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WERRIBEE SECONDARY COLLEGE
2015 Semester One
YEAR 10 EXAMINATION
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Writing Time: 120 minutes
Instructions
to Students:
This examination has two
parts:
Part I (Reading and creating
texts) and
Part II (Analysing presenting argument).
Use a blue or black pen, not
a leaded pencil.
Write on one side of the
lined paper provided.
Place these into the exam
paper for collection.
Make sure your name is on
every page of lined paper.
Dictionaries may be used but NOT shared. There are to be NO thesauruses.
No outside notes are to be
used to complete this exam.
Ø
PART 1 - Reading and creating
texts: 10 marks
Select
ONE question only and write an
analytical essay of 500-600 words.
Ø
PART 2 – Analysing presenting
argument: 10 marks
Follow
the instructions to complete a language analysis response of 400-600 words.
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PART 1
ÖReading and creating texts
Select ONE
(1) question from the list below and write a carefully constructed TEEL essay on Romeo and Juliet.
Word
range: 500-600 words.
Attempt
to include specific examples and quotations from the text to support your point
of view.
Romeo and Juliet. William
Shakespeare
1) Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is as much about the characters relationship with themselves as it is with their relationships with society. Discuss?
Or
2) Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ tragedy is facilitated by the motivations of individuals.
Do you agree?
Or
3) Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is centrally concerned with how individuals process love in different ways. Discuss
PART 2
ÖAnalysing presenting argument
ENGLISH
STUDENTS
Instructions:
Read the
letter to the editor; ‘The White Man’s
Rules Rule’, and then complete the task below. Your response should be 400 – 600 words in length.
Background information:
Background
information:
During a match that was part of the Australian Football League’s
Indigenous Round, Sydney Swans footballer Adam Goodes celebrated kicking a goal
using an Indigenous war cry. Goodes, himself an Aboriginal man, was criticised
by many in the media who felt that his actions were aggressive. Other people
felt that his actions were celebrating Aboriginal culture.
Task:
Write a
language analysis essay of 5 paragraphs that identify the persuasive techniques
used in written and visual language to present a point of view and position the audience
The White Man's Rules
Rule, The
Age, 04/06/15
As a society we should be standing side by side next to Adam
Goodes as the hero that he is.
It is telling that, even during the Indigenous round, Aboriginal
players are lauded for their skills so long as they "play the game"
by our rules. We celebrate their abilities but only on condition that they a)
appreciate the opportunities given them by altruistic white people b) adopt our
European lifestyle, and c) mind their manners. If they dare throw their own
culture in our faces, or speak up about appalling treatment of their people,
that is not just challenging, but aggressive and now seen by some as deserving
to be booed off the field.
So much for equality. Indigenous people can only be equal if they
give up their culture and try to emulate us. Many among us have no
intention of accepting them as they are. Adam Goodes is to be commended
for his courage to stand up for his people, refusing to put up with racial
taunts, and reminding us of his culture instead of kowtowing to those who
would treat him as a second-class citizen. So much for a society of acceptance
and reconciliation, it think this reveals the true face of Australia.
Margaret Ludowyk, Brunswick
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