Written Responses

Your final exam contains a section in which you must respond to a complex question in paragraphs with supporting details from a text you read. These strategies will help you with this part of your exam:
Read carefully and thoroughly the situation given, the instructions, and the assignment.

Determine how many parts there are in the question.

This long-answer question has one part:

Examine how a hero can benefit a community.           


  • You must discuss how a hero benefits the community.
    • For example:
    • You could write about a specific hero in the past, present, or future who benefited a group in three ways.
    • You could provide three examples of heroes who benefited their communities and describe how they did so.
    • You could provide three ways a hero benefits a community.

 Answer the question(s) as asked. Do not change the question in some way.

Do NOT...  Examples
You are not to simply discuss various characteristics of heroes. Heroes are courageous, unselfish, and generous like my mom.
You are not to discuss your favourite superheroes and their powers.  My favourite superhero is Spiderman because he can spin webs and climb buildings.
You are not to discuss how heroes are a disadvantage to a community.  Actually, heroes are a disadvantage because they give people an excuse to be uninvolved. People expect someone else to help instead of acting themselves.
You are not to focus entirely on leadership qualities. John A Macdonald was a strong leader despite many opponents and his own personal problems.

Answer the question(s) completely.
    • If the question asks you to include a particular number of reasons in your response, be sure to do so to get the best mark.