2016 HigHer ScHool certificate

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English (Standard)

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Paper 1 Area of Study
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Total marks 45
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Section I Page 2

15 marks
General Instructions Attempt Question 1
Reading time 10 minutes Allow about 40 minutes for this section
Working time 2 hours Section II Page 3
Write using black pen
15 marks
A stimulus booklet is provided at
Attempt Question 2
the back of this paper
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

Section III Page 4

15 marks
Attempt Question 3
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

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Section I

15 marks
Attempt Question 1
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

Answer the question on pages 27 of the Paper 1 Writing Booklet. Extra writing booklets are
available.

Your answers will be assessed on how well you:

n demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of discovery are shaped in and
through texts
n describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context

Question 1 (15 marks)

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Examine Texts 1, 2, 3 and 4 on pages 26 of the Stimulus Booklet carefully and then answer
the questions below. PL
Text 1 Short story extract

(a) In what ways is dialogue used to capture the young couples reactions to the 2
items they find?
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Text 2 Image

(b) How does the image represent an individual who values discovered objects? 2
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Text 3 Poem

(c) Explain how the poem conveys the personal response of the father to his 3
discoveries.

Text 4 Nonfiction extract

(d) Analyse how the text portrays the difficulties of discovering what is true and 3
what is false.

Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 and Text 4 Short story extract, Image, Poem and
Nonfiction extract

(e) Compare how TWO of the texts represent the significance of curiosity in the 5
process of discovering.

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Section II

15 marks
Attempt Question 2
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

Answer the question on pages 815 of the Paper 1 Writing Booklet. Extra writing booklets are
available.

Your answer will be assessed on how well you:

n express understanding of discovery in the context of your studies

n organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose
and context

Question 2 (15 marks)

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Compose a piece of imaginative writing which explores the unexpected impact of discovery.

Use ONE of the images on page 7 of the Stimulus Booklet as the central element of your writing.
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Please turn over
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Section III

15 marks
Attempt Question 3
Allow about 40 minutes for this section

Answer the question on pages 1624 of the Paper 1 Writing Booklet. Extra writing booklets
are available.

Your answer will be assessed on how well you:

n demonstrate understanding of the concept of discovery in the context of your study

n analyse, explain and assess the ways discovery is represented in a variety of texts

n organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose
and context

Question 3 (15 marks)

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The process of discovery involves uncovering what is hidden and reconsidering what is known.
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How is this perspective on discovery explored in your prescribed text and ONE other related
text of your own choosing?

The prescribed texts are listed on page 8 of the Stimulus Booklet.

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2016 Board of Studies, Teaching

 2016 HigHer ScHool certificate
examination

English (Standard)

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and English (Advanced) PL
Paper 1 Area of Study Stimulus Booklet
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General Instructions

Detachthisstimulusbooklet

ThelistofprescribedtextsforSectionIIIisprovidedonpage8

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Section I

Text 1 Short story extract

FRIDAYMORNING.GREENWICHVILLAGE.

The industrial dumbwaiter*, jampacked with a twoday accumulation of tenants rubbish,

madethreetripsfromthebasementoftheelegantapartmentblocktothestreet.

A team of janitors removed a pile of dark plastic rubbish bags to a corner wall of a raised
gardenbedthatranalongthenorthfaceofthebuildingandshapedamoundfromthemthere.
Theplasticglintedinthepalewintersun.

On the fourth trip, a different type of rubbish: a battered wooden wardrobe tied around the

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middlewiththickyellowstring,astroller,achildscarseat,awoodenchestofdrawerscovered
with plaited white plastic and topped with a brightblue lid, one double and two single bed
bases,asinglemattress,threecrochetedcushionsinperfectcondition...
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Minutes after the rubbish was placed on the street, a young couple who had been walking by
lungedatit.Whattreasuresmighttheyfindhere?Howmuchofitmightbeworthselling?

Oh,man,lookatthis!
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Donttakethosetrunks,thewomancalledtohim.Leavethem.

He tried to argue with her, but she was resolute, so he filled his arms with books. When he
could hold no more, he placed them in piles on the footpath. He looked around. How to carry
allthis?...
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Frenzied,hedumpedthebooksintodrawers,thenmovedtoexaminethenexttrunk.

In the meantime, his girlfriend kicked and prodded, then rummaged through the fabrictied
bags.

Bookshere!shecriedout.

Whoa!Lookatthis,shewhoopedasshedisplayedavoluminouspairofwhiterayonbloomers
againstherchest.Hewastoopreoccupiedtolookupbutthatdidntdampenherdelight.

Next,shefoundamulticolouredraffiabeachbagwithlongredleatherstraps.

This!Shewavedthebagincircles,lassostyle,highintheair.

Into the beach bag she stuffed a manycoloured skirt, a pair of shoes, two rayon singlets
(dresses for her), two scarves, more bloomers. Discarded clothes lay scattered wherever she
threwthem,theircoloursgaudyagainstthedarkrubbishbags...

Now the couple approached the wardrobe. Unable to break the yellow string, they carried the
wardrobefromtheeasewithwhichtheyhoistedit,itseemedemptytothefootpath,stoodit
uprightandrolleddownthestring.Asthedoorswungopen,ahibachi**tumbledout.Itlooked
new.Hewenttoclaimit.

No,sheshouted.No!Idontwantthat.Idontwantanyjunkintheapartment.

Hehesitated,butonlyforaninstant;defiant,heclaimedit.

There was a bonus for the couple: the chest of drawers was furnished with a set of wheels.
Thatwouldtakesomeweightoff.Sheclosedthebookfilleddrawers;hesecuredthemwiththe
yellowstring.Theystackedbagsfilledwithclothesandbooksontopofthechest.Eachslung
a bag over one shoulder, hoisted another under their arms, clutched others in their fingers.
Packed to the gills, they departed briskly, the sound of metal wheels on concrete clacking in
theirwake.

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TwoEnglishtourists,whohadbeenwatching,disgusted,turnedtoeachother.

Whatdoyouthinktheydowithit? PL
Icantimagine.

He shuddered, offered his companion his arm and they walked off in the direction of 5th
Avenue,headsshakinginwonderatthelikesofwhatgoesoninNewYork.
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Onthestreet,thepileofdarkplasticbagsglintedinthepalewintersun.

Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

AdaptedfromScenefromaWindow
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Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo is a Melbourne author, editor and proofreader. Her novel, The book of Rachel, was published by Allen &
Unwin. Her short stories and poems, several of which can be found online, have been published in literary journals and anthologies.

* dumbwaiter lift, elevator

** hibachi small Japanese cooking stove

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Text 2 Image

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PaintingofAlbertusSeba
byJacobHoubraken,1730

Text 3 Poem

Awaiting copyright

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*abstruse hard to understand, obscure

Text 4 Nonfiction extract

Firstcameherstorieslikewebsacrosstheworld.TheycrisscrossedtheAtlanticonsteamersand
theRockiesbytrain.Theymadetheirwaydowndirttrackswherethescrubmetoverhead.They
flewfromBenLomondintheTasmanianHighlands,whichwecouldseefromherverandah,to
Welshfarmhousesofdarkstone.Theairwouldshiverslightlyeachtimeshebegan.

Once upon a time, when pigs were swine and monkeys chewed tobacco, there was a little girl
who lived at the foot of the mountains in the centre of the universe at the bottom of the world ...

Thestorytellerwasmygrandmotherandthechildwasme.Wecametoherforstories...Her
storieswerevividandshapelyandweheardthemagainandagain.Inthenightunderthepine
trees, her house creaked and her stories invaded our dreams. Later I would catch something
oftheirrhythmsandwordplayinballadsandsagasandknowwhatatalentedstorytellershe
was.Thenwetookherforgranted...

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She was born in 1894, a beloved only child in a family with a little money or the myth of
money from her greatgreatgrandfather, a clergyman, who had invested during the early
nineteenth century, surely somewhat dubiously, in Welsh coalmines. Family portraits survive
andhanginaTasmaniandiningroom.
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I know I should check the facts. There is evidence to be weighed, archives to be searched,
family members still alive who knew her differently. There will be shipping lists and parish
records,deedsandwillslodgedinthreecountries.ThemenIwillfindeasily,labelledbytheir
workandtheirbankbalances,thebuyingandsellingofland,andofhousesreturnedtoatnight.
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Thewomenwillhaveleftlessclearamarkontherecordbutmoreofamarkonme,perhaps,
and on all the children in between. There are some family papers, recipes, photographs and a
samplerinblackcrossstitchdone,mygrandmothertoldme,byachild,mygreatgreatgreat
greatgrandmother,duringtheNapoleonicwarswhenchildrenwereforbiddentousecoloured
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silks.Orsoshesaid.

There were stories of unfeeling trustees and money withheld and unsuitable marriages when
goodlooking rogues took advantage of welltodo widows one of whom was my great
grandmother.SheseemstohavemarriedanAmericantwentyyearsherjunioraftermygreat
grandfatherdied.ThisyoungmanwentintothecityofLondoneverymorningattenbut never
told his wife what he did there.Perhapssheneverasked.Whenitwasdiscoveredthathedbeen
throughallhermoney,hereturnedtoAmerica,nevertobeseenagain.Orsothestorygoes...

The historian at the back of my brain says I should discover what is true and what is false,
makeaproperlyconsideredaccountbeforeitstoolate.Therestofme,thepartthatwasshaped
by the sense of myself at the centre of the universe at the bottom of the world, still sees, as if
through certain cloud formations above paddocks pale with tussocks, the shapes and shadows
ofotherplacesshemademyown.

Iwanttoleaveherandherstoriesbe.

Hilary mcPHee
AdaptedfromOther Peoples Words
Others peoples Words by Hilary McPhee (Picador 2001)
www.hilarymcphee.com

 Illustration of a golden compass on an antique map Waiting for you - Digital Art/Photomanipulation/Surreal by Jeanette
#gg4565653 GoGraph.com/Paul Fleet Woitzik. http://schnette.deviantart.com 2009-2015 Schnette

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Section II

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Section III

TheprescribedtextsforSectionIIIarelistedbelow:

Prose Fiction JamesBradley,Wrack

KateChopin,The Awakening
TaraJuneWinch,Swallow the Air
Nonfiction BillBryson,A Short History of Nearly Everything
ErnestoCheGuevara,The Motorcycle Diaries
Drama MichaelGow,Away
JaneHarrison,Rainbows End
fromVivienneClevenetal.,Contemporary Indigenous Plays
Shakespearean
WilliamShakespeare,The Tempest
Drama
Film AngLee,Life of Pi

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Poetry RosemaryDobson,Rosemary Dobson Collected
Theprescribedpoemsare:
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* Young Girl at a Window
* Wonder
* Painter of Antwerp
* Travellers Tale
* The Tiger
* Cock Crow
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* Ghost Town: New England
RobertFrost,The Poetry of Robert Frost
Theprescribedpoemsare:
* The Tuft of Flowers
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* Mending Wall
* Home Burial
* After Apple-Picking
* Fire and Ice
* Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
RobertGray,Coast Road
Theprescribedpoemsare:
* Journey: the North Coast
* The Meatworks
* North Coast Town
* Late Ferry
* Flames and Dangling Wire
* Diptych
Media SimonNasht,Frank Hurley The Man Who Made History
IvanOMahoney
* Go Back to Where You Came From
Series 1: Episodes 1, 2 and 3
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* The Response

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