Oodgeroo Noonuccal Essay We Are Going
2011
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 M I N AT I O N
English (ESL)
Paper 2 — Modules
Total marks – 40
Section I
General Instructions
• Reading time – 5 minutes
• Working time – 1 hour
• Write using black or blue pen
Black pen is preferred
Pages 2–3
20 marks
• Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2
• Allow about 30 minutes for this section
S ection II
Pages 4–5
20 marks
• Attempt either Question 3 or Question 4
• Allow about 30 minutes for this section
3172
Section I — Module A: Experience Through Language
20 marks
Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2
Allow about 30 minutes for this section
Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available.
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
■ demonstrate understanding of how Australian voices or visions in texts shape meaning and affect interpretation
■ organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form
Question 1 — Elective 1: Australian Voices (20 marks)
How do the texts you have studied use Australian voices to explore ideas about Australia?
In your answer refer to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing.
The prescribed texts are:
• Prose Fiction – J C Burke, The Story of Tom Brennan
• Drama
– Katherine Thomson, Diving for Pearls
• Poetry
– Joanne Burns, on a clear day
The prescribed poems are:
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*
*
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on a clear day public places echo hegemonies
– Komninos, Komninos by the Kupful
The prescribed poems are:
*
*
*
*
*
*
back to melbourne hillston welcome cobar, july 1993 eat noura from narooma thomastown talk
• Nonfiction
– Carmel Bird (ed.), The Stolen Children – Their Stories
• Film
– Rob Sitch, The Castle
OR
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Question 2 — Elective 2: Australian Visions (20 marks)
How do the texts you have studied use Australian visions to explore ideas about Australia?
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 M I N AT I O N
English (ESL)
Paper 2 — Modules
Total marks – 40
Section I
General Instructions
• Reading time – 5 minutes
• Working time – 1 hour
• Write using black or blue pen
Black pen is preferred
Pages 2–3
20 marks
• Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2
• Allow about 30 minutes for this section
S ection II
Pages 4–5
20 marks
• Attempt either Question 3 or Question 4
• Allow about 30 minutes for this section
3172
Section I — Module A: Experience Through Language
20 marks
Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2
Allow about 30 minutes for this section
Answer the question in a writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available.
In your answer you will be assessed on how well you:
■ demonstrate understanding of how Australian voices or visions in texts shape meaning and affect interpretation
■ organise, develop and express your ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form
Question 1 — Elective 1: Australian Voices (20 marks)
How do the texts you have studied use Australian voices to explore ideas about Australia?
In your answer refer to your prescribed text and one other text of your own choosing.
The prescribed texts are:
• Prose Fiction – J C Burke, The Story of Tom Brennan
• Drama
– Katherine Thomson, Diving for Pearls
• Poetry
– Joanne Burns, on a clear day
The prescribed poems are:
*
*
*
*
on a clear day public places echo hegemonies
– Komninos, Komninos by the Kupful
The prescribed poems are:
*
*
*
*
*
*
back to melbourne hillston welcome cobar, july 1993 eat noura from narooma thomastown talk
• Nonfiction
– Carmel Bird (ed.), The Stolen Children – Their Stories
• Film
– Rob Sitch, The Castle
OR
– 2 –
Question 2 — Elective 2: Australian Visions (20 marks)
How do the texts you have studied use Australian visions to explore ideas about Australia?