{"id":1115,"date":"2024-03-03T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T12:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/?page_id=1115"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T10:49:38","slug":"english-advanced-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/curriculum\/language-and-communication\/language-and-communication\/english-advanced-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"English: Advanced Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-1067 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English-800x1131.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/public\/brechinhighschool\/uploads\/sites\/2628\/2024\/03\/03101900\/English.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\r\n<h1>English: Advanced Higher<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Recommended Entry Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Higher English A or B<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_DbUpy_--YQNY\"><strong>Course Content:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_RHXRqKsbdnIw\">The <strong>Advanced Higher <\/strong>course is made up of two mandatory units:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Analysis and Evaluation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_M6rIRrBg0rWk\">Learners will provide evidence of their ability to critically respond to complex and sophisticated texts, and of their ability to carry out an independent study into an aspect or aspects of literature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Creation and Production<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_GrkFZ2Bl0rWm\">Learners will provide evidence of their writing skills through the production of writing which demonstrates a range of skills necessary for the deployment of language to create effect.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p id=\"h.p_uFTt_5SZdy-T\"><strong>Assessment:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>In addition to class work, the assessment comprises a<strong> dissertation<\/strong> and a <strong>portfolio<\/strong> which are submitted to the SQA (60%) and an <strong>exam<\/strong> consisting of two papers: Textual Analysis (20%) and Literature (20%).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7553,"featured_media":0,"parent":1058,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1115\/revisions\/1692"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/an\/brechinhighschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}