{"id":138,"date":"2017-06-09T09:51:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T09:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hillheadhighenglish\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2023-02-22T11:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:44:56","slug":"assessment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/hillheadhighenglish\/senior-phase\/assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Assessment in the Senior Phase: Prelim, Folio, SQA Exam & internal assessments<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prelim + Exam for National 5 and Higher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paper I of the exam – Reading For U, A & E – requires pupils to analyse a complex non-fiction text (an editorial style broad sheet newspaper article) and answer questions about the ideas, the writer\u2019s use of language and its impact (Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation).\u00a0 Paper II of the exam \u2013 Critical Reading \u2013 requires pupils to write one Critical Essay\u00a0 in response to an unseen question without access to the original literary text (a poem, a play, a novel or a short story studied in class) and then complete a series of Textual Analysis Questions on a Scottish Set Text ( also studied in class).<\/p>\n

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Prelim<\/strong>\u00a0 (National 5 + Higher)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paper 1: Reading for U, A and E (30%)<\/p>\n

Paper 2: Critical Reading (40%)<\/p>\n

1 x Critical Essay; 1x Textual Analysis of a Scottish Set Text<\/p>\n

For S4: May to mimic the exam experience of the SQA exam
\nFor S5: for November\/December and mimics the challenge of the SQA exam.<\/p>\n

Exam (National 5 + Higher)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paper 1: Reading for U, A and E (30%)<\/p>\n

Paper 2: Critical Reading (40%)<\/p>\n

1 x Critical Essay; 1x Textual Analysis of a Scottish Set Text<\/p>\n

Final SQA Exam will be in May.<\/p>\n

Folio (National 5 + Higher)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The folio is 30 % of the overall\u00a0award. It is completed throughout the course and submitted to the exam board in the Spring.
\n1 broadly creative piece and\u00a0 1 broadly discursive\u00a0 piece
\n1000 words for National 5.
\n1300 words for Higher.<\/p>\n

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National 5 & Higher: must\u00a0 also complete Spoken Language internal assessment in order to gain full award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Assessment for National\u00a04:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Literacy Outcomes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Reading, Writing, Talking & Listening\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0assessed internally\/UASP<\/p>\n

Understanding & Analysis<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 Listening & Reading for Understanding & Analysis\u00a0\u00a0 assessed internally\/UASP<\/p>\n

Creation & Production<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Solo Talk & Writing \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 assessed internally\/UASP<\/p>\n

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Assessment for Advanced Higher:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Advanced Higher pupils analyse and write critically about selected and unseen literary texts (the Exam: 40%); produce creative writing across a range of genres (the Folio: 30%) and undertake independent literary research (the Dissertation Project: 30%).<\/p>\n

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