English - National 5

Vale of Leven Academy

Skills, knowledge and understanding for the course The following provides a broad overview of the subject skills, knowledge and understanding developed in the course:

 the development of key communication and literacy skills in reading, writing, talking and listening

 understanding, analysis and evaluation of detailed texts in the contexts of literature, language and media, including Scottish literature

 the production of detailed texts in a range of contexts

 knowledge and understanding of language For the purposes of the course, the skills of reading, writing, talking and listening can be further defined as:

Reading:

 engage with, consider, and select the main ideas of a text

 identify and select detailed information from a text

 analyse and evaluate a writer’s choice and use of language

 evaluate the overall effects and impact of a text

Writing:

 communicate detailed ideas

 communicate detailed information

 explore, describe and communicate personal experience

 write creatively and imaginatively in a literary form (eg prose fiction, drama, poetry, etc)

Talking and listening:

 discuss and communicate detailed ideas and/or personal experience

 communicate detailed information

 use aspects of non-verbal communication

 demonstrate listening skills by responding to detailed spoken language

Component 1: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation (30 marks/1 hour)

Component 2: Critical Reading (40 marks/1 hour and 30 minutes)

Component 3: Portfolio–writing (30 Marks-externally assessed)

Component 4: Performance–spoken language (internally assessed)