English Department - Course Choice S5/S6
The department will offer Higher English at three levels and Advanced Higher. It is important students choose an appropriate course which best suits their ability and level of skill. The grades achieved in Standard Grade should be a good guide.
Access 3 and ESOL courses are also available for pupils whose first language is not English.
There is a considerable amount of personal study involved in all courses and students should be aware that passing the internal components is a requirement before sitting the external exams.
English Advanced Higher
Recommended Entry: Higher pass at A or B
Course Details
The course covers three units:
Literary Study: prose, poetry and non-fiction texts
Creative Writing: four folio pieces of at least two genres - reflective, imaginative, poetry, drama
Specialist Study: an extended personal response to three novels in 3000-4000 words
Assessment
Literary Study: external assessment
Creative Writing is assessed by means of a folio submitted by April
Specialist Study is submitted before the Easter holidays
English Higher
Recommended Entry: Standard Grade 1 or 2
Course Details
The course covers 3 units of work:
Unit One:
Language Study - Close Reading of non-fiction texts covering understanding, analysis and evaluation.
Writing - Students will have practice in three different genres - expressive, creative and report.
Unit Two:
Literary Study - three genres will be studied - drama, prose and poetry and at least one Scottish text. Textural Analysis will be assessed.
Unit Three:
Personal Study - a written personal response on literature in an hour assessment with text and double A4 sheet of notes available i.e. open book.
Assessment
External Exam
Paper 1 - Interpretation - 2 linked passages (90 minutes)
Paper 2 - Critical Essay (90 minutes)
Internal Assessment
Unit One:
1 Close Reading (under controlled conditions)
1 essay under controlled conditions - internal pass required before presentation.
Unit Two:
1 Textual Analysis (45 minutes) based on a previously unseen text (prose, poetry or drama) which may or may not be Scottish.
Unit Three:
Personal Study assessment written or spoken (1 hour) open book under controlled conditions.
All internal assessments MUST be passed before presentation in the external exam.
English Intermediate 2
Recommended Entry - Standard Grade 3
Course Details
The course covers the same structure as Higher in 3 units:
Unit One - Language Study
Unit Two - Literature Study
Unit Three - Personal Study
Assessment
External Exam
Paper 1 - Interpretation - 1 passage (60 minutes)
Paper 2 - 2 Critical Essays (90 minutes)
Internal Assessment (as above with Higher English)
Unit 1:
1 Close Reading
1 essay
Unit 2:
1 Textual Analysis (45 minutes) based on a previously unseen text (prose, poetry or drama) which may or may not be Scottish
Unit 3:
Personal Study - written assessment (1 hour) under controlled conditions.
English Intermediate 1
Recommended Entry - Standard Grade 4
Course Details
The course convers the same structure as Higher in 3 units.
Unit One - Language Study
Unit Two - Literature Study
Unit Three - Personal Study
Assessment
Exteral Exam
Paper 1 - Part 1 - Close Reading (45 minutes)
Paper 1 - Part 2 - 1 Passage, 1 Critical Essay (45 minutes)
Internal Assessment (as with Higher and Intermediate 2)
Unit One:
Language Study - Close Reading and Writing
Unit Two:
Literature Study - Textual Analysis (unseen)
Unit Three:
Personal Study - one assessment - written or spoken (1 hour) under controlled conditions.
ESOL Courses at Intermediate 1 and 2 and Access 3
Recommended Entry: Pupils whose second language is English
Course Details
The course covers four units - Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading.
Each unit will be internally assessed, under exam conditions. There is also an external examination in May on each unit.
Internally assessed ESOL units:
Unit One - Everyday Communication
Unit Two - Transactional Contexts
Unit Three - Work and Study Related Contexts
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