1. 7 DAYS UNTIL
YOU’RE DONE
USE THEM!

3. Reading for Understanding Analysis and Evaluation (National 5)
Read the passage
ONE article
5-6 questions
30 marks
Scan the questions
Work through the questions
Answer the final question
Final editing for SPaG

4. Close Reading (RUAE)
Read the question carefully
Always answer (where possible) using bullet points
Use too many points rather than too few
Find as many ways of answering the question as possible

5. Critical Reading (Scottish Texts)/ Critical Essay (National 5)
Read the extracts/decide genre
Scottish texts
ONE genre only
5-6 questions
20 marks
Work through the questions
Answer the 8 mark question
Final editing for SPaG
Critical Essay
ONE essay only
Choose different genre from Critical Reading!
20 marks
Read the questions/decide genre
Intro (TARTS)/MB 1,2 (3) (PEE)
Write the CONCLUSION!!
Final editing for SPaG

6. Suggestions
Start with the Critical Essay
Resist the temptation to pick up the pen. Read all of the relevant tasks first.
ALWAYS write the number of the task in the margin. Apparently it annoys the marker to have to work it out.
PLAN!!!!!!! Five minutes spent now will be well worth it.
ALWAYS write a few sentences about the text you have chosen under the introduction. You cannot assume that the examiner is familiar with your text.
Markers will be positive. They will give marks for what has been written but the more task focused you are the more marks you will get. ATFQ

7. CEO Textual Analysis (8 marker)
The eight-mark question should be answered using bullet points.
2 x commonality – 2 x primary text – 4 x secondary text
It is always better to put down too many points than too few

8. Critical Essay Problems
Irrelevance ATFQ
Too short – penalty will be applied
Too much time spent on Scottish Text element
Memorised responses
Genre infringements
Line of thought (or lack of it)
Structure (or lack of)
Too little reference back to the task (better to have ‘clunky’ reference to it than none at all)