ENGLISHWritten examination

Tuesday 10 November 2020 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

Section Number ofquestions

Number of questionsto be answered

Marks

A – Analytical interpretation of a text 20 1 20B – Comparative analysis of texts 8 1 20C – Argument and persuasive language 1 1 20

Total 60

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,sharpeners,rulersandanEnglishand/orbilingualprinteddictionary.

• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Taskbookof14pages,includingassessment criteriaonpage14• Oneanswerbook

Instructions• Write your student numberonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.• Completeeachsectioninthecorrectpartoftheanswerbook.• IfyouchoosetowriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonatextpairthat

includesamultimodaltextinSectionB.• Youmayaskthesupervisorforextraanswerbooks.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

At the end of the examination• Placeallotherusedanswerbooksinsidethefrontcoverofthefirstanswerbook.• Youmaykeepthistaskbook.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SECTION A – Analytical interpretation of a text

Instructions for Section ASectionArequiresstudentstowriteananalyticalinterpretationofaselectedtextinresponsetoone topic (eitheri. or ii.) on onetext.Yourresponseshouldbesupportedbyclosereferencetotheselectedtext.Ifyourselectedtextisacollectionofpoetryorshortstories,youmaywriteonseveralpoemsorstories,or on at least twoinclosedetail.IfyouchoosetowriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonatextpairthatincludesamultimodaltextinSectionB.Intheanswerbook,indicatewhichtextyouhavechosentowriteonandwhetheryouhavechosentoansweri. or ii.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionAisworthone-thirdofthetotalmarksfortheexamination.

Text list

1. After Darkness......................................................................................................................ChristinePiper

2. All the Light We Cannot See................................................................................................ AnthonyDoerr

3. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.................. KatherineBoo

4. Extinction............................................................................................................................. HannieRayson

5. In Cold Blood.......................................................................................................................Truman Capote

6. Like a House on Fire.............................................................................................................Cate Kennedy

7. Much Ado About Nothing...........................................................................................WilliamShakespeare

8. Nine Days...................................................................................................................................Toni Jordan

9. Old/New World: New & Selected Poems...........................................................................PeterSkrzynecki

10. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood.................................................................................MarjaneSatrapi

11. Pride and Prejudice...................................................................................................................Jane Austen

12. Rear Window.................................................................................................. directedbyAlfredHitchcock

13. Runaway.................................................................................................................................. AliceMunro

14. Station Eleven...........................................................................................................EmilyStJohnMandel

15. Stories We Tell........................................................................................................directedbySarahPolley

16. The Golden Age....................................................................................................................... JoanLondon

17. The Lieutenant......................................................................................................................KateGrenville

18. The Women of Troy....................................................................................................................... Euripides

19. Things Fall Apart................................................................................................................. ChinuaAchebe

20. William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney.........................................WilliamWordsworth

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1. After Darkness by Christine Piper i. “WhycouldIneverdoanythingright?” ‘DrIbarakinotonlyfailsothers,healsofailshimself.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘In After Darkness,charactersmisusetheirauthorityfortheirowngain.’ Doyouagree?

2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr i. ‘All the Light We Cannot Seeshowsthatwaraffectsdifferentpeopleindifferentways.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘Wernereventuallyregretsthechoiceshehasmade.’ Doyouagree?

3. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo i. ‘Despitetheirpoverty,Annawadianshavethetalentstobothsurviveandsucceed.’ Discuss.

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ii. “Hewantedtoberecognizedasbetterthanthedirtywaterinwhichhelived.” ‘Abdul’sdeterminationtobebetterisadmirable.’ Discuss.

4. Extinction by Hannie Rayson i. “Youdowhatyoucantokeepanendangeredanimalalive.” IsthisthemainmessageofExtinction?

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ii. ‘In Extinction,Andyistheonlycharactergenuinelyinterestedinconservation.’ Towhatextentdoyouagree?

5. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote i. ‘In In Cold Blood,Capoteconsiderswhetheramurderercanalsobeavictim.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘ThecitizensofKansasaremotivatedmorebyfearthanbyanythingelse.’ Doyouagree?

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6. Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy i. Towhatextentdocharactersinthesestoriesfacetheirproblemsalone?

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ii. ‘ThestoriesinLike a House On Fireexplorechallengesencounteredatdifferentstagesoflife.’ Discuss.

7. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare i. ‘DespitethecomicbanterofBeatriceandBenedick,Much Ado About Nothing confronts some

seriousissues.’ Discuss.

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ii. “Menweredeceiversever” IsthistrueofthemeninMuch Ado About Nothing?

8. Nine Days by Toni Jordan i. TowhatextentarethelivesofthecharactersinNine Dayslimitedbysocialexpectations?

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ii. “Everytimeyouseesomeone,youneverknowifyou’reseeingthemforthelasttime.” HowdoesNine Daysemphasisetheimportanceofcherishingthosewelove?

9. Old/New World: New & Selected Poems by Peter Skrzynecki i. “We’restanding/inanemptyfield/withahillinthebackground.” HowdoesSkrzyneckicontrastthedesolationofEuropewiththefertilityofAustralia?

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ii. ‘Skrzynecki’spoetryexploresrelationshipsbetweenparentsandchildren.’ Discuss.

10. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi i. HowdoMarji’sinnocentobservationsrevealthetruthsofherworld?

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ii. DiscusstheimportanceofhopesanddreamsinPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood.

11. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen i. ‘Pride and Prejudiceshowsthedangersofactingonfirstimpressions.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘Intheirdifferentways,alltheBennetgirlsdefyconvention.’ Doyouagree?

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12. Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock i. ‘ThecharactersinRear Windowcravecompanionshipandbelonging.’ Towhatextentdoyouagree?

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ii. ‘In Rear Window,Hitchcockdemonstratesthatappearancescannotbetrusted.’ Discuss.

13. Runaway by Alice Munro i. ‘ManycharactersinMunro’sstorieskeepsecrets.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘ThefemalecharactersinMunro’sstorieslackconfidence.’ Towhatextentdoyouagree?

14. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel i. “[…]thetruthwasthattheSymphonywastheironlyhome.” HowimportantisasenseofhomeinStation Eleven?

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ii. “Thiswillpass.Everythingpasses.” ‘Station Elevenoffersthehopethatcivilisationwillendure.’ Doyouagree?

15. Stories We Tell directed by Sarah Polley i. ‘In Stories We Tell,MichaelPolleyisthemostsympatheticallyportrayedcharacter.’ Doyouagree?

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ii. ‘Theuseofoldvideofootage,interviewsandre-enactmentsmakesitdifficulttoknowwhatistruein Stories We Tell.’

Discuss.

16. The Golden Age by Joan London i. ‘AlthoughFrankisconfinedtoahospital,hisworldexpandsinmanyways.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘Poliowasaschallengingfortheparentsasitwasforthechildren.’ Doyouagree?

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17. The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville i. WhydoesDanielRookehavesuchtroubletrustingotherpeople?

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ii. ‘In The Lieutenant,theenvironmentstronglyinfluencesthecharacters’actions.’ Discuss.

18. The Women of Troy by Euripides i. ‘In The Women of Troy,menseektocontrolthelivesofwomen.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘TheactionsoftheGreeksinThe Women of Troycannotbejustified.’ Discuss.

19. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe i. ‘Thingsfallapart,butnotallislostinAchebe’snovel.’ Discuss.

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ii. ‘Okonkwobecomesasuccessbecauseofhisfather’sfailures.’ Doyouagree?

20. William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney by William Wordsworth i. “LetNaturebeyourTeacher.” WhatdothepoemsofWordsworthteachus?

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ii. HowareemotionsexploredinWordsworth’spoems?

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SECTION B – Comparative analysis of texts

Instructions for Section BSectionBrequiresstudentstowriteacomparativeanalysisofaselectedpairoftextsinresponseto onetopic(eitheri. or ii.) on onepairoftexts.Yourresponseshouldanalysehowthetwotextspresentideasand/orissues,andshouldbesupportedbyclosereferencetobothtextsinthepair.IfyouchoosetowriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonatextpairthatincludesamultimodaltextinSectionB.Intheanswerbook,indicatewhichtextpairyouhavechosentowriteonandwhetheryouhavechosentoansweri. or ii.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionBisworthone-thirdofthetotalmarksfortheexamination.

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Pair 1 Tracks by Robyn Davidson and Charlie’s Country directed by Rolf de Heer

i. ComparethewaysinwhichthecharactersinTracks and Charlie’s Countrydealwiththeiranger.

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ii. ‘RobynDavidsonwantstofindoutaboutacountrythatisunknowntoher,whereasCharlieknowshiscountryverywell.’

CompareRobynDavidson’sandCharlie’swaysofviewingtheircountry.

Pair 2 The Queen directed by Stephen Frears and Ransom by David Malouf

i. ‘Theconflictbetweenpersonalfeelingandpublicdutyalwaysleadstoadilemma.’ ComparethewaysinwhichthisconflictisshowninThe Queen and Ransom.

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ii. “Thisisafamilyfuneral,MrBlair,notafairgroundattraction.”(The Queen) “Hehadgrieved.Butsilently,neverpermittinghimselftobetraytootherswhathefelt.”(Ransom) Comparehowthetwotextsexploreresponsestogrief.

Pair 3 Stasiland by Anna Funder and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

i. “Everyonehasissuesoftheirowntodealwith.”(Stasiland) “[…]apartofusstayedlikethat:fearfuloftheworldaroundus[…]”(Never Let Me Go) ComparehowStasiland and Never Let Me Godemonstratetheenduranceofthehumanspiritin

timesofdespair.

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ii. ComparehowStasiland and Never Let Me Goexploretheimportanceofloveandconnection.

Pair 4 Reckoning by Magda Szubanski and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

i. Comparethewaysinwhichthecharactersinthetwotextsstruggletofindtheirplaceintheworld.

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ii. “Weweretugboatsintheriverofhistory,myfatherandI,pullinginoppositedirections.Heneededtoforget.Ineedtoremember.”(Reckoning)

“Idon’twanttogo,[…]Idon’twanttoseethem.Ican’t.”(The Namesake) Comparethewaysinwhichthetwotextsshowthatconfrontingthepastcanbedifficult.

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Pair 5 The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham

i. “Proctor[…]hascometoregardhimselfasakindoffraud.”(The Crucible) Tillysays:“[…]everyoneI’vetouchedishurt,ordead.”(The Dressmaker) Comparehowcharactersinthetwotextsconsiderthemselvesresponsiblefortheharmcausedto

others.

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ii. Comparethewaysinwhichthetwotextsshowthesufferingoftheinnocentandtheguilty.

Pair 6 Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler and The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

i. ‘Deceptionalwayshasanimpactonpeople’slives.’ Comparehowthisideaisexploredinthetwotexts.

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ii. Comparethewaysinwhichpatternsareimportantinthelivesofthecharactersinthetwotexts.

Pair 7 The 7 Stages of Grieving by Wesley Enoch and Deborah Mailman and The Longest Memory by Fred D’Aguiar

i. ComparehowThe 7 Stages of Grieving and The Longest Memorydepictrelationshipsbetweenthepowerfulandthepowerless.

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ii. ‘Storytellingisawayforasocietytokeepitsvoicealive.’ Comparethewaysinwhichthestoriesaretoldinthesetwotexts.

Pair 8 I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb, and Pride directed by Matthew Warchus

i. Comparehowthetwotextsdepictpowerfulauthorities.

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ii. Comparethewaysinwhichthetwotextsexplorethenatureandconsequencesofprejudice.

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SECTION C – Argument and persuasive language

Instructions for Section CSectionCrequiresstudentstowriteananalysisofthewaysinwhichargumentandlanguageareused topersuadeotherstoshareapoint(s)ofview.Readthebackgroundinformationonthispageandthematerialonpages12and13,andwriteananalyticalresponsetothetaskbelow.Forthepurposesofthistask,theterm‘language’referstowritten,spokenandvisuallanguage.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage14ofthisbook.SectionCisworthone-thirdofthetotalmarksfortheexamination.

TaskWriteananalysisofthewaysinwhichargumentandwrittenandvisuallanguageareusedinthematerialonpages12and13totrytopersuadeotherstosharethepointsofviewpresented.

Background information

TheshireofBywaysinregionalVictoriadependsonbothfarmersandtouristsforitsprosperity.Thelocalcommunityisconcernedabouttheincreasedrecreationaluseofdronesbymanyofthetouristsvisitingthearea.ThefollowingisthetranscriptofaspeechmadebyyoungfarmerWarwickBandleatapublicmeetingcalledbytheBywaysShireCounciltodiscussthecommunity’sconcerns.Bandleprovidedtwoimagestobeprojectedonascreentoaccompanyhisspeech.

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Goodevening,everyone.

Dronesandtheirinexperiencedusersareprovingtobeacostlyproblemforusfarmers.Dronesarenottoys.Whathappenswhenadronefliesoutofrange?Whathappenswhenthebatteryrunsout?Adronebeingflownoutofcontrol,orcrashingoutofthesky,canbelethal.Justimaginethedamagethatcanbedonebyafallingdrone.Imagine,then,thesedroneusers,realisingthattheyhavelosttheirdrone,searching,crashingthroughcrops,orleavinggatesopenandlettinglivestockout.Andfinally,whentheydon’tfindthedrone,it’sjustlefttorustawayinthefielduntilharvesttime,whenit’ssweptup,damagingtheharvester.

It’stimeourcouncilstartedtodefendthefarmersratherthanthetourists.Thefarmersarethebackboneofthiscommunity,manyofushavinglivedinthisareaforgenerations.Whileweunderstandtheimportancetoourtownofvisitorssupportingbusinessesand,indeed,havewelcomedthe holiday-makers,whentheystartcausinghavocwhilesearchingfortheirwaywarddronesit’stimetosay,‘Enough!’

Don’tgetmewrong!I’mnotjustanothertechnophobecomplainingabouttechnology.Asayoungfarmer,havingjusttakenoverthefamilyfarm,I’mintroducingnewtechnologyonadailybasistoimproveefficiency.Infact,we’reusingdrones–morecorrectlycalledunmannedaerialvehicles–onthefarm.Forfarmers,dronessavetimeandmoneyintaskssuchasdustingandsprayingcrops,ormonitoringcropsforpestsandgrowth.Thereisabsolutelynowaywewanttobandrones.

It’snotjustinfarmingthattheseremarkablelittleworkershavehelpedusout.Weallrememberlastyearwhenthatbushwalkerwentmissing.Thedronesflewtirelesslyoverlargeareas,includingthosedifficulttoaccess.Theireyesledtothespeedyandhappyconclusionwereached.

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Theissueisthatflyingadroneforfunisthelatest21st-centuryfad.Thenumbersofrecreationaldroneusersaremountingeachyear.Consequently,incidentsinvolvingdronesareincreasing.Dronesoutofcontrol.Droneslostintrees.Dronescausingpowercuts.Droneshittingandhurtingpeople.Dronesinflightpathsandeven,inextremecases,dronesinnearmisseswithaircraft.

Asincidentshavemultiplied,theCivilAviationSafetyAuthorityhasintroducedstrictrulestoregulatebothcommercialandrecreationaluseofdronesinordertoprotectprivacyandsafety.Theydoagreatjobofmanagingtherapidlyescalatingandcompetingneedsoftheusersofourairspace.Thereis,however,astartlingincongruityintherulesapplyingtocommercialdroneflyersandrecreationaldroneusers.Commercialdroneflyersarerequiredtohavealicence.Recreationaldroneusersarenot.Commercialdroneflyersarerequiredtodotraininginflying.Recreationaldroneusersarenot.Currently,commercialflyersandoperatorsofdronesmusthaveaRemotePilotLicence.Ontheotherhand,allrecreationaldroneusershavetodoiswatchashortvideoandcompleteatestconsistingofafewmultiple-choicequestionsonawebsite.Thereisnowayofevenprovingthatthepersoncompletingthetestisthepersonwhowillbeflyingthedrone.Theyjustprintthecomputer-generatedcertificateandheadouttolaunchtheirnewtoy.

Whythisdifference?Whyissuchalargegroupofpeoplewhohavenotrainingallowedtoflydrones?DoweletlearnerdriversoutontheroadsontheirownaftersimplycompletingtheironlineLearnerPermitKnowledgeTest?Why,then,aretherulesfordroneusersanydifferent?

IhavenoproblemwiththerecreationaluseofdronesbutIthinkthateveryoneflyingadroneshouldcompletethesamerigorouslicensingprocess.Anythinglessisnotfairandnotsafe.

Asacommunity,wemustconsidertheneedsofthefarmersaswellasthetourists.It’stimeforthecounciltobandroneflyingfornon-licensedusers.

Thankyou.

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Assessment criteriaSectionAwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:• knowledgeandunderstandingofthetext,andtheideasandissuesitexplores• developmentofacoherentanalysisinresponsetothetopic• useoftextualevidencetosupporttheinterpretation• controlandeffectivenessoflanguageuse,asappropriatetothetask

SectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:• knowledgeandunderstandingofbothtexts,andtheideasandissuestheypresent• discussionofmeaningfulconnections,similaritiesordifferencesbetweenthetexts,inresponseto

thetopic• useoftextualevidencetosupportthecomparativeanalysis• controlandeffectivenessoflanguageuse,asappropriatetothetask

SectionCwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:• understandingoftheargument(s)presentedandpoint(s)ofviewexpressed• analysisofwaysinwhichlanguageandvisualfeaturesareusedtopresentanargumentandto

persuade• controlandeffectivenessoflanguageuse,asappropriatetothetask

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