National 5 Course

What you have to do

Course Components

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Writing folio.

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Assessments.

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Prelim.

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Final Exam.

Writing Folio

You have to complete a writing folio which is then sent to the SQA in May to be marked.

Your folio is worth 30% of your total mark.

You must send away: • One Personal/Reflective or Imaginative essay.

• AND One Persuasive or Argumentative essay.

Each essay must be at least 500 words long, and must be no longer than

1000 words.

Each essay is marked out of 20.

Internal Assessments

• • • • You are required to pass four internal assessments:

Reading.

Writing.

Listening.

Talking.

Prelim

In February you will sit a Prelim exam.

This will give you experience of sitting the Final Exam in May.

Final Exam

In May you will sit your final exam.

The exam is worth 70% of your overall mark for the course.

The exam is split into two different parts: 1. Reading for analysis and evaluation.

2. Critical Reading

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1. Reading for understanding,

analysis and evaluation.

This involves answering close reading questions on one passage.

Worth 30 marks.

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2. Critical Reading

You are required to write one critical essay on a text studied in class (20 marks) You are also required to answer textual analysis questions on an extract from the Scottish Text studied in class (20 marks)

The skills you will be developing this year

Close Reading and Textual Analysis skills

• • • • You will be developing your ability to:

Understand and explain the main ideas of different types of texts. Analyse the various techniques used in different types of texts and evaluate their effectiveness. Select and use relevant information.

Compare and contrast the content of texts.

Critical Essay skills

You will be developing your ability to write critical essays, in timed conditions, on texts you have studied in class.

Writing for different purposes

• • • • You will be developing your ability to:

Select and use appropriate language.

Use features of different writing genres.

Organise and structure your writing appropriately.

Use appropriate spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Listening skills

• • • • You will be developing your ability to:

Select and use relevant information.

Show your understanding of the main ideas and information.

Identify, analyse and evaluate audience and purpose.

Identify, analyse and evaluate literary and language features.

Talking

• • • • • You will be developing your ability to:

Select appropriate ideas and content.

Use an appropriate structure and format.

Use appropriate language.

Communicate meaning clearly.

Use a range of non-verbal communication.