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Course Content  Reading  Writing  Talking  Listening

The Units  Creation & Production (Writing and Talking)  Analysis & Evaluation (Reading and Listening)  Internally Assessed

Writing Assessment Folio Piece OUTCOMES  1.1Select significant ideas and content, using a format and structure appropriate to purpose and audience  1.2Apply knowledge and understanding of language in terms of choice and technical accuracy  1.3Communicate meaning at first reading

Talking Assessment  Individual Talk or Group Discussion OUTCOMES  2.1Select significant ideas and content, using a format and structure appropriate to purpose and audience  2.2Apply knowledge and understanding of language in terms of language choice  2.3Communicate meaning at first hearing  2.4Use significant aspects of non-verbal communication

Reading Assessment  Passage and questions 1.1Identifying and explaining the purpose and audience, as appropriate to genre 1.2Identifying and explaining the main ideas and supporting details 1.3Applying knowledge and understanding of language to explain meaning and effect in depth and detail, using appropriate critical terminology

Listening Assessment OUTCOMES 2.1Identifying and explaining the purpose and audience, as appropriate to genre 2.2Identifying and explaining the main ideas and supporting details 2.3Applying knowledge and understanding of language to explain meaning and effect in depth and detail, using appropriate critical terminology

Assessment Deadlines  By end of June first attempt Listening and Talking assessments  By October Holidays first attempt Reading & Writing assessment  By Christmas all unit passes to be complete

FOLIO  2 pieces  30% of overall mark  Discursive/Persuasive  Creative or Personal Reflective  Topic  15 marks for each piece of writing  Word Count 600 – 1300  Technical Accuracy  Layout  Plans  FOLIO GUIDELINES

FOLIO DEADLINES  Higher Persuasive/Discursive Plan - Friday 19th June 2015  Higher Personal Reflective/Creative Plan - Friday 28th August 2015  Higher First Draft Persuasive/Discursive- Friday 11th September 2015  Higher First Draft Personal Reflective/Creative- Friday 23rd October2015  Higher Second Draft Persuasive/Discursive- Friday 6th November 2015  ​ Higher Second Draft Personal Reflective/Creative- Friday 20th November 2015  SUBMISSION OF PRACTICE FOLIO - FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2015  Higher Third Draft Persuasive/Discursive - Friday 5th February 2016  Higher Third Draft Personal Reflective/Creative - Friday 12thFebruary 2016  HIGHER & N5 FINAL FOLIO SUBMISSION DATE - FRIDAY 18TH MARCH 2016

EXAM  PAPER 1  Reading for Understanding, Analysis & Evaluation:  Close Reading 1 hour 30 mins 30%  PAPER 2  Critical Reading 1 HOUR 30 MINS  Section 1 Scottish Set Text 45mins 20%  Section 2 Critical Essay 45 mins 20%

Scottish Set Text  Carol Ann Duffy  6 poems:  ‘Valentine’  ‘Havisham’  ‘Anne Hathaway’  ‘Mrs Midas’  ‘War Photographer’  ‘Originally’

Critical Essay  Mrs Whyte – ‘Lord of the Flies’ (novel) + ‘The Crucible’ (drama)  Miss Watson – ‘The Great Gatsby’ (novel) + ‘Schindler’s List’ (media)  Mrs Craik – ‘The Great Gatsby’(novel + media)  Miss Williams – ‘The Great Gatsby’ (novel) + ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ (drama)

Buying Texts  ‘The Great Gatsby’ (novel) - £1.99  ‘Lord of the Flies’ (novel) - £5.59  ‘The Crucible’ (drama) – £2.48  ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ - £6.99  ‘The Great Gatsby’ (film, Baz Luhrmann) - £5.00  ‘Schindler’s List’ (film) - £5.01

Edmodo   Electronic classroom  Parent code  Homework  resources

Homework  Regular set homework  Reading  Newspapers

Expectations  Deadlines  Catch up on work missed  Effort and behaviour

Change of Level  Prelim

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