HSC standard English
Dixon, Mel2016
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This guide will help students stay on top of HSC studies. It includes past exam questions for papers up to 2015, and suggested answers and responses for the HSC Standard English topic.
Main title:
HSC standard English / Mel Dixon, Kate Murphy, and Amy Hughes.
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Imprint:
Port Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Collation:
164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Audience:
Interest grade level: Secondary.
Contents:
General information: How to use this book -- The HSC examination -- Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards website -- Advice on writing: Writing short answers for the Area of Study (Paper 1, Section I) -- Writing imaginatively for the Area of Study (Paper 1, Section II) -- Writing analytically (Paper 1, Section III, and Paper 2) -- Related texts -- Understanding the Area of Study: Defining the Area of Study -- What do you do in an Area of Study? -- The syllabus and prescriptions requirements -- How to approach a text -- Choosing texts for your own discovery portfolio -- Area of Study, Paper 1: Sample responses: Paper 1: Sample examination paper -- Paper 1: Section I: Short answers: sample responses -- Paper 1: Section II: Imaginative writing: sample responses -- Paper 1: Section III: Analytical writing: sample responses -- Understanding the modules: Module A: Experience through language -- Module A: Elective 1: Distinctive voices -- Module A: Elective 2: Distinctive visual -- Module B: Close study of text -- Module C: Texts and society -- Module C: Elective 1: Exploring interactions -- Module C: Elective 2: Exploring transitions -- Modules: Paper 2: Sample responses: Module A: Experience through language -- Module A: Elective 1: Distinctive voices: sample responses -- Module A: Elective 2: Distinctively visual: sample responses -- Module B: Close study of text: sample responses -- Module C: Texts and society -- Module C: Elective 1: Exploring interactions: sample responses -- Module C: Elective 2: Exploring transitions: sample responses --2015 HSC Paper 1: Area of Study -- Paper 1: Section I: Short answers: sample responses -- Paper 1: Section II: Imaginative writing: sample responses -- Paper 1: Section III: Analytical writing: sample responses -- 2015 HSC Paper 2: Paper 2: Modules -- Paper 2: Module A: Experience through language: sample responses -- Paper 2: Module B: Close study of text: sample responses -- Paper 2: Module C: Texts and society: sample responses -- Appendices: Templates -- Study cards -- List of sample responses by text: The Area of Study: The poetry of Robert Frost -- Life of Pi / Ang Lee -- Go back to where you came from / Hardie and Sharkey -- Away / Michael Gow -- The Tempest / William Shakespeare -- The motorcycle diaries / Che Guevarra -- Modules: Module A: Experience through language: One night the moon / Rachel Perkins -- Speeches: The shoe horn sonata / John Misto (Parts 6 and 8) -- Run Lola run / Tommy Tykwer -- The stories of Henry Lawson -- Selected poems / Douglas Stewart -- Module B: Critical study of texts: A beautiful mind / Ron Howard -- The curious incident of the dog in the night-time / Mark Haddon (Parts 6 and 8) -- War poems and others / Wilfred Owen -- Module C: Texts and society: Feed / M T Anderson -- Romulus, my father / Raimond Gaita -- The simple gift / Stephen Herrick -- Billy Elliot / Stephen Daldry -- The story of Tom Brennan / J C Burke -- Educating Rita / Willy Russell -- Unpolished gem / Alice Pung -- The black balloon / Elissa Down.
ISBN:
9781316626566 (paperback)
Dewey class:
820.76
Language:
English
Subject:
HSC (Higher School Certificate)English -- Examinations -- Study guidesHSC (Higher School Certificate) -- Examination questionsEnglish (HSC subject)English literature education -- Examinations, questions, etcDiscovery (Topic Area, HSC English), 2015-2020HSC (Higher School Certificate) -- EnglishHigher School Certificate Examination (N.S.W.) -- Study guides
BRN:
319003
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Higher School Certificate | 820.76 HSC | Available |