5 weeks to go … October 19 first exam! September 17, 2007
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Time to get organized for studying
Overview of In The Wild questions since 2001 and some practice questions September 2, 2007
Posted by eruditehsc in Advanced Module A 2006 - 2008, Advanced Modules, Blade Runner, Brave New World, HSC, HSC English, In the wild, Practice questions, Sample questions, Uncategorized.add a comment
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The following questions reflect both the essay and creative styles of response that you can be asked to make.
- ‘You’re civilised, aren’t you?’
Discuss how Huxley develops his representation of civilisation in Brave New World.
Has civilisation developed in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner?
- Imagine you are Deckard, and that you are being interviewed by a journalist from The Hourly Radio about your mission to capture the replicant, Roy Batty.
Give your views on Batty’s character, his behaviour, and his relationships with Priss
and Tyrell.
In your answer, use only information which is given in Blade Runner.
- Compare how TWO prescribed texts you have studied explore the tension between humanity and the natural world.
- You are John, the Savage, on a visit to the world of Deckard. Imagine the conversation John and Deckard might have about family, or the past, or memory. (Choose only one of these three issues.)
- Examine the shared elements in Brave New World and Blade Runner. What concerns do they raise about humanity and the natural world?
- Analyse the the principle ways in which each composer presents their view of scientific and technological progress.
Examine what is meant by ‘in the wild’ by the composers of your prescribed texts. What do these composers have in common and where do they differ?
An overview of Critical Study of Text: poetry and/or Yeats questions since 2001 with sample questions September 2, 2007
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Sample exam questions
- What are the distinctive qualities of the poetry of W B Yeats that make him accessible to different audiences.?
In your answer make reference to “The Second coming” and at least one other poems from those you have studied this year.
- Imagine you are preparing a chapter for a book on early twentieth century poets. You must justify to your editor your choice of W B Yeats.
You need to include reference to three poems that you consider significant to a study of Yeats.
- “Yeats was a poet of widely varied concerns, but they were the concerns of yesteryear. “
Do you agree? Support your response by making reference to at least two poems from those you have studied this year.
- Imagine you are having a conversation with a friend who has an opposing view to you on the poetry of W B Yeats and his value for a modern audience.
Write a transcript of the dialogue between the two fiends, making reference to at least two poems to support the arguments presented.
- Yeats’ values, expressed in the poems set for study, are the values of a specific audience, written with a set purpose in mind.
In your response, make reference to at least two poems from those you have studied this year.
- Imagine you are W B Yeats and you are being interviewed for a Sunday Afternoon Arts program on the ABC in the 21st century. The subject of the interview is the place your work holds a century after it was written.
You might like to consider whether or not you would change any of your work in the light of what you now know about the world.
Write the interview and make reference to “Easter 1916 and at least one other poem in the course of the interview.
An overview of Powerplay and/or Antony and Cleopatra questions since 2001 with sample questions September 2, 2007
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An overview of Powerplay and/or Antony and Cleopatra questions since 2001
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Antony and Cleopatra: some sample questions
- Power goes hand in hand with the threat of its loss. Examine how this idea is represented in your prescribed text and two other texts of your own choosing.
- Imagine you are Shakespeare discussing your purpose in Antony and Cleopatra. Your aim is to represent different kinds of power and there interplay and your have taken your play to your wife for her valued opinion.
- Making reference to your prescribed text and two other texts of your own choosing, discuss the depiction of particular relationships and the insight they provide into the nature of politics through your studies in Powerplay.
- You are the director and scriptwriter of a new film, Playing with Power. You are being interviewed at the launch of the film and have been asked to discuss the purpose of your film and the three principle texts that influenced you when you were preparing to make the film.
One of the texts your must discuss is your prescribed text for this elective.
- Power involves people. Examine who the people are and whether or not they have power in your prescribed text and at least two related texts of your own choosing.
- Choose an event, personality or situation from your prescribed text. Examine how the composer’s choice of language has influenced meaning in this text. Compare the composer’s purpose with the representation of a similar event, personality or situation from a text of your own choosing.
I don’t know what I’m expected to do in the exams. July 23, 2007
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Your exam is two papers (you probably know this but bear with me.)
- Paper 1 is Journeys based in three parts:
- Part 1 a number of passages (about Journeys in some way) and what amounts to comprehension questions of increasing difficulty;
- Part 2 is creative writing – as creative as you can be under the circumstances) and this will also be journeys based in some way;
- Part 3 the Journeys question which can be either creative or an essay.
- Paper 2 will have three sections, one for each of your modules:
- Experience through language;
- Close study of text; and
- Texts and society. The questions can be either creative or essay style.
Creative questions usually mean writing in a text type as you discuss an issue posed in the question. You need to show the features of the text type and be able to argue an issue related to your text and module.
This is just one suggestion for after the Trial which I assume is near. I’m a believer in practising old papers. The Board Of Studies website has all the old papers. If you want to, you can type up plans and send them.
How to study for English July 23, 2007
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Start early and pace yourself.It’s like training for a sport. Start slowly and build up the momentum.
I suggest you start 6 weeks before your exams:
- Organise your notes into the modules and electives your are studying. Make sure you’ve got everything and it’s accessible.
- Reread your texts. Put in post-its for memorable quotes.
- Go through your notes either as you reread or immediately after.
- Make notes about new ideas or extensions to your existing material from rereading.
- Summarise key points.
- Find quotations to support your key points.
- Go through old exam papers of yours and your assessment tasks looking at your strengths and weaknesses.
- Practice planning and writing questions from old papers.
