Course Overview
Discovery |
Paper 12 hours
3 x 40 minute sections |
Prescribed Text:
Related Texts:
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Life of Pi by Ang Lee
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Section I (15 marks)Questions on discovery texts you have never seen before.
The questions will ask
Section II (15 marks)You will be asked to write a creative piece. It could be a letter, speech or short story. The latter is most common. You will be given stimulus and/or a focus from the rubric.
Section III (15 marks)Write an essay, speech, interview, feature article. Essay and personal response are the most common.
In this text you need to analyse the ways your prescribed text and related text/s convey a specific idea about Discovery. The question should tell you which text to write and what rubric ideas to focus on in your response. Make sure you answer the question!!!! |
Experience through Language
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Paper 2, Section I
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Prescribed Text:
Related Texts:
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The Stories of Henry Lawson
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Look for your question in the exam. The Distinctive Voices question may be separate.
Here you will be asked to write an analytical text to answer a question based on the rubric. You could be asked to write a variety of non-fiction text types but an essay is most common. Ensure that you answer the question whilst still analysing the language of the text. |
Close Study of Text
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Paper 2, Section II
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Prescribed Text:
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Selected poems of Wilfred Owen
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Look for your question in the exam. There may be one question for all the texts or one question for each separate text.
Here you will be asked to write an analytical text to answer a question on the distinctive qualities of the work of this poet. You could be asked to write a variety of non-fiction text types but an essay is most common. Ensure that you answer the question whilst still analysing the language of the text. |
Text in Society
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Paper 2, Section III
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Prescribed Text:
Related Texts:
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Educating Rita by Willy Russell
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Look for your question in the exam. There are other topics in this module.
Here you will be asked to write an analytical text to answer a question based on the rubric. You could be asked to write a variety of non-fiction text types but an essay is most common. Ensure that you answer the question whilst still analysing the language of the text. |