To make sure that everyone is clear about the exam content I will post details, level by level, class by class. First up is English 102.
The exam is three hours long. You will sit four papers, details below:
Extended Texts (1.3) AS 90054 – you need to spend 30 minutes to complete this paper and write at least 250 words. Every one of you will be writing about a novel-a novel I hasten to add that you studied in class. Students in 102 either read The Whole of the Moon or they read Letters from the Inside.
Short Texts (1.4) AS 90055 – you need to spend 30 minutes to complete this paper and write at least 250 words. For this standard you need to write about TWO short texts (yes, in the same essay!). All of you will be writing about the short stories you studied this year.
Visual Texts (1.5) AS 90056 – you need to spend 30 minutes to complete this paper and write at least 250 words. Every one of you will be writing about a film that you studied in class this year. So that is either October Sky, Edward Scissorhands or School Ties.
Close Reading (1.6) AS 90057 – This may be last but it is very important. You need to spend 50 minutes to complete this paper. You will read four unfamiliar texts and they will be:
Prose– a written text, maybe an extract from a short story or novel.
Poetry– a NZ poem.
Visual-an advertisement or a poster where you have to comment on verbal and visual features.
Oral– an extract from a speech or maybe a transcript from a television show.
Remember to keep revising and check out moodle and the English Faculty wikis for help. As we get closer to exam time I will post helpful hints for those of you who want those good grades. In other words – all of you!
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