English HigherEnglish Higher

Student GuideStudent Guide

Course Content:Course Content:

• The successful student in Higher English The successful student in Higher English will have achieved outcomes in each of will have achieved outcomes in each of the component units.the component units.

• The award of Higher English will be based The award of Higher English will be based on a combination of internal and external on a combination of internal and external assessment. To gain the award you must assessment. To gain the award you must achieve a pass in all component units of achieve a pass in all component units of the course as well as external assessment.the course as well as external assessment.

Course Entry Levels:Course Entry Levels:

• Credit grade 1 or 2 at Standard Credit grade 1 or 2 at Standard Grade. Performance in Reading and Grade. Performance in Reading and Writing should be at least a grade 2.Writing should be at least a grade 2.

• Intermediate 2 English at grades A or Intermediate 2 English at grades A or B.B.

Unit 1 – Language Study.Unit 1 – Language Study.Outcome 1 – Close Reading.Outcome 1 – Close Reading.

• Objective – to Objective – to understand, analyse understand, analyse and evaluate non-and evaluate non-fiction.fiction.

• Internal Assessment Internal Assessment – you must obtain – you must obtain 50% of the marks to 50% of the marks to gain a pass.gain a pass.

• External External Assessment – Assessment – Paper 1 – Close Paper 1 – Close Reading.Reading.

• This is worth 50% This is worth 50% of the total marks of the total marks available over the available over the two papers.two papers.

Unit 1: Outcome 2 – Writing.Unit 1: Outcome 2 – Writing.

• Internal Internal Assessment only.Assessment only.

• You are required to You are required to compose 1 piece of compose 1 piece of writing which is writing which is either either expressiveexpressive, , creativecreative or a or a reportreport..

• Expressive – Expressive – personal reflective, personal reflective, persuasive or persuasive or argumentative.argumentative.

• Creative – piece of Creative – piece of prose fiction, prose fiction, poem(s) or drama poem(s) or drama script.script.

• Report – on agreed Report – on agreed topic.topic.

Unit 2 – Literary Study.Unit 2 – Literary Study.Outcome 1 – Textual Analysis.Outcome 1 – Textual Analysis.

• Objective – to Objective – to respond critically respond critically to unseen to unseen imaginative imaginative textstexts..

• TextText – will be – will be either prose, either prose, poetry or drama.poetry or drama.

• Internally Internally assessedassessed..

• You must obtain You must obtain over 50% of the over 50% of the marks in order to marks in order to gain a pass.gain a pass.

Unit 2: Outcome 2 – Critical Unit 2: Outcome 2 – Critical Essay.Essay.

• Objective to Objective to respond critically respond critically to imaginative to imaginative texts you have texts you have studied in class.studied in class.

• Prose, poetry, Prose, poetry, drama or media drama or media texts.texts.

• Externally Externally assessed.assessed.

• Critical Essay Critical Essay (Paper II).(Paper II).

• Choose 2 from Choose 2 from different genres.different genres.

• Paper II worth 50% Paper II worth 50% of the marks in the of the marks in the exam.exam.

Unit 3 – Personal Study.Unit 3 – Personal Study.

• Objective – to review critically your Objective – to review critically your own choice of text.own choice of text.

• Internally assessed under controlled Internally assessed under controlled conditions.conditions.

UnitUnit Class Class StudyStudy

Internal Internal Assess.Assess.

ExternaExternal Examl Exam

%age of %age of marksmarks

1: Language 1: Language StudyStudy

Close Close ReadingReading

1 x Close 1 x Close ReadingReading

Paper IPaper I

Higher = 1 Higher = 1 hr 30 hr 30 minutes.minutes.

50%50%

WritingWriting 1 x Writing1 x Writing

2: Literary 2: Literary StudyStudy

Textual Textual AnalysisAnalysis

1 x Textual 1 x Textual AnalysisAnalysis

Critical Critical EssayEssay

Paper IIPaper II

Higher 1 hr Higher 1 hr 30 minutes.30 minutes.

50%50%

3: Personal 3: Personal StudyStudy

LiteratureLiterature 1 x Written1 x Written

1 hour1 hour