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STUDENTS NAME

BBA PRACTICE EXAMINATION

2014

ENGLISH
Level One

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET

90851 (1.3)
Show understanding of significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s)
through close reading, using supporting evidence.

Credits: Four
Suggested time: 60 minutes
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
If you need more space for any answer, ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Clearly
number the questions. Attach the extra sheets at the appropriate place in this booklet.
Check that this booklet has pages 2-8 in the correct order and that none of these
pages is blank.
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Not

Achievement

Achieved

Achievement
with Merit

Achievement
with Excellence

Not

Achievement

Achieved

Achievement
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0-2
0-2

0-6

3-4
3-4
3-4

5-6
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7-12

7-8
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13-18

SCORE PER
QUESTION / 8

Q1
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/24

GRADE
AND SCORE

19-24

Achievement Criteria

Achievement

Achievement with Merit

Show understanding of significant

aspects of unfamiliar written
text(s), through close reading,
using supporting evidence.

Show convincing understanding

of significant aspects of unfamiliar
written text(s), through close
reading, using supporting
evidence.

Achievement with Excellence

Show perceptive understanding

of significant aspects of unfamiliar
written text(s), through close
reading, using supporting
evidence.

HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE ASSESSMENT

BBA Educational Resources 2014

You are advised to spend one hour answering the questions in this booklet.
QUESTION ONE: FICTION
Read Text A, First Crush on page 2 of the Resource Booklet to answer this
question.
(a) (i) In your own words, identify ONE feeling Bronwyn has for Harry OR
ONE feeling Harry has for Bronwyn.
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Provide evidence of this feeling.

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(b) Explain how this feeling helps to explain what Bronwyns OR Harrys character
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 (c) Explain how the writer helps us to understand the characters and their
relationship throughout the text. Support your answer with reference to the
techniques, including language features that the writer uses to:

help us understand the characters and their relationship by what they say
and do
help us understand the characters and their relationship by vocabulary choice
help both young and adult readers understand the characters relationship.

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QUESTION TWO: POETRY

Read Text B, Road Tripping on page 3 of the Resource Booklet to answer this
question.
(a) (i) Identify ONE language feature the writer uses to describe the countryside.
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Provide an example of this language feature from the text.

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(b) Explain how this language feature helped you more clearly imagine the
countryside.
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 (c) Explain how the writer helps us to understand the writers experience of the
countryside throughout the text. Support your answer with reference to the
techniques, including language features, that the writer uses to show:

how she develops pictures of the countryside

how she presents her attitudes to the countryside
the contrasts made between the city and the countryside.

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QUESTION THREE: NON-FICTION

Refer to Text C, A Winter Weekend on Mount Ruapehu on page 4 of the
Resource Booklet to answer this question.
(a) (i) Identify ONE language feature the writer uses to describe Mount Ruapehu.
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Provide an example of this language feature from the text.

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Explain how this language feature helps you to understand what
Mount Ruapehu was like.
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 (c) Explain how the writer helps us to understand what her experience of visiting
Mount Ruapehu was like, throughout the text. Support your answer with
reference to the techniques, including language features, that the writer uses
to show:

the scenery and activities of the visitors

the contrast in the weather

her responses to the experiences.
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If you need more answer paper, ask the supervisor for more refill.
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