page 8 7
Question 4 (continued) (b) Jones, Gail, Sixty Lights In the context of your critical study, explore how Jones s representation of time and place in Sixty Lights contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response make detailed reference to the novel. (c) Ondaatje, Michael, In the Skin of a Lion In the context of your critical study, explore how Ondaatje s representation of time and place in In the Skin of a Lion contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response make detailed reference to the novel. (d) Winton, Tim, Cloudstreet In the context of your critical study, explore how Winton s representation of time and place in Cloudstreet contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response make detailed reference to the novel. Question 5 Drama - Chekhov, Anton, The Seagull (d) (translated by Stephen Mulrine) (20 marks) In the context of your critical study, explore how Chekov s representation of time and place in The Seagull contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed play. 8
demonstrate an ined understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction Question 6 Film Wells, Orson, Citizen Kane (20 marks) In the context of your critical study, explore how Wells representation of time and place in Citizen Kane contribute to the text s enduring values? In your response, make detailed reference to the film. Question 7 Poetry (20 marks) (a) Poetry of Eliot, TS In the context of your critical study, explore how Eliot s representation of time and place in his poetry contribute to the poem s enduring values? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO prescribed poems. The prescribed poems are: Selected poems of Eliot, TS The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Preludes Rhapsody on a Windy Night The Hollow Men Journey of the Magi Question 7 continues on page 10 9
demonstrate an ined understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction (b) Poetry of Rossetti, Christina In the context of your critical study, explore how Rossetti s representation of time and place in her poetry contribute to the poem s enduring values? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO prescribed poems. The prescribed poems are: Selected poems of Rossetti, Christina Goblin Market After Death Maude Clare Light Love L.E.L. In an Artist s Studio (c) Poetry of Yeats, William Butler In the context of your critical study, explore how Yeats representation of time and place in his poetry contribute to the poem s enduring values? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO prescribed poems. The prescribed poems are: Selected poems of Yeats, William Butler When You Are Old The Wild Swans at Coole An Irish Airman Foresees his Death Easter 1916 The Second Coming Leda and the Swan Among School Children 10
demonstrate an ined understanding of the ideas expressed in the text evaluate the text s language, content and construction Question 8 Nonfiction (20 marks) (a) Woolf, Virginia, A Room of One s Own AND Three Guineas In the context of your critical study, explore how Woolf s representation of time and place in A Room of One s Own and Three Guineas contribute to the enduring values of the texts? In your response, make detailed reference to the nonfiction texts. (b) Speeches In the context of your critical study, explore how the speaker s representation of time and place in the speeches contribute to the enduring values of the speeches? In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the speeches set for study. The prescribed speeches are: Anwar Sadat Speech to the Israeli Knesset, 1977 Paul Keating Redfern Speech, 1992 Margaret Atwood Spotty-Handed Villainesses, 1994 Noel Pearson An Australian history for us all, 1996 William Deane It is still winter at home, 1999 Doris Lessing On not winning the Nobel Prize, Nobel Lecture, 2007 Geraldine Brooks A Home in Fiction, Boyer Lecture 4, 2011 End of Question 8 11
Section III Module C: Representation and Text 20 marks Attempt either Question 9 or Question 10 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. demonstrate understanding of and evaluate the relationship between representation and meaning Question 9 Elective 1: Representing People and Politics (20 marks) Explore how the representation of people and politics generates insight into the complexity of human experience. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. Shakespearean Drama Shakespeare, William, King Henry IV, Part 1 Prose Fiction Drama Film Poetry Nonfiction Huxley, Aldous, Brave New World Miller, Arthur, The Crucible Levinson, Barry, Wag the Dog Selected poems of Auden, W.H. O what is that sound which so thrills the ear Spain Epitaph on a Tyrant In Memory of W.B. Yeats September 1, 1939 The Unknown Citizen The Shield of Achilles Reynolds, Henry, Why Weren t We Told? 12
demonstrate understanding of and evaluate the relationship between representation and meaning Question 10 Elective 2: Representing People and Landscapes (20 marks) Explore how the representation of people and landscapes generates insight into the complexity of human experience. In your response, make detailed reference to your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing. Prose Fiction Harrison, Melissa, Clay To ibiń, Colm, Brooklyn White, Patrick, The Tree of Man Film Poetry Nonfiction de Heer, Rolf, Ten Canoes Selected poems of Wright, Judith The Hawthorn Hedge Brothers and Sisters South of My Days For New England Flame-tree in a Quarry Train Journey Moving South de Botton, Alain, The Art of Travel End of paper 13
PEM-English (Advanced) Trial HSC Paper 2 (2015) - Modules Marking Guidelines Section I - Module A - Comparative Study of Texts and Contexts Question 1 - Elective 1: Intertextual Connections (20 marks) Question 2 - Elective 2: Intertextual Perspectives (20 marks) Criteria Demonstrates perceptive understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together Evaluates meaningfully the interextual connections/perspectives represented in both texts Evaluates meaningfully the relationships between texts, contexts and values Develops a sophisticated evaluation of the ways language s, features and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses Responds to all elements of the question through sophisticated organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates effective understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together Develops an effective evaluation of the intertextual connections/perspectives represented in both texts Develops an effective evaluation of the relationships between texts, contexts and values Develops an effective evaluation of the ways language s, features and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses Responds to all elements of the question through effective organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates sound understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together Develops a sound understanding of the intertextual connections/perspectives represented in both texts Develops a sound explanation of the relationships between texts, contexts and values Develops a sound evaluation of the ways language s, features and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses Responds to the question through sound organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Marks 17-20 13-16 9-12 14
Demonstrates some understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together Develops some understanding of the intertextual connections/perspectives represented in both texts Develops some explanation of the relationships between texts, contexts and values Describes some ways language s, features and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses Responds to the question through some organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates elementary understanding of the meanings of a pair of texts when considered together Describes briefly the intertextual connections/perspectives represented in both texts Describes briefly the relationships between texts, contexts and values Demonstrates elementary understanding of the ways language s, features and structures of texts shape meaning and influence responses Responds to the question through limited organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Non-attempt, virtual non-attempt, non-serious attempt 0 5-8 1-4 15
PEM-English (Advanced) Trial HSC Paper 2 (2015) - Modules Marking Guidelines Section II - Module B - Critical Study of Text Question 3 - Shakespearean Drama (20 marks) Question 4 - Prose Fiction (20 marks) Question 5 - Drama (20 marks) Question 6 - Film (20 marks) Question 7 - Poetry (20 marks) Question 8 - Nonfiction (20 marks) Criteria 16 Marks Demonstrates perceptive and critical understanding of the ideas expressed in the text Evaluates insightfully the text s language, content, context and construction and how language and influence responses to a text Responds to all elements of the question with sophisticated selection of textual detail Displays sophisticated organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates effective understanding of the ideas expressed in the text Evaluates effectively the text s language, content, context and construction and how language and influence responses to a text Responds to all elements of the question with effective selection of textual detail Displays effective organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates sound understanding of the ideas expressed in the text Explains the text s language, content, context and construction and how language and influence responses to a text Responds to some elements of the question with sound selection of textual detail Displays sound organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates some understanding of the ideas expressed in the text Attempts to describe the text s language, content, context and construction and how language and influence responses to a text Responds to some elements of the question with limited selection of textual detail Displays some organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates elementary understanding of the ideas expressed in the text Attempts to describe the text s language, content, context and construction and how language and influence responses to a text, with many inconsistencies Responds to minimal elements of the question with elementary selection of textual detail Displays elementary organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Non-attempt, virtual non-attempt, non-serious attempt 0 17-20 13-16 9-12 5-8 1-4
PEM-English (Advanced) Trial HSC Paper 2 (2015) - Modules Marking Guidelines Section III - Module C - Texts and Society Question 9 - Elective 1: Representing People and Politics (20 marks) Question 10 - Elective 2: Representing People and Landscapes (20 marks) Criteria Marks Demonstrates sophisticated understanding and evaluation of the relationship between representation and meaning Evaluates insightfully how people and politics/landscapes are represented in texts Responds to all elements of the question with sophisticated selection of textual detail Displays sophisticated organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates effective understanding and evaluation of the relationship between representation and meaning Analyses effectively how people and politics/landscapes are represented in texts Responds to all elements of the question with effective selection of textual detail Displays effective organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates sound understanding of the relationship between representation and meaning Explains how people and politics/landscapes are represented in texts Responds to most elements of the question with sound selection of textual detail Displays sound organisation, development and expression of ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and Describes and shows some understanding of the relationship between representation and meaning Describes how people and politics/landscapes are represented in texts Responds to some elements of the question with adequate selection of textual detail Displays some organisation, development and expression of ideas, making some attempt to use language appropriate to audience, purpose and Demonstrates elementary understanding of the relationship between representation and meaning Attempts to describe how people and politics/landscapes are represented in texts Responds to some elements of the question with little relevant use of textual detail Displays elementary organisation, development and expression of ideas, but may not always use language appropriate to audience, purpose and Non-attempt, virtual non-attempt, non-serious attempt 0 17-20 13-16 9-12 5-8 1-4 17
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