English: Higher
Recommended Entry Requirements:
- N5 English A/B/C*
(National 5 C* – Entry will be subject to consideration of personal circumstances, including a view of faculty staff, alternative progression routes and the individual’s learner journey)
Course Content:
The Higher course is made up of four components:
- Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation
- Critical Reading – including studying a Scottish Set Text
- Portfolio – writing
- Performance – spoken language
The course offers learners opportunities to develop and extend a wide range of skills. In particular, the course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:
- listen, talk, read and write, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context
- understand, analyse and evaluate texts, including Scottish texts, as appropriate to purpose and audience in the contexts of literature, language and media
- create and produce texts, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context
- apply knowledge and understanding of language
Homework will be given on a regular basis and will be used to support and assess the work being completed in class. Pupils will be expected to undertake most of the work for their Writing Folio at home.
Assessment:
- The Performance – spoken language is assessed in class on a pass/fail basis.
- The course assessment will take the form of a portfolio which is submitted to the SQA and makes up 30% of the overall award and allows learners to demonstrate their writing skills and an exam which includes Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation (30%) and Critical Reading – including the Scottish set text (40%).
Progression Pathway:
