{"id":17,"date":"2015-02-20T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2019-09-03T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T17:28:27","slug":"new-higher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/our-courses\/new-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"New Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-container fix\">\n<div class=\"entry fix\">\n<p class=\"first-para\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/EnglishatClydeValley\/files\/2011\/08\/Sqa_logo1.png\" rel=\"lightbox[22]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-109\" title=\"Sqa_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/EnglishatClydeValley\/files\/2011\/08\/Sqa_logo1-300x159.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Higher course\u00a0is run in S5 and S6. This allows pupils to progress from National 5 English\u00a0and to\u00a0achieve a higher award which is recognised by universities, colleges and employers. The\u00a0Higher course is a challenging one and involves a great deal of focus and dedication.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Recent changes to the Higher course structure offer 2 different course pathways for pupils: a full\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Course Award<\/span>, achieved at the end of the year by successfully completing the exam, or a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Units Only\u00a0<\/span>approach where pupils will complete internal assessments in place of the final exam.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The pathway followed by each pupil will be agreed on an individual basis and based upon the progress and achievement demonstrated by the pupil over the course of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Higher course mirrors the N5 structure that most pupils will have previously experienced :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Analysis and\u00a0Evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A unit which looks at the skills of and Reading and Listening and develops pupils\u2019 abilities to analyse specific literary techniques.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creation and Production<\/strong>\u2013 A unit which looks at the skills of Writing and Talking and assesses pupils\u2019 abilities to produce texts (written and spoken)\u00a0in a variety of genres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The units are assessed in class by the teacher and verified externally by the SQA.\u00a0<strong>These internal assessments will only be undertaken by those pupils following the\u00a0Units Only\u00a0pathway.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those pupils following the\u00a0<strong>Course Award<\/strong>\u00a0route, \u00a0a<strong>\u00a0Writing Folio\u00a0<\/strong>is also required<strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0A selection of two\u00a0writing pieces from different genres,\u00a0which are sent away to the exam board for external marking and make up 30% of the overall final grade. There will also be a formal\u00a0<strong>Spoken Language Assessment<\/strong>\u00a0that must be completed prior to the exam.<\/p>\n<p>The final exam takes place at the end of the year and is set by the SQA. It includes two exam papers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Two close reading passages with detailed understanding and analysis questions, as well as a requirement to compare the two passages in an evaluative manner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Critical Reading<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 One timed\u00a0Critical Essay on a text studied in class\u00a0(from a selection of unseen questions) and one set of analysis questions on a Scottish Text studied previously in class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The exam counts for 70% of your final grade.<\/p>\n<p>Your overall award is made up by combining your grades from both the final exam and the writing folio.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the\u00a0Scottish text list, prescribed by the SQA, can be found below. All Higher candidates will study at least one of these texts. A copy of the course outline issued to pupils is also available below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/turnbullenglish\/uploads\/sites\/2251\/2019\/09\/Higher-Outline.docx\">Higher Outline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/files\/2018\/08\/Scottish_Set_Text_List_2018-19.pdf\">Scottish_Set_Text_List_2018-19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Higher course\u00a0is run in S5 and S6. This allows pupils to progress from National 5 English\u00a0and to\u00a0achieve a higher award which is recognised by universities, colleges and employers. The\u00a0Higher course is a challenging one and involves a great deal of focus and dedication. Recent changes to the Higher course structure offer 2 different course &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/our-courses\/new-higher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Higher<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3775,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/545"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}