09-10 EN12 Release Exam Key - Province of British Columbia

English 12

2009/10 Released Exam June 2010 -- Form A Provincial Examination -- Answer Key

Cognitive Processes W = Retrieve Information X = Recognize Meaning Y = Interpret Texts Z = Analyze Texts C = Writing

Weightings 4% 7%

28% 32% 29%

Topics 1. Stand-Alone Text 2. Synthesis Texts 1 and 2 3. Analysis of Synthesis Texts 1 and 2 4. Composition

Question Types 23 = Multiple Choice (MC) 3 = Written Response (WR)

Question Number

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

22. 23.

Keyed Response

B D D A A C C

Cognitive Process

X X Y Y Y X Y

C

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A

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 1

Topic

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2 2 2 2 2 2 2

3 3

Question Number

1.

Keyed Response

?

Cognitive Process

Y

Mark

12

Topic

1

PLO

Question Type

?

MC

?

MC

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MC

?

MC

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MC

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MC

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MC

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MC

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Question Type

WR

2.

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Z

24

3

?

WR

3.

?

C

24

4

?

WR

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English 12

2009/10 Released Exam June 2010 -- Form A Provincial Examination -- Scoring Guide

PART A: STAND-ALONE TEXT

Prelude1 to Jumping in the River

by Katia Grubisic

He unpeels himself, lays his light shirt, glasses, straw hat and shoes on the sea-monster driftwood, where they rest as easily as they do on him. The mental preparation 5 takes some time. I have also stood on that rock, feet cupping the low, flat lip. The decision is not yet made.

What goes on at the edge of the bank could last years, centuries. The bottom will shift or 10 vanish entirely, will prod from the muck we can barely toe deeply rooted lilies, suckling bladderwort2. Its weight separating it from the air, the water seeks 15 itself and stays there, closing without fuss over whole worlds. It has swallowed countless resolves to jump or retreat and kept no record of either. Yet -- the pizzicato3 of the crickets, the stream -- this is at stake, 20 and it remains enough to give us pause.

The exit, too, will be graceless. There are no footholds among the reeds and we can barely heave the body up. We are hopelessly terrestrial, and vaguely, mnemonically4 aquatic, but never both at once. In the end, 25 I catch the aftermath: the slowing ripples, the dogs rushing down the hill, the surprised head bobbling above the water. Waiting, I have missed the jump, the perfect, reckless moment when we cannot turn back.

1 prelude: an introduction to a poem or piece of music 2 bladderwort: an aquatic plant 3 pizzicato: the sound made by plucking a stringed instrument 4 mnemonically: associated with a deep memory

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PART A: STAND-ALONE TEXT

INSTRUCTIONS: In paragraph form and in at least 150 words, answer question 1 in the Response Booklet. Write in ink. Use the Organization and Planning space to plan your work. The mark for your answer will be based on the appropriateness of the examples you use as well as the adequacy of your explanation and the quality of your written expression.

1. Discuss the jump in "Prelude to Jumping in the River" as a metaphor for making important decisions. Use paragraph form and support your response with specific references to the text.

Suggestions Regarding Response:

The speaker's observation of a man preparing to jump into the river is used as a metaphor for making important decisions in life. Responses may note the use of extended metaphor in the poem.

RESPONSE

? Making important decisions often requires extensive thought

? There is never certainty when making decisions

? Once a decision is made, moving forward is not always easy

? Missed opportunities can result when taking too long to make a decision

? There are some people who "take the jump" and others do not

REFERENCE

"The mental preparation / takes some time" (lines 4 and 5)

"The bottom will shift or / vanish entirely" (lines 9 and 10)

"The exit, too, will be graceless" (line 21)

"Waiting, I have missed the jump, / the perfect, reckless moment when we cannot turn back" (lines 27 and 28)

The jumper jumps and the speaker does not

This list is not exhaustive. The exemplars will provide sample responses.

Marks will be awarded for content and written expression. Refer to the Holistic Scale on page 3 of this key.

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SCORING GUIDE FOR STAND-ALONE TEXT

This is a f ir st - d ra f t r e sponse and should b e assessed as su ch . The use of paragraph structure is assessed holistically with reference to the clarity of expression and organization.

6

The six response is superior and may draw upon any number of factors, such as depth of discussion, effectiveness of argument, or level of insight. It exhibits an effective writing style and a sophisticated use of language. Despite its clarity and precision, the response need not be error-free.

5

The five response is proficient and reflects a strong grasp of the topic and the text. The references to the passage may be explicit or implicit and convincingly support a thesis. The writing is well organized and demonstrates a strong command of the conventions of language. Errors may be present, but are not distracting.

4

The four response is competent. The assertions tend to be simplistic; there are no significant errors in understanding. References are present and appropriate, but may be limited to only part of the text. The writing is organized and straightforward. Conventions of language are usually followed, but some errors are evident.

3

The three response is barely adequate. Understanding of the topic and/or the text may be partially flawed. Support may consist of long references to the text which are not clearly connected to a central idea or may be meagre or repetitive. The response may show some sense of purpose, but errors may be distracting.

2

The two response is inadequate. While there is an attempt to address the topic, understanding of the text or the task may be seriously flawed. Errors are recurring, distracting, and often impede meaning.

1

The one response is unacceptable. It does not meet the purpose of the task or may be too brief to address the topic. There is a serious lack of control in the writing.

0

The zero response reflects a complete misunderstanding of the text and/or the task, is off-topic, or is a restatement of the question. *Any zero paper must be cleared by the section leader.

NR

A blank paper with no response given.

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PART B: SYNTHESIS TEXT 1

When Canada Met Andy Calgary Herald, February 20, 2008

by Nancy Tousley

1 Andy Warhol had his first solo show in Canada in 1965. Nobody showed up at the opening. He didn't sell a thing.

2 Nada. Nothing. Although he was doing pretty well in New York.

3 "I was feeling like a total dud," Warhol recalled in POPism, his book about the '60s. ". . . all I could think of was that if I was still this big a nobody in Canada, then Picasso certainly hadn't heard of me. This was definitely a setback, because I'd sort of decided by then that he might have."

4 Today this reads like deadpan comedy. Picasso, the sacred monster for many young artists of Warhol's generation as Warhol has been for many since, might well have known who he was. But important Canadians did not. To add insult to injury in what Warhol dubbed his "foreign publicity problems," Canadian Revenue, Customs and Excise had forced the dealer showing his work, Jerrold Morris International Gallery, to drop 80 works that officials deemed subject to duty, which the gallery couldn't pay.

5 Paintings and screenprints of soup cans were one thing, but Customs couldn't tell a Warhol box sculpture from the real thing, a dutiable1 commercial product. The expert whose advice

Figure 1 ? Box Sculptures

they had sought, the director of the National Gallery of Canada, Charles Comfort, a painter, had this to say.

6 "I don't classify these processed cartons and tin cans as sculpture. I don't think that makes me, or Canada, anybody's laughing stock."

7 Comfort's quote appeared in The New York Times, which dubbed him "a cultural character" in its report of the incident.

8 Warhol, who hadn't yet been crowned as one of the 20th century's major artistic innovators and most influential artists, caught Canada on the cusp of the changing of the old guard. Just

1 dutiable: subject to tax

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