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At the end of the year you will be answering three questions over three hours. These are on Visual Text (Freedom Writers directed by Richard LaGravenese), Extended Text (The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera) and Formal Writing (an essay on a set topic in the form of a letter to the editor).
Here are old exam papers and exemplars to help you prepare for this exam.
Click on the link to open a pdf of the exam paper or exemplar from the year you wish to view.
EXTENDED TEXT - THE WHALE RIDER BY WITI IHIMAERA
Exam papers from the last 3 years (2007, 2008, 2009)
Click on the link to open a pdf of the exam paper from the year you wish to view.
{2007 Extended Text L1 exam paper.pdf}
{2008 Extended Text L1 exam paper.pdf}
{2009 Extended Text L1 exam paper.pdf}
Exemplars
Merit and Achieved answers from the exam in 2008.Achieved.
{Extended Text Achieved Answer.pdf}
{Extended Text Merit Answer.pdf}
{Extended Text Excellence Answer.pdf}
VISUAL TEXT - FREEDOM WRITERS DIRECTED BY RICHARD LAGRAVENESE
{2009 Visual Text Exam Paper.pdf}
{2008 Visual Text Exam Paper.pdf}
{2007 Visual Text Exam Paper.pdf}
{2006 Visual Text Exam Paper.pdf}
Exemplars
{Excellence Visual Text Exemplar.pdf}
{Merit Visual Text Exemplar.pdf}
{Achieved Visual Text Exemplar.pdf}
FORMAL WRITING - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
{2009 Formal Writing Exam Paper.pdf}
{2008 Formal Writing Exam Paper.pdf}
{2007 Formal Writing Exam Paper.pdf}
{2006 Formal Writing Exam Paper.pdf}
Exemplars
{Formal Writing Excellence Exemplar.pdf}
{Formal Writing Merit Exemplar.pdf}
{Formal Writing Achieved Exemplar.pdf}