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4 Feb 2015 VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2015. 1. 2014. Examination. Report. 2014. English GA 3: Examination. GENERAL COMMENTS.

ENGLISH

Written examination

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes)

Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

SectionNumber of

questionsNumber of questions to be answeredMarks

A - Text response201 20

B - Writing in Context41 20

C - Analysis of language use 11 20

Total 60• Students are to write in blue or black pen. • Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils , highlighters, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and an English and/or bilingual printed dictionary. Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and /or correction ß uid/tape.

No calculator is allowed in this examination.

Materials supplied

Task book of 14 pages, including Examination assessment criteria on page 14.

One answer book.

Instructions

Write your student number on the front cover of the answer book. Complete each of the following in the answer book: - Section A: Text response - Section B: Writing in Context - Section C: Analysis of language use Each section should be completed in the correct part of the answer book.

All written responses must be in English.

If you write on a multimodal text in Section A, you must not write on a multimodal text in Section B.

• You may ask the supervisor for extra answer books.

At the end of the task

• Enclose any extra answer books inside the front cover of the Þ rst answer book.

• You may keep this task book.Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

Victorian Certifi cate of Education

2015

2015 ENGLISH EXAM 2

SECTION A - continued

SECTION A - Text response

Instructions for Section A

Section A requires students to complete one analytical/expository piece of writing in response to one

topic (either i. or ii.) on one selected text. In the answer book, indicate the text selected and whether you are answe ring i. or ii. In your response, you must develop a sustained discussion of one selected text from the Text list below. Your response must be supported by close reference to and analysis of the selected text. For collections of poetry or short stories, you may choose to write on s everal poems or short stories, or on one or two in very close detail, depending on what you think is appro priate.

If you write on a multimodal text in Section A, you must not write on a multimodal text in Section B.

Your response will be assessed according to the criteria set out on page

14 of this book.

Section A is worth one-third of the total assessment for the examination.

Text list

1. All About Eve ........................................................................ .................Directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz

2. Brooklyn .......................................................................

............................................................Colm Tóibín

3. Burial Rites .......................................................................

.......................................................Hannah Kent

4. Cat's Eye .......................................................................

....................................................Margaret Atwood

5. Cloudstreet ....................................................................

............................................................Tim Winton

6. Henry IV, Part I .......................................................................

....................................William Shakespeare

7. I for Isobel........................................................................

........................................................Amy Witting

8. In the Country of Men ........................................................................

....................................Hisham Matar

9. Mabo ........................................................................

.........................................Directed by Rachel Perkins

10. Medea .......................................................................

.................................................................... Euripides

11. No Sugar .......................................................................

..............................................................Jack Davis

12. Selected Poems .......................................................................

............................................Gwen Harwood

13. Stasiland .......................................................................

...........................................................Anna Funder

14. The Complete Maus ........................................................................

.....................................Art Spiegelman

15. The Thing Around Your Neck ........................................................................

..Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

16. The War Poems ........................................................................

..............................................Wilfred Owen

17. The White Tiger........................................................................

.............................................Aravind Adiga

18. This Boy's Life ........................................................................

..................................................Tobias Wolff

19. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? ........................................................................

............Raymond Carver

20. Wuthering Heights ........................................................................

..........................................Emily Brontë

SECTION A - continued

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[PDF] 2015 English Written examination

ENGLISH

Written examination

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes)

Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

SectionNumber of

A - Text response201 20

B - Writing in Context41 20

C - Analysis of language use 11 20

No calculator is allowed in this examination.

Materials supplied

One answer book.

Instructions

All written responses must be in English.

At the end of the task

Victorian Certifi cate of Education

2015 ENGLISH EXAM 2

SECTION A - continued

SECTION A - Text response

Instructions for Section A

14 of this book.

Text list

2. Brooklyn .......................................................................

3. Burial Rites .......................................................................

4. Cat's Eye .......................................................................

5. Cloudstreet ....................................................................

6. Henry IV, Part I .......................................................................

7. I for Isobel........................................................................

8. In the Country of Men ........................................................................

9. Mabo ........................................................................

10. Medea .......................................................................

11. No Sugar .......................................................................

12. Selected Poems .......................................................................

13. Stasiland .......................................................................

14. The Complete Maus ........................................................................

15. The Thing Around Your Neck ........................................................................

16. The War Poems ........................................................................

17. The White Tiger........................................................................

18. This Boy's Life ........................................................................

19. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? ........................................................................

20. Wuthering Heights ........................................................................

SECTION A - continued