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2008
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 (Standard) and English (Advanced)
Paper 1 — Area of Study
Total marks – 45 Section I Pages 2–8
General Instructions • Reading time – 10 minutes • Working time – 2 hours • Write using black or blue pen
15 marks • Attempt Question 1 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section II Page 9
15 marks • Attempt Question 2 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section III Pages 10–12
15 marks • Attempt ONE question from Questions 3–5 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section
151
Section I
15 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in the English Paper 1 Writing Booklet. Extra English Paper 1 Writing Booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: ■ demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of the journey are shaped in and through texts ■ describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context
Question 1 (15 marks) Examine Texts one, two, three and four carefully and then answer the questions on page 8. Text 1 — Travel Memoir Book Cover (adapted)
© Katrina Blowers, Pier 9, 2007
Question 1 continues on page 3 –2–
Question 1 (continued) Text 2 — Travel Memoir: Extract adapted from Chapter One, Tuning Out YOU’RE MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR CAREER, Katrina. Don’t even think for a second that you’re going to be able to stroll back into town and get a job anywhere near as good as this one. I push my bag under the seat in front of me and try not to think about those words. The small black backpack bulges a little and I give it a gentle kick to wedge it further in. Every stick of furniture I own has been packed away in a storage facility. My last breakfast radio show has gone to air. My final pay cheque is in the bank. Even my voice has been lost somewhere in Sydney after too many rowdy farewell parties. All the pieces of the life I’ve been...
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 (Standard) and English (Advanced)
Paper 1 — Area of Study
Total marks – 45 Section I Pages 2–8
General Instructions • Reading time – 10 minutes • Working time – 2 hours • Write using black or blue pen
15 marks • Attempt Question 1 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section II Page 9
15 marks • Attempt Question 2 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section Section III Pages 10–12
15 marks • Attempt ONE question from Questions 3–5 • Allow about 40 minutes for this section
151
Section I
15 marks Attempt Question 1 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in the English Paper 1 Writing Booklet. Extra English Paper 1 Writing Booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: ■ demonstrate understanding of the way perceptions of the journey are shaped in and through texts ■ describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context
Question 1 (15 marks) Examine Texts one, two, three and four carefully and then answer the questions on page 8. Text 1 — Travel Memoir Book Cover (adapted)
© Katrina Blowers, Pier 9, 2007
Question 1 continues on page 3 –2–
Question 1 (continued) Text 2 — Travel Memoir: Extract adapted from Chapter One, Tuning Out YOU’RE MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF YOUR CAREER, Katrina. Don’t even think for a second that you’re going to be able to stroll back into town and get a job anywhere near as good as this one. I push my bag under the seat in front of me and try not to think about those words. The small black backpack bulges a little and I give it a gentle kick to wedge it further in. Every stick of furniture I own has been packed away in a storage facility. My last breakfast radio show has gone to air. My final pay cheque is in the bank. Even my voice has been lost somewhere in Sydney after too many rowdy farewell parties. All the pieces of the life I’ve been...