High School Thurso high school English department S Guthrie Teacher of Advanced Higher 55EN1 CFE Higher English and 4EN1 N5 English S RichardsonTeacher of 6EN Higher English and 4EN2 N5 English ID: 718340
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Senior Phase English
Thurso
High SchoolSlide2
Thurso
high school English department
S Guthrie- Teacher of Advanced Higher, 55EN1 CFE Higher English and 4EN1 N5 English
S Richardson-Teacher of 6EN Higher English and 4EN2 N5 English
J Adams –Teacher of 55EN2 CFE Higher/N5 English and Advanced Higher
H
Perrie
–Teacher of 51EN2 CFE Higher/N5 English and 4EN6 N4 English
K Aitken-Teacher of 55EN3 N5 English and 4EN4 N5/4 English
A Wallace-Teacher of Advanced Higher and 4EN1 N5 English
K Mackay (Depute Rector) Teacher of 4EN5 N4 English Slide3
Senior phase courses
National 4
National 5
CFE Higher
Advanced HigherSlide4
Course content and structure
National 4,5 and CFE Higher English all include the following key units:
Creation and Production
Writing and Talking
Analysis and Evaluation
Reading and ListeningSlide5
Creation and Production
Writing and Talking
N4/N5/HIGHER
Candidates will be required to show a secure level of literacy by writing a discursive style piece of writing.
Candidates will also be required to take part in an assessed talk activity.Slide6
ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
N4/N5/HIGHER
Candidates will take part in a reading activity which will assess their skill in analysing and evaluating an unseen pieces of prose, literature or poetry.
Candidates will take part in a listening assessment activity in which they will have to listen and watch a documentary, trailer or clip to assess the language and content of the media.Slide7
COURSE ASSESSMENTS
Pupils must pass all of the course assessments in order to achieve a pass or sit the final exam.
National 4- In addition to the assessments National 4 pupils must also complete a secure Added Value Unit.
National 5-In addition to the course assessments pupils must also complete a writing folio to sent to the SQA
CFE Higher English-In addition to the course assessments pupils must also complete a writing folio to be sent to the SQA.Slide8
Writing folio
National 5 and Higher pupils complete a writing folio.
The folio must include:
One Creative/Personal piece of writing
One broadly discursive piece of writing
30% of Final Grade Slide9
Writing folio advice
Your class teacher will mark your folio pieces and offer you advice and feedback.
Your teacher will mark your piece closely twice
It is then up to the pupil to continue to re-draft and improve their writing folio to ensure that it is the best example of their work. Slide10
Writing folio
Pupils should be completing and perfecting their writing folio at the moment.
It is the single most important piece of English course work.
It should be a true reflection of their skills as a writer.
Their final drafts should be complete by Christmas.Slide11
N5/HIGHER Final examination
Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation
This section of the exam is similar to the Close Reading element of the old style Higher course.
It requires pupils to read passages and answer questions on the language, tone and imagery in the text.
30% of Final Grade Slide12
Reading for analysis, evaluation and understanding
National 5 1 hour
The national 5 exam requires pupils to read
one passage
and answer questions on the language, content, imagery and style of the passage.
CFE Higher -1 hour 30 minutes
The Higher exam requires pupils to read
two passages
and answer questions on the first passage. Pupils then have to compare both passages and write an extended comparison of the two pieces of text.Slide13
*NEW EXAM ELEMENT*
The Scottish text
All National 5 and Higher candidates will study a ‘Scottish Text’.
This text is chosen from a prescribed list of options written by the SQA.
They will study this text in an in-depth manner in order to analyse it closely on the day of the exam.Slide14
Critical Reading
This section of the exam is divided into two sections. Section 1 looks at the analysis and examination of the Scottish Text.
National 5/CFE Higher -1 hour 30 minutes
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NATIONAL 5 SCOTTISH TEXTS STUDIED IN THURSO HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENTSlide16
Higher Scottish texts studied in thurso
high school
‘Sunset Song’-Lewis
Grassic
Gibbon
Don Paterson-Collected Poems
Norman
MacCaig-Collected PoemsCarol Anne Duffy- Collected Poems
‘The Cone Gatherers’ Robin Jenkins Slide17
Critical essay
Pupils have 45 minutes to write one essay on their chosen genre.
Drama
OR
Prose
OR
Poetry Slide18
CRITICAL ESSAY SECTION
This section is very similar to the original Higher exam.
Candidates are required to write an essay on one of their chosen texts. This text must be from a different genre than their Scottish text.
Pupils will study their Scottish text
in addition
to at least two other texts from different genres.Slide19
Cfe higher/national 5 texts
CFE HIGHER
NATIONAL
5
‘A
Man for All Seasons’- Robert Bolt Drama
‘Kestrel for a Knave’-
Barry Hines
‘The
Great Gatsby’-
F.Scott
Fitzgerald Prose
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Harper Lee
‘
Smeddum
’ Short
Story Lewis
Grassic
Gibbon
‘Lord of the Flies’ William
Goudling
‘A view from a bridge’-Arthur Miller Drama
‘Of Mice
and Men’ John Steinbeck
Seamus Heaney
-’Digging’ and ‘Follower’ Poetry
‘Macbeth’ William Shakespeare
‘Othello’- William Shakespeare
Edwin Morgan
‘Glasgow 5
th
of MarchSlide20
What should my child be doing for English homework?Slide21
Homework 1
Developing, re-drafting and perfecting their writing folio.Slide22
Homework 2
Re-reading their class text(s)Slide23
Homework 3
Completing and adding to their notes and annotations.Slide24
Homework 3
Completing set class homeworkSlide25
Homework 4
Reading quality journalism to enhance language and vocabulary skills Slide26
Homework 5
Practice essay questions and plans Slide27
Homework 6
Watching quality documentaries on TED talk and making notes on ‘Audience’ and ‘Purpose’Slide28
How can I help them with their English homework?
There are lots of ways to support your child through Senior Phase English.
Miss
Perrie
and Mrs Aitken are going to talk you through some of the simple ways you can encourage your child to study and succeed in Senior Phase English. We will also hear from former students who will talk about how they approached their studies.Slide29
Communicating with the English department
We will communicate your child’s progress in English throughout the year in a variety of formats.
School Target letters and Senior Reviews
Parents’ Evening(s)
Report Cards
English Department progress letter(s)
Suggested change of level letter(s)Slide30
Tracking in the English department
The
Engish
Department has a rigorous tracking system to ensure that all pupils are making the best possible progress in their chosen level in Senior Phase English.
If a class teacher feels that a pupil is not making adequate progress in class they will be ‘flagged’ up to the Principal Teacher of English, Guidance and in more serious cases the year head or Head Teacher.
A red flag will be given if pupils:
Consistently fail to hand in homework or course work
Display a negative attitude towards the course work and class work
Disrupt other students from their course work
Are struggling with the challenging level of presentation at National 5 or Higher Slide31
Communicating with the English department
If you are keen to communicate with the
Thurso
High School English Department please do so through our link Senior Manager Mr C
Omand
or through your child’s guidance teacher. Mr
Omand
will then communicate to the Head of Department (Miss K Shanks)
We still have our English Department website on the THS site but it is currently under construction.
We are considering starting our e-mail updates again for Senior Phase classes but are looking for your feedback on this idea.Slide32
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