Exam Preparation Guide -

  area of study The Journey

    by Barbara Stanners

The Examination Preparation Guide supplements The Journey—Area of Study which examines the texts and content of the area of study. The Examination Preparation Guide can assist students to use this information effectively in the examination. The book identifies the specific skills needed by students to answer questions in each part of the examination paper.

Each section includes practice questions, in addition to the

                four complete sample examination papers

for each question there is a guide to what should be included in an answer according to the marking criteria used in the exam.

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Other HSC English titles:

The Journey - area of study

Standard Modules and Electives

Advanced Modules and Electives

 Exam Preparation Guide Contents

Part 1 Understanding the basics

Part 2 Sample papers

   (4 complete sample papers)

Part 3 Responding

   Section I – Comprehension skills

Part 4 Composing

   Section II – Writing skills

   Section III – Analytical skills

Part 5 Identifying the Journey motif in texts

   Poetry

   Visual texts

   Song texts

   Narrative texts

   Personal accounts

   Multimedia texts

Part 6 Text types

   News report

   Feature article

   Speech

   Interview

   Advertisement

   Letter to the editor

   Editorial

   Travelogue

   Information report

   Cartoons

   Documentaries

   Travel brochures

   Travel guides

Part 7 Using related texts

   Sample responses

Part 8 Integrating texts

   Imaginative journeys – Master and Commander

   Inner journeys – The Road to Perdition