English

Course Overview

The Higher English Course aims to enable learners to develop the ability to:

•  Listen, talk, read and write, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context

• Understand, analyse and evaluate texts, including Scottish texts, as appropriate to purpose and audience in the contexts of literature, language and media

• Create and produce texts, as appropriate to purpose, audience and context

• Apply knowledge and understanding of language

Course description summary:

The purpose of this course is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop and extend reading, writing, listening and talking skills, and to develop their knowledge and understanding of detailed and complex language.

Learners should have a genuine passion for literature and be willing to engage in complex discussion of key ideas and themes.

Homework

Homework will be set on a weekly basis and will take various forms such as researching, making notes and practising analysis and evaluation questions. There will be a considerable amount of essay writing. Students will be expected to revise language notes regularly and also regularly read a range of good quality newspapers.

Assessment Approaches

Course assessment at Higher:

• Question Paper 1: 30 marks (30%)

• Question Paper 2: 40 marks (40%)

• Portfolio – Writing: 30 marks (30%)

• Performance – Spoken language: Achieved/Not achieved