AOS
Mod A
Mod B
Mod C
General Ignorance
100
Family, community, challenges and connections
What are some of the elements of belonging?
100
Love, death, relationships, learning
What are some of the themes of these texts?
100
Atwood, Bandler, Suu Kyi, Sadat, Deane, Pearson and Keating
Who are the speakers of the speeches set for study?
100
Representation and conflicting perspectives
What is the focus of Module C?
100
Poetry, drama, Shakespeare, prose fiction and non-fiction
What are the text forms mandated in the HSC Advanced course?
200
The Namesake
What is the novel set for study?
200
Intertextuality and allusion
What is the technique of referencing other texts within the current one?
200
Justice, equality, diplomacy and truth
What are some of the key concerns of these texts?
200
Techniques specific to text form
How do composers represent ideas?
200
Orientation, complication, rising action, resolution
What are the structures of a narrative?
300
A text dealing with the concept, chosen by the student.
What is a related text?
300
Poysonous Mineralls, Death Be Not Proud, This is my Playes Last Scene
What poems are directly referenced in Wit?
300
Anaphora, repetition, appeals to the audience, rhetorical questions
What are some common devices used by speakers?
300
Events, personalities and situations
What are the focus elements of this Module?
300
Language forms and features
What are the ways in which composers represent and convey ideas in texts?
400
Write about what you know
What is important to remember in creating your belonging narrative?
400
Social, historical and cultural
What are the contextual influences upon a text?
400
Textual integrity
What is the evaluation of a texts cohesion and structure in relation to purpose?
400
To shape meaning and influence responses
What is the purpose of representation and conflicting perspectives within texts?
400
Answering the question!
What is key to success in every response?
500
Perceptions of belonging, or of not belonging, vary. These perceptions are shaped within contexts. Students may consider aspects of belonging in terms of experiences and notions of identity, relationships, acceptance and understanding.
What is the AOS rubric?
500
Nature of connections
What is the shaping and reshaping of the meanings/links of a pair of texts?
500
An inherent tension between the actual and the possible is revealed through the development of ideas in a speech. To what extent does your interpretation of Bandler’s Faith, Hope and Reconciliation and at least one other speech align with this view?
What is the 2012 HSC question for Mod B?
500
The opposing viewpoints of characters and the ways composers demonstrate these
What are the representations of conflicting perspectives developed within my texts?
500
Organise, develop and express ideas using language appropriate to audience, purpose and form
What is the marking criteria common to all parts of the HSC paper?
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