CARL Questions
ELA 30-1
“Part A” Diploma Exam
texts studied
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Hamlet
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Kite Runner
The Shawshank
Redemption
• “The Iron Road”
• “Grinning and Happy”
• “Shining Houses”
• “The Painted Door”
• “On the Rainy River”
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“Dulce Et Decorum Est”
“Guilt”
“Field of Vision”
“Where There’s a Wall”
“The Uninvited”
Refugee Mother & Child”
“Students”
“The Lady of Shalott”
What idea does the author develop regarding …
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self-discovery?
the outsider?
the influence of an ideal on individual behavior?
human imagination?
challenge?
choices?
the desire to escape?
dilemmas?
isolation?
dreams, goals, or ideals?
1990 -1994
What idea does the author develop regarding …
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the effect of adversity on the human spirit?
the individual in the face of threatening forces?
the impact of significant experience?
the individual in the midst of conflict?
risk-taking?
ruling passion?
the individual’s response to challenge?
turning points?
personal resourcefulness?
the pursuit of ideals?
1995 - 1999
What idea does the author develop regarding …
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the significance of an individual’s perspective?
perseverance?
adaptation?
circumstances that compel us to respond?
responses to circumstances beyond familiar
experience?
• our capacity to prevail over adversity?
2000 - 2002
2003
• Write a composition based on literature in which the writer
examines the significance of characters’ responses to
the varied behaviours and/or beliefs of others. What
idea(s) about responding to individual differences
does the writer develop?
January 2003
• In literature, writers explore the nature of characters'
responses to difficult circumstances and what those
responses reveal. Write a composition based on
literature that you have studied in which the writer
examines the characters' responses to difficult
situations. What idea(s) does the writer develop
regarding what is revealed through characters'
responses to hardship?
June 2003
sample exam
• Consider how our response to the
changeable nature of life has been
reflected and developed in a literary text(s)
you have studied. Discuss the idea(s)
that the author(s) develops about the
impact of our response to the
changeable nature of life.
January 2004
• Consider how the significance of memory
of the past has been reflected and
developed in a literary text or texts you
have studied. Discuss the idea(s)
developed by the author(s) about the
significance of our memory of the past.
June 2004
• Consider how the effect of determination
has been reflected and developed in a
literary text or texts you have studied.
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the
author(s) about the significance of
determination in our lives.
January 2005
• Consider how the pursuit of selffulfillment has been reflected and
developed in a literary text or texts you
have studied. Discuss the idea(s)
developed by the text creator(s) about an
individual’s attempt to secure the
satisfaction of self-fulfillment.
June 2005
• Consider how the desire for
independence and the need for security
have been reflected and developed in a
literary text or texts you have studied.
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the
text creator(s) about an individual's
attempt to reconcile the desire to act
independently with the need for
security.
January 2006
• Consider how the effect of a new
perspective has been reflected and
developed in a literary text you have
studied. Discuss the idea(s) developed by
the text creator about the effect an
individual’s perspective has on
personal beliefs.
June 2006
• Consider how the nature of
self-preservation has been reflected and
developed in a literary text you have
studied in English Language Arts 30-1.
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text
creator about the role that
self-preservation plays when individuals
respond to competing demands.
January 2007
• Consider how an individual’s response
to injustice has been reflected and
developed in a literary text you have
studied in English Language Arts 30-1.
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about the role
that self-respect plays when an
individual responds to injustice.
June 2007
• Consider how an individual’s response to
conventions or circumstances has been
reflected and developed in a literary text
you have studied. Discuss the idea(s)
developed by the text creator in your
chosen text about the significance of an
individual’s attempt to live
unconstrained by convention or
circumstance.
January 2008
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about the
interplay between fear and foresight
when individuals make life-altering
choices.
June 2008
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about the
how acts of courage develop and
nurture personal integrity.
January 2009
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about the
ways in which individuals struggle to
restore honour and certainty.
June 2009
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about the
significance of idealism and truth in an
individual’s life.
January 2010
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about
the ways in which individuals pursue or
compromise their happiness.
June 2010
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about
the ways in which individuals take
responsibility for themselves or others.
January 2011
• Discuss the idea developed by the text
creator in your chosen text about
the ways in which individuals pursue or
compromise their happiness.
thesis statement
In the __(genre)__
__(title)__,
__(author)__ suggests THAT . . .
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• Evidence / Explanation
• Evidence / Explanation
• Evidence / Explanation
• Transition to the next paragraph
directions - text
• Do not use the text provided in the booklet
for the CARL. This will result in an
automatice “INS”. Chose from the texts you
studied in ELA 30-1. When considering
the works that you have studied, choose a
literary text that is meaningful to you and
relevant to the assignment.
directions
• Carefully consider your controlling idea and
how you will create a strong unifying effect
in your response.
• As you develop your ideas, support them
with appropriate, relevant, and meaningful
examples from your choice of literary text.
planning
• Literary Text and Creator:
• Briefly explore your reasons for selecting
the literary text as support for your
response. Markers will consider the
information you provide here when
considering the effectiveness of your
supporting evidence.