ENGLISHWritten examination

Wednesday 26 October 2016 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

Section Number of questions

Number of questions to be answered

Marks

A – Text response 20 1 20B – Writing in Context 4 1 20C – Analysis of language use 1 1 20

Total 60

• Studentsaretowriteinblueorblackpen.• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,

sharpeners,rulersandanEnglishand/orbilingualprinteddictionary.• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/or

correctionfluid/tape.• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Taskbookof14pages,includingexamination assessment criteriaonpage14.• Oneanswerbook.

Instructions• Write your student numberonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.• Completeeachofthefollowingintheanswerbook: – SectionA:Textresponse – SectionB:WritinginContext – SectionC:Analysisoflanguageuse• Eachsectionshouldbecompletedinthecorrectpartoftheanswerbook.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.• IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.• Youmayaskthesupervisorforextraanswerbooks.

At the end of the task• Placeallotherusedanswerbooksinsidethefrontcoverofthefirstanswerbook.• Youmaykeepthistaskbook.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SECTION A – Text response

Instructions for Section ASectionArequiresstudentstocompleteone analytical/expository pieceofwritinginresponseto one topic(eitheri. or ii.) on oneselectedtext.Intheanswerbook,indicatethetextselectedandwhetheryouareansweringi. or ii.Inyourresponse,youmustdevelopasustaineddiscussionofoneselectedtextfromtheTextlistbelow.Yourresponsemustbesupportedbyclosereferencetoandanalysisoftheselectedtext.Forcollectionsofpoetryorshortstories,youmaychoosetowriteonseveralpoemsorshortstories,orononeortwoinveryclosedetail,dependingonwhatyouthinkisappropriate.IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionAisworthone-thirdofthetotalassessmentfortheexamination.

Text list

1. All About Eve ......................................................................................... DirectedbyJosephLMankiewicz

2. Brooklyn................................................................................................................................... ColmTóibín

3. Burial Rites............................................................................................................................. HannahKent

4. Cloudstreet ................................................................................................................................ TimWinton

5. Frankenstein...........................................................................................................................MaryShelley

6. I for Isobel...............................................................................................................................  AmyWitting

7. In the Country of Men ............................................................................................................HishamMatar

8. Island: Collected Stories.................................................................................................. AlistairMacLeod

9. Mabo................................................................................................................ DirectedbyRachelPerkins

10. Measure for Measure..................................................................................................WilliamShakespeare

11. Medea........................................................................................................................................... Euripides

12. No Sugar..................................................................................................................................... JackDavis

13. Selected Poems......................................................................................................................... JohnDonne

14. Selected Poems................................................................................................................... GwenHarwood

15. Stasiland................................................................................................................................. AnnaFunder

16. The Complete Maus ............................................................................................................ ArtSpiegelman

17. The Thing Around Your Neck ..........................................................................ChimamandaNgoziAdichie

18. The White Tiger.....................................................................................................................AravindAdiga

19. This Boy’s Life ..........................................................................................................................TobiasWolff

20. Wuthering Heights ..................................................................................................................EmilyBrontë

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1. All About Eve directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz i. AddisonsaystoEve:“Wehaveagreatdealincommon,itseemstome.” DoyouagreewithAddison’ssuggestion?

OR

ii. TowhatextentisEve’ssuccesstheresultofmanipulationanddeceit?

2. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín i. HowdoesEilis’sideaofhomechangethroughoutthenovelBrooklyn?

OR

ii. ‘InthenovelBrooklyn,thecharactersfindthatalthoughAmericaoffersfreedom,itcanbeasrestrictiveasIreland.’

Discuss.

3. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent i. Natanshouts:“Rememberyourplace,Agnes!” ‘Agnes’sproblemisthatshehasnoplacetobelong.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. “EverythingIsaidwastakenfrommeandaltereduntilthestorywasn’tmyown.” ‘Agnes’sfateisdeterminedbythestoriestoldbyothers.’ Discuss.

4. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton i. “Therewassomethingwrongwithmen.Theylackedsomebasicthingandshe[Oriel]didn’tknow

whatitwas.” ArethewomeninCloudstreetlessflawedthanthemen?

OR

ii. TowhatextentareRoseandQuickresponsibleforunitingtheirfamilies?

5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley i. ‘BothVictorandhiscreaturearemotivatedbyrevenge.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. ‘Thecharactersinthisnoveldiscoverthat,withoutcontrol,humancreativityisdangerous.’ Discuss.

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6. I for Isobel by Amy Witting i. “IthoughtIcouldmakemylifeintoaroomandchoosewhatcameintoit.” ‘Isobelhasnocontroloverherlife.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘ThecharactersinI for Isobelhavesuppressedtheiremotions.’ Doyouagree?

7. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar i. ‘Suleimanisshapedmorebyviolencethanbylove.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. TowhatextentdoesloyaltygovernthelivesofthemeninMatar’snovel?

8. Island: Collected Stories by Alistair MacLeod i. ‘Inthesestories,MacLeodexploreshowpeopleareaffectedbythelossofawayoflife.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘Clanandfamilytiesdominatethelivesofthecharactersinthesestories.’ Discuss.

9. Mabo directed by Rachel Perkins i. ‘Maboisnotjustaboutland,itisalsoaboutequalityandacceptance.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. Howdoesthefilm’sdirectorconveythepowerofEddie’sdreams?

10. Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare i. ‘Angeloisanhonourablemanwhosuccumbstotemptation.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. ‘Measure for Measureisaplaythataffirmslifeoverlaws.’ Discuss.

11. Medea by Euripides i. ‘ItisJason,notMedea,whogainstheaudience’ssympathy.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. ‘TheplayMedeaismoreaboutjusticethanrevenge.’ Discuss.

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12. No Sugar by Jack Davis i. ‘In No Sugar,itisthewomenwhohavelittleornocontrolovertheirlives.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. ‘No SugarcelebratestheresilienceoftheMunday/Millimurrafamily.’ Discuss.

13. Selected Poems by John Donne i. ‘LoveinitsmanyformsisexploredinDonne’spoems.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘ItisDonne’simagerythatgiveshispoetryitspower.’ Discuss.

14. Selected Poems by Gwen Harwood i. “It’syearsnowsinceI’veplayedanote. Children,andhousework—well,it’sgrim.” ‘Harwood’spoemsrevealacomplexattitudetowardsmotherhood.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘Harwood’spoemsshowthatzestforlifeandawarenessofdeathareneverfarapart.’ Discuss.

15. Stasiland by Anna Funder i. ‘Stasilandexploreshowpeopleareaffectedwhenindividualrightsandfreedomsareless

importantthantheinterestsoftheState.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. “…youcannotdestroyyourpast,norwhatitdoestoyou.” TowhatextentisthistrueofthepeopleinStasiland?

16. The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman i. HoweffectiveisSpiegelman’suseofthegraphicnovelinconveyingthecomplexityofVladek’s

story?

OR

ii. ‘ThepeopledepictedinThe Complete Mausneededmorethaninnerstrengthtosurvive.’ Discuss.

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17. The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie i. ‘Inthesestories,thecharactersfindtheycanchangetheirsurroundingsbutnottheproblemsin

theirlives.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘ItisthewomeninAdichie’sstorieswhodisplaycourage.’ Discuss.

18. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga i. ‘Balramovercomestheobstaclesthathavemadeslavesofothers.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘The White TigerportraysanIndiainwhichimmoralityandcorruptionareacceptedpartsofthesystem.’

Doyouagree?

19. This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff i. ‘Toby’sunhappinessdriveshimintoaworldofpretence.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. HowisToby’sunderstandingof“whatamanshouldbe”shapedbyhisfatherandothermalesinhislife?

20. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë i. ‘Wuthering Heightsexploresthenatureoffamilyrelationships.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. ‘TheworldofWuthering Heightsisdominatedbycruelty.’ Discuss.

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SECTION B – Writing in Context

Instructions for Section BSectionBrequiresstudentstocompleteanextendedwrittenresponse.Intheanswerbook,indicatetheContextandthetitleofthemaintextdrawnupon.Inyourwriting,youmustdrawonideassuggestedbyoneofthefourContexts.Yourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromat least oneselectedtextthatyouhavestudiedforthisContextandbebasedontheideasintheprompt.Yourresponsemaybeanexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivepieceofwriting.IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmust notwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionBisworthone-thirdofthetotalassessmentfortheexamination.

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Context 1 – The imaginative landscape

A Passage to India..................................................................................................DirectedbyDavidLean

Into the Wild.............................................................................................................................JonKrakauer

Night Street ..........................................................................................................................KristelThornell

The View from Castle Rock.......................................................................................................AliceMunro

Prompt

‘Personal experiences can change our relationship with the landscape.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.Yourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromat least oneselectedtextforthisContextandexploretheideathat‘personal experiences can change our relationship with the landscape’.

OR

Context 2 – Whose reality?

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity ................... KatherineBoo

Death of a Salesman............................................................................................................ ArthurMiller

Foe............................................................................................................................................. JMCoetzee

Wag the Dog..................................................................................................... DirectedbyBarryLevinson

Prompt

‘Our ideas of reality are dominated by self-interest.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.Yourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromat least oneselectedtextforthisContextandexploretheideathat‘our ideas of reality are dominated by self-interest’.

OR

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Context 3 – Encountering conflict

A Separation......................................................................................................DirectedbyAsgharFarhadi

Every Man in this Village is a Liar.......................................................................................... MeganStack

Life of Galileo........................................................................................................................ BertoltBrecht

The Lieutenant...................................................................................................................... KateGrenville

Prompt

‘Our encounters with conflict usually cannot be avoided.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.Yourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfrom at least oneselectedtextforthisContextandexploretheideathat‘our encounters with conflict usually cannot be avoided’.

OR

Context 4 – Exploring issues of identity and belonging

Invictus..............................................................................................................DirectedbyClintEastwood

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll................................................................................................ RayLawler

The Mind of a Thief.....................................................................................................................PattiMiller

Wild Cat Falling..........................................................................................................................Mudrooroo

Prompt

‘We understand who we are when we recognise the people we belong with.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.Yourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromat least oneselectedtextforthisContextandexploretheideathat‘we understand who we are when we recognise the people we belong with’.

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SECTION C – Analysis of language use

Instructions for Section CSectionCrequiresstudentstoanalysetheuseofwrittenandvisuallanguage.Readthematerialonpages12and13andthencompletethetaskbelow.Writeyouranalysisasacoherentlystructuredpieceofprose.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionCisworthone-thirdofthetotalassessmentfortheexamination.

TASKHowiswrittenandvisuallanguageusedtoattempttopersuadereaderstosharethepointsofviewpresentedinthematerialonpages12and13?

Background information

Lawtonisatownof3000people.Itusedtobeonamajorhighway.However,arecenthighwaydiversionhasisolatedthetown,causingasharpdropinthenumberofvisitors.Thishascausedconcernfortheeconomicfutureofthetown.Thereisarangeofideaswithinthecommunityabouthowtoaddressthisproblem.

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The local newspaper of Lawton publishes a weekly column written by the Mayor.

From the Mayor, Councillor Alexandra Wiley

Fellowresidents,

Sincethehighwaywasdivertedtobypassourtown,wehaveallenjoyedtheresultantpeace.Howoftenhavewethoughthowpleasantitistobeabletocrossthestreetforachatwithafriendwithouttakingourlivesinourhands!Howmanyofushavebeengladtoleaveourwindowsopenwithoutfearofdustfromtheroadinvadingourrooms!Butthereisadownsidetothis.Weriskbecomingabackwater,onthewaytobeingaghosttown,ifthispeaceisallwehave.Ofcoursewenolongerwanthugetrucksthunderingdownthemainstreet,butwedowantcars:carsfullofpeoplewhowilleatatourbeautifulbakery,socialiseatourhistoricpub,buyourhandcraftsandusedbooks–evenstayatourcomfortablemotel.Wewanttouristsand,tobeblunt,weneedtheirmoney.

Councilhasbeenconsideringforsometimehowtoattracttravellersandwethinkwehavetheanswer–wehavestoppedthinkingsmallandhavestartedthinkingonagrandscale.Ourregionisfamousforthequalityandfreshnessofitslusciousproduce,butweneedashowcaseforit.Wegrowthemostcrisp,mostsucculentfruitandvegetablesaround,andtheyshouldbeouremblem.Imagineaspectacularpieceofmodernarchitecture,alandmark,abuildinginwhichvisitorscanenjoyourhospitalityandinfrontofwhichtheycantakeselfiestoshowtheirfriends!Wewouldhaveitcreatedrightherebylocalcraftsmenandwomen.TherecouldbenobetterplaceforitthanourverdantCentennialPark–soaringtoaheightof20metresormore,itwouldtoweroverthetreesandevenoverthespireofStMartin’sChurch!Imaginetheeventswecouldholdandallthemerchandisethatwouldgowithit–cuddlytoys,cardsandgiftsinthetouristcentre…thelistgoeson,alltopromoteourregion.

Wedon’tyethavethefinalconceptforwhatthestructurewilllooklikebutalready,ofcourse,wehearthenaysayers.‘Itisn’toriginal!Ithasbeendone!Agiantattraction–can’twethinkofsomethingelse?’Butdoyouknowwhat–allthetownswithgiantattractionsarethriving!Visitorslovethem!Researchshowsthattownswithgiantattractionsreceive20%morevisitors.Wehavebeentoldtherearepeoplewhomakeapointofseeingeveryone,ofphotographingthemall,evenmakingacompetitionofit.Wedeserveashareofthatprosperity.

Fellowresidents,thisisourchance.Wehavetoprotectourlifestyle–ourrural,wholesomeAustralianlifestyleinourownunpollutedtownwithitshealthyfood,sportingteamsandannualShow.Wemustpreserveourcaringcommunitywhereneighboursknowandlookoutforoneanother.Wewanttowelcomenewcomersandofferthemthechancetoprosperamongus.Wewantourfarmerstohavebuyersfortheirproduce,ouryoungpeopletohavejobs,ourhospitalandnursinghometobeviable.WeneedtobeonthetouristmapandyourCouncilfeelsthisisthewaytoachieveit.

PleasesupportthisexcitingideaformakingLawtonatrulygreattown!

Alexandra Wiley

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In the next edition, the local newspaper published the following letter.

Of course we share Councillor Wiley’s concern. Of course we want our town to survive. But destroying its beauty is not the way to make it great. The country is paved with plenty of giant ‘attractions’, all large, ugly installations. Can’t we be different? Can’t we have a cultural focus? Surely an art gallery, an annual music festival, a literary week would be preferable to a monstrosity. The world already has many, too many, ‘selfie’ opportunities! Surely visitors who like this sort of thing are not the type we want. Before we know it, this ‘showcase’ will be overrun by loud children and defaced by vandals, and our air will be polluted by too many cars. Let us consider what gives value to our lives. It is not prosperity at any price, it is not sporting teams and the noisy Show, it is quality of ideas, it is the pursuit of beauty. Our young people would be better employed as catalogue designers, gallery guides or storytellers. We say to Council, please think again.

Ian Warwick President, Lawton Progress Association

The newspaper’s cartoonist also contributed to the debate.

Source: courtesy of Gary Shaw

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Examination assessment criteriaTheexaminationwilladdressallthecriteria.Studentresponseswillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:

Section A – Text response• detailedknowledgeandunderstandingoftheselectedtext,demonstratedappropriatelyinresponseto

thetopic• developmentinthewritingofacoherentandeffectivediscussioninresponsetothetask• controlleduseofexpressiveandeffectivelanguageappropriatetothetask

Section B – Writing in Context• understandingandeffectiveexplorationoftheideas,and/orargumentsrelevanttothe

prompt/stimulusmaterial• effectiveuseofdetailandideasdrawnfromtheselectedtextasappropriatetothetask• developmentinthewritingofacoherentandeffectivestructureinresponsetothetask,showing

anunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenpurpose,form,languageandaudience• controlleduseoflanguageappropriatetothepurpose,formandaudience

Section C – Analysis of language use• understandingoftheideasandpointsofviewpresented• analysisofwaysinwhichlanguageandvisualfeaturesareusedtopresentapointofviewand

topersuadereaders• controlledandeffectiveuseoflanguageappropriatetothetask