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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

Slide15

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

Thank you for listening