Common Module
HSC
2024 In what ways has the study of your prescribed text given you insights into the
complex relationship between human qualities, motivations and actions?
In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
2023 ‘A text can ignite ideas about collective human experiences that enrich our view of
the world.’
To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed
text? In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
2022 How does Orwell represent the emotions arising from human experiences through
the features of prose fiction?
In your response, make reference to the prescribed text.
2021 Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the
challenges they face.
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
2020 How effectively does your prescribed text tell stories to reveal both the personal and
shared nature of human experiences?
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
2019 To what extent does the exploration of human experience in Nineteen Eighty-Four invite
you to reconsider your understanding of loneliness?
Trials
2025 Trinity
“It is through adversity that the true nature of the human spirit is revealed.”
To what extent does your prescribed text support this statement? In your response, make
detailed reference to your prescribed text
SBHS
‘Texts illuminate how anomalous experiences can provoke profound insights.’
To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of your prescribed text? In
your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
Knox
Composers shape texts in memorable ways to illuminate the unique experiences of others.
, To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed text? In your
response make close reference to your prescribed text.
Normanhurst
To what extent do the language forms and features of your prescribed text inform your reading of
the representation of personal and public human experiences?
Caringbah
Through their representation of the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in the human
experience, composers challenge us to question what we should truly value.
Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.
2024 Abbotsleigh
An exploration of the human experience offers new insights into the world.
Discuss how the composer of your prescribed text represents the statement above.
Fort Street
Texts provide insights into complex emotional responses to human experiences. To what extent is
this statement true of the prescribed text you have studied in the Common Module? Answer with
close reference to language forms, features and structures.
Shore
“Stories are crucial to understanding and appreciating our humanity and moments of inconsistency
are crucial to crafting powerful stories.”
To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed
text? In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
Sydney Grammar
How is Orwell’s representation of the human experience of need shaped to provoke personal
reflection in his readers?
,2023 Abbotsleigh
Composers shape texts in memorable ways in order to illuminate the unique experiences of
others. Discuss this statement making detailed reference to your prescribed text.
Ascham
How does Orwell use the features of prose fiction to invite the responder to share a collective
human experience?
In your response, make reference to the prescribed text.
Fort Street
How does the representation of human experiences in your prescribed text invite you to reconsider
your understanding of desire?
Ruse
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. There is always hope. ― Pittacus Lore, I
Am Number Four
To what extent does the statement above align with your understanding of how the text you
have studied provides insights into the human spirit?
Knox
Through the power of storytelling, we become more aware of human
limitations. Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed
text.
Riverview
Analyse how the representation of landscapes in your prescribed text ignites new ideas about
the human experience.
Sydney Grammar
How does Orwell challenge readers’ assumptions about what controls thoughts and emotions?
Cheltenham
To fully express ourselves as individuals, we need to be able to question our place in
society. Discuss how this idea is represented in your prescribed text.
, 2022 Abbotsleigh
Texts are a passport to glimpse into other lives and experiences, opening our eyes and hearts to
worlds beyond our front doors.
Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.
Ascham
'People with good intentions give their word.'
Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the moral challenges
they face.
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
Barker
Where there are challenges, there is inconsistent behaviour.
To what extent is this your understanding of your prescribed text?
Baulkham Hills
The richness of human experience would be lost if there were no limitations to overcome. -
Helen Keller
Analyse the ways this statement reflects the human experiences in your prescribed
text. In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
Ruse
“We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you up. You have seen what your body is like. Your
mind is in the same state. I do not think there can be much pride left in you. You have been kicked
and flogged and insulted, you have screamed with pain, you have rolled on the floor in your own
blood and vomit. You have whimpered for mercy, you have betrayed everybody and everything. Can
you think of a single degradation that has not happened to you?”– Nineteen Eighty-Four, George
Orwell
How does this extract and your study of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four reveal
the importance of dignity in the human experience?
Cheltenham
New experiences can be confronting, but it is the unfamiliar that is most likely to provoke
reflection, even change.
To what extent is this demonstrated in your prescribed text?
HSC
2024 In what ways has the study of your prescribed text given you insights into the
complex relationship between human qualities, motivations and actions?
In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
2023 ‘A text can ignite ideas about collective human experiences that enrich our view of
the world.’
To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed
text? In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
2022 How does Orwell represent the emotions arising from human experiences through
the features of prose fiction?
In your response, make reference to the prescribed text.
2021 Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the
challenges they face.
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
2020 How effectively does your prescribed text tell stories to reveal both the personal and
shared nature of human experiences?
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
2019 To what extent does the exploration of human experience in Nineteen Eighty-Four invite
you to reconsider your understanding of loneliness?
Trials
2025 Trinity
“It is through adversity that the true nature of the human spirit is revealed.”
To what extent does your prescribed text support this statement? In your response, make
detailed reference to your prescribed text
SBHS
‘Texts illuminate how anomalous experiences can provoke profound insights.’
To what extent does this statement align with your understanding of your prescribed text? In
your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
Knox
Composers shape texts in memorable ways to illuminate the unique experiences of others.
, To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed text? In your
response make close reference to your prescribed text.
Normanhurst
To what extent do the language forms and features of your prescribed text inform your reading of
the representation of personal and public human experiences?
Caringbah
Through their representation of the anomalies, paradoxes and inconsistencies in the human
experience, composers challenge us to question what we should truly value.
Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.
2024 Abbotsleigh
An exploration of the human experience offers new insights into the world.
Discuss how the composer of your prescribed text represents the statement above.
Fort Street
Texts provide insights into complex emotional responses to human experiences. To what extent is
this statement true of the prescribed text you have studied in the Common Module? Answer with
close reference to language forms, features and structures.
Shore
“Stories are crucial to understanding and appreciating our humanity and moments of inconsistency
are crucial to crafting powerful stories.”
To what extent do you agree with this statement in relation to your prescribed
text? In your response, make close reference to your prescribed text.
Sydney Grammar
How is Orwell’s representation of the human experience of need shaped to provoke personal
reflection in his readers?
,2023 Abbotsleigh
Composers shape texts in memorable ways in order to illuminate the unique experiences of
others. Discuss this statement making detailed reference to your prescribed text.
Ascham
How does Orwell use the features of prose fiction to invite the responder to share a collective
human experience?
In your response, make reference to the prescribed text.
Fort Street
How does the representation of human experiences in your prescribed text invite you to reconsider
your understanding of desire?
Ruse
When you have lost hope, you have lost everything. There is always hope. ― Pittacus Lore, I
Am Number Four
To what extent does the statement above align with your understanding of how the text you
have studied provides insights into the human spirit?
Knox
Through the power of storytelling, we become more aware of human
limitations. Explore this statement with close reference to your prescribed
text.
Riverview
Analyse how the representation of landscapes in your prescribed text ignites new ideas about
the human experience.
Sydney Grammar
How does Orwell challenge readers’ assumptions about what controls thoughts and emotions?
Cheltenham
To fully express ourselves as individuals, we need to be able to question our place in
society. Discuss how this idea is represented in your prescribed text.
, 2022 Abbotsleigh
Texts are a passport to glimpse into other lives and experiences, opening our eyes and hearts to
worlds beyond our front doors.
Discuss this statement with close reference to your prescribed text.
Ascham
'People with good intentions give their word.'
Analyse how your prescribed text represents the ways individuals respond to the moral challenges
they face.
In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
Barker
Where there are challenges, there is inconsistent behaviour.
To what extent is this your understanding of your prescribed text?
Baulkham Hills
The richness of human experience would be lost if there were no limitations to overcome. -
Helen Keller
Analyse the ways this statement reflects the human experiences in your prescribed
text. In your response, make reference to your prescribed text.
Ruse
“We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you up. You have seen what your body is like. Your
mind is in the same state. I do not think there can be much pride left in you. You have been kicked
and flogged and insulted, you have screamed with pain, you have rolled on the floor in your own
blood and vomit. You have whimpered for mercy, you have betrayed everybody and everything. Can
you think of a single degradation that has not happened to you?”– Nineteen Eighty-Four, George
Orwell
How does this extract and your study of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four reveal
the importance of dignity in the human experience?
Cheltenham
New experiences can be confronting, but it is the unfamiliar that is most likely to provoke
reflection, even change.
To what extent is this demonstrated in your prescribed text?
