English Trial Papers_Part29

Question 13 — Elective 2: Powerplay (20 marks) You are a journalist for The Good Weekend magazine and have been researching for a feature article on the ways in which those in positions of power manipulate people and situations. Write this feature article, referring to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: « Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra * Prose Fiction — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four * Drama — Hannie Rayson, Life After George * Media — John Hughes, 4fter Mabo Question 14 — FElective 3: History and Memory (20 marks) You are a journalist for The Good Weekend magazine and have been researching for a feature article on the ways in which memory selects and constructs ideas and information. Write this feature article, referring to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: * Prose Fiction — Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang * Nonfiction — Mark Raphael Baker, The F iffieth Gate * Film — Christopher Nolan, Memento End of paper T

English Advanced Trial HSC 2006 Question 13 - Elective 2: Powerplay (20 marks) ‘Powerplay? It’s all a matter of perspective.’ Write an opinion piece which addresses this statement. In your answer, analyse how meaning is made in your set text and TWO other texts of your own choosing, highlighting different ways in which composers construct particular perspectives on powerplay. The prescribed texts are: ¢ Shakespeare William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra ¢ Prose Fiction George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four e Drama Hannie Rayson, Life After George ¢ Media John Hughes, After Mabo Question 14 - Elective 3: History and Memory (20 marks) ‘Representation engages the composer and responder in an active process. In representing an aspect of the world, a composer challenges a responder to reconsider their understanding of that aspect of the world.’ How has your composer challenged your understanding of ‘History and Memory’? Refer to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: e Prose Fiction Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang e Nonfiction Mark Raphael Baker, The Fiftieth Gate e Film Christopher Nolan, Memento End of paper 19

Question 5 — Elective 2: Powerplay (15 marks) Powerplay is seductive and destructive. It brings out the worst among power-hungry people, yet it continues to appeal to both those who seek it and those who are subject (o it. How do the composers explore the appeal of powerplay in their texts? Discuss in relation to ONE of the prescribed texts and at lcast TWO other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction e Orwell, George, Nineteen Eighty our Shakespeare ¢ Shakcspeare, William Antony and Cleopatra Drama e Rayson, Hannie, Life After George Media e Hughes, John, Afier Mabo Question 6 — Elective 3: History and Memory (15 marks) History belongs to the ones who compose it after the event. How do the texts you have studied explore this concept? Discuss in relation to ONE of the prescribed texts and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. The prescribed texts are: Prose Fiction e Carey, Peler, The True History of the Kelly Gang Nonfiction e Mark Raphael Baker, The Fiftieth Gate Film e Nolan, Christopher, Memento End of Paper -6-

OHer Jriert 1 Total marks (15) Attempt Question 1 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Answer the question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answer you will be assessed on how well you: ¢ demonsirate understanding of the way perceptions of the journey arc shaped in and through texts ¢ describe, explain and analyse the relationship between language, text and context Tn my son’s hame: putting a face to race for cure Julie-Anne Davies Question 1 {15 marks) Lixamine Texts one, two and three carefully and then answer the questions that follow Text one — cartoon 2 ~ - &? / ~ (uestion 1 continucs on page gfi When John Davidson suggested to his then 15-year-old son Jesse that they go on a road frip ' together across their home state of Ontario, he | didn’{ mean a simple / futher-son bonding exercise in station wagorn, with a pile of CDs and lots of takeaway hamburgers. Nor did he intend it to be a farewell to his middle son who 10 years carlier had been diagnosed with the incurable, muscle-wasting genetic discase Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD. No, Mr Davidson wanted to rattle a few cages. So if pushing his terminally ill son’s wheelchair across 3300 kilometres.of some of Canada’s most g ng landscape — along the way shakiiig Toosc some money out of people’s wallets and focusing attention on the need for funding for | genetic research- all the better. “f was just doing what any father would do, looking after my boy,” Mr Davidson said yesterday. That was in 1995. The trip, whick became known as Jesse’s journey, laid the foundation for an even more daunting solo trek threc years later, when he walked 8300 kilometres across the roads and ‘mountains of Canada to bring hope o families affected by genetic illnesses. The Foundation for Gene and Cell Therapy was created as a result of these two remarkable journeys, with the main goal of raising resea ™ dollars to put an end to DMD. Ithas zd more than 36.5 willion. Scientisis must share ... John Davidson at the congress. Photo: Paul Harris Mr Davidson, who is in Melbourne as a guest speaker at the Geneties Congress, was nearly unable to make it because just fast week, Jesse, now 23, came close to death. It was not the first time. His lungs are worn out with the effort of trying to pump oxygen into his body. DMD affects only boys with the diagnosis usually made before they go to school. By age 10 they are wheelchair- bound. Most die in their early 20s from respiratory failare. . Unlike most of the scientific luminaries, including a clutch of Nobel laureates who will take the podium this week, Mr Davidson, a former sports journalist, will remind the scientists that medical scientific endeavour is it the end about children like Jesse who are dealt a death sentence before they are born. “Occasionally the scientists need to step out of the labs and stop and say ‘why are we doing this work?” Someone like me can help them put a human face on genetic disease, and so that’s what I do. It’s ail | want to do now.”