Are you clear on exactly what is in the written exam? Do you know how much time you have for each element? Have you studied and prepared for these elements before the prelim?

Paper 1:  Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation

National  5           60 mins / 30 marks
One passage

Paper 2:  Critical Reading – two sections 1hour and 30 minutes

either…

Section 1:      Set Text on the poetry of Norman MacCaig

or for those of you who are studying Duffy

Section 1:      Set Text on the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy

45 mins / 20 marks
3 or 4 questions on the given extract and an 8 mark final question  – revise your formula for answering this final question.

Section 2:  Critical Essay  – on ‘To Kill a Mockingbird”

or for those of you who studied “Lord of the Flies”

Section 2:  Critical Essay  – on ‘Lord of the Flies”

45 mins / 20 marks

Remember to build both planning and proofreading/editing time into your time management.