 READING  WRITING  LISTENIN G  TALKING  Study literature from several genres (poetry, prose, drama & media) At least one genre will consist of.

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 READING  WRITING  LISTENIN G  TALKING

 Study literature from several genres (poetry, prose, drama & media) At least one genre will consist of Scottish texts  Develop your ability to write creatively  Develop your ability to research a chosen topic and present your understanding in an argumentative or discursive manner  Develop your ability to listen to a discussion (from audio/visual media) and talk about its content.  Develop your Close Reading skills

 Like N5 the course is split into 2 elements:  (1) Analysis and Evaluation (AE)  (2) Creation and Production (CP)  To all intents and purposes you need not bother with this terminology as the course will be interwoven with both elements!  Effectively you will: READ + WRITE + LISTEN + TALK! (= LITERACY)

 2 x Essays:  One will be a Creative essay (PERSONAL or SHORT STORY)  One will be a Discursive essay (about a chosen topic)  Both essays will be developed throughout the year  1300 word limit  Folio will be packaged and sent for external assessment by MARCH (ish!)  30% of overall mark

 2 x papers:  READING FOR UNDERSTANDING  1 x Close Reading (30%)  90 mins  CRITICAL READING  1 x Critical Essay about a studied text (20%)  1 x Textual Analysis of Scottish literature (20%)  90 mins

 You will be given a paper consisting of 2 related passages of non fiction/news  Passage 1 will have questions to a value of 25 marks and will examine your ability to UNDERSTAND ANALYSE EVALUATE NB There will no longer be indicators of (U) (A) (E)

 Passage 2 will have NO QUESTIONS  There will be a question worth 5 marks in which you must compare how much passage 1 and passage 2 agree or disagree  This gives a total of 30 marks

 There are 2 parts to this paper:  Part 1 Textual Analysis of a Scottish Text (studied in class)  20 marks: 10 marks on given poem/excerpt + 10 marker  Part 2 1X Critical Essay on your choice of genre (Drama, Prose Fiction, Prose Non Fiction, Poetry, Film & TV, (Language)  20 marks

 In order to ensure that you are working at the required standard to sit the exam you will also complete a series of internally assessed units:  WRITING  CLOSE READING/TEXTUAL ANALYSIS  TALKING & LISTENING

 The writing assessment is part of the CP element  It will be a DISCURSIVE piece and may be a topic that is set for the whole class or a topic chosen by the student  This could be an early draft of your Folio piece  This is assessed Pass/Fail

 This may be a piece of unseen prose, drama, poetry or film  It can be adapted from one of the Scottish Texts (if not already studied in N5)  It could be an excerpt from a text to be studied during the session  It could be a poem that will be studied later in the session

 The questions will be typical of Textual Analysis exercises and will assess: UNDERSTANDING ANALYSIS EVALUATION The assessment will be worth 30 marks with 15/30 as the PASS mark Resit will consist of re-answering areas of weakness (eg Imagery, Word Choice…)

 Strengths  Newness  Fresh ideas  Different  More variety  Easier than old Higher!  Articulation from N5  More balanced assessment of ALL skills  Weaknesses  We are teaching “blind”  Lack of exemplar literature  Not everyone will have reached the stage where N6 is achievable in ONE YEAR (C pass at N5!)  Perhaps less exposure to different genres  Class changes might be difficult due to different Scottish Texts

 It WILL prepare you better for University  It will teach you skills for life  It should be more interesting and encourage individual thought  Articulation with other N6 subjects  It could lead to a “thinness” of experience (too many “micro” elements to the course)  Absence for even a couple of periods could miss crucial teaching

 100% attendance  Try to keep deadlines  Use your planner effectively  Juggle your other subjects  Aim to complete 4-6 hours of home study per week

 In order to get the most out of your Senior course(Higher or Int 2) you must be well-prepared and willing to give 100% in effort.

1/ Aim for 100% attendance

 2/ Provide a memory stick …

 …OR address for a full set of course notes and files

 R Meikle B106 

 3/ Provide ALL stationery items you will need during the year (pens, highlighters, text books, plain A4 paper…)

 4/ Adopt a system of organising your notes efficiently and stick to it

 5/ Juggle the requirements of ALL your subjects in order to…

 6/ … meet deadlines and…

 Devote a minimum of 3 hours per week to your Higher English course  Compiling notes  Reading texts  Practise Close Reading (Optional/Compulsory)  Completing classwork  Redrafting CEs

 succeed!

 X 1/ Poor attendance and time-keeping = FAILURE

 X 2/ Poor organisation = FAILURE

 X 3/ Poor attitude = FAILURE

 How to succeed through adversity! How to succeed through adversity!

If you are lacking in effort, or find the course too difficult…  You will be closely monitored  You will be asked to attend lunchtime and after school classes  You may be asked to defer sitting N6 until S6 and be moved to a different class

 You have your future success in your own hands and it is up to you to ensure that you maximise your chances of success by starting as you mean to continue.