2013

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 MI N AT I O N
English(Standard)
andEnglish(Advanced)
Paper1AreaofStudy
GeneralInstructions
Readingtime10minutes
Workingtime2hours
Writeusingblackorbluepen
Blackpenispreferred
Totalmarks45
Section I Pages38
15marks
AttemptQuestion1
Allowabout40minutesforthissection
Section II Page9
15marks
AttemptQuestion2
Allowabout40minutesforthissection
Section III Pages1011
15marks
AttemptQuestion3
Allowabout40minutesforthissection
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Section I
15 marks
Attempt Question 1
Allowabout 40minutes forthis section
Answer the question in the Section I Writing Booklet. Extra writing booklets are available.
In your answers you will be assessed on how well you:
demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of belonging are shaped in and
through texts
describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context
Question 1(15 marks)
Examine Textsone, two, threeand fourcarefully and then answer the questions on page 8.
Text one Image: Lost and Alone in the City
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Text two Poem
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Text three Memoir extract adapted from The Floral Mother

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Text four Prose extract adapted from The Shark Net
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Text four (continued)
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In your answers you will be assessed on how well you:
demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of belonging are shaped in and
through texts
describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context
Question 1 (continued)
Text one Image
(a) Describe how a sense of disconnection is created in the image. 2
Text two Poem
(b) Why is the creased photograph important to the speaker and his sense of
identity?
2
Text three Memoir extract
(c) How do the writers memories of childhood reveal the challenges of family life? 3
Text four Prose extract
(d) Explain how the author creates a strong sense of inclusion and exclusion in the
extract.
3
Texts one, two, threeand four Image, Poem, Memoir extractand
Prose extract
(e) Analyse how TWO of these texts portray the complex emotions resulting from
a desire for connection.
5
End of Question 1
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Section II
15 marks
Attempt Question 2
Allow about 40minutes forthis 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:
express understanding of belonging in the context of your studies
organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose
and context
Question 2(15 marks)
Compose a piece of imaginative writing that explores a decision to embrace or reject a
connection with others.
Use ONE of the items below as the central element of your writing.
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and

is
shaded
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room
sun
is

the
afternoon
cool,
scene

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silent
bright.

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ell
as

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ay
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long
to
anothe
be
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Maybe it wasnt the right hour
the sun
for
too
setting
blazing
out,
or too
was

a
uncertain.
road
Maybe
that
it
belonged

really
to another
yours. . .
, never
Acknowledgement: Michelle Cheikin
















Section III
15marks
AttemptQuestion3
Allowabout40minutesforthissection
AnswerthequestioninaSEPARATEwritingbooklet.Extrawritingbookletsareavailable.
Inyouransweryouwillbeassessedonhowwellyou:
demonstrateunderstandingoftheconceptofbelonginginthecontextofyourstudy
analyse,explainandassessthewaysbelongingisrepresentedinavarietyoftexts
organise,developandexpressideasusinglanguageappropriatetoaudience,purpose
andcontext
Question 3 (15 marks)
Anindividualssenseofbelongingisdeterminednotonlybytheirownchoices
butalsobytheattitudesofothers.
How accurately does this statement reflect the ideas represented in your prescribed text and
ONEotherrelatedtextofyourownchoosing?
Theprescribedtextsarelistedonthenextpage.
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Question3(continued)
Theprescribedtextsare:
ProseFiction AmyTan,TheJoyLuckClub
JhumpaLahiri,TheNamesake
CharlesDickens,GreatExpectations
RuthPrawerJhabvala,HeatandDust
TaraJuneWinch,SwallowtheAir
Nonfiction RaimondGaita,Romulus,MyFather
Drama ArthurMiller,TheCrucible:APlayinFourActs
JaneHarrison,RainbowsEnd
fromVivienneClevenetal.(eds),ContemporaryIndigenousPlays
Film BazLuhrmann,StrictlyBallroom
RolfDeHeer,TenCanoes
Shakespeare WilliamShakespeare,AsYouLikeIt
Poetry PeterSkrzynecki,ImmigrantChronicle
Theprescribedpoemsare:
* FeliksSkrzynecki
* StPatricksCollege
* Ancestors
* 10MaryStreet
* Migranthostel
* Postcard
* Inthefolkmuseum
EmilyDickinson,SelectedPoemsofEmilyDickinson
Theprescribedpoemsare:
* 66Thisismylettertotheworld
* 67Idiedforbeauty,butwasscarce
* 82Ihadbeenhungryalltheyears
* 83Igavemyselftohim
* 127Anarrowfellowinthegrass
* 154Aworddroppedcarelessonapage
* 161Whatmysterypervadesawell!
* 181Thesaddestnoise,thesweetestnoise
StevenHerrick,TheSimpleGift
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