Sample answer HSC Advanced English Module A: Blake and Tokarczuk

This is a three-part resource for students undertaking the NSW HSC Advanced Module A using the poetry of William Blake and Olga Tokarczuk, Drive your plough over the bones of the dead.

1. A generic essay plan shows students how to compose an essay suitable for Stage 6, progressing them from the simpler PEEL/TEAL models of Stage 4 and 5.

2. A sample essay answers the question: To what extent has your perspective on the earlier text determined your appreciation and interpretation of the later text?

3. There is also a second copy of the essay, marked up to show how it follows the plan, and with five short questions which require students to engage critically with the essay and its form.