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Higher English

Higher English. The course is made up of the following:. NABs An exam at the end of the year. What is a NAB?. NAB is short for National Assessment Bank Materials. These are tests in a variety of skills that you need to pass if you are to be awarded with Higher at the end of the course.

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Higher English

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  1. Higher English

  2. The course is made up of the following: • NABs • An exam at the end of the year

  3. What is a NAB? • NAB is short for National Assessment Bank Materials. These are tests in a variety of skills that you need to pass if you are to be awarded with Higher at the end of the course.

  4. The NABs for English are as follows: • 1 Textual Analysis • 1 Close Reading • 1 Essay • 1 Personal Study  • These NABs will be sat during the course of the year with only 1 chance of a re-sit. Failing any 1 of the NABs (after resit) will mean that you will not be awarded with Higher.

  5. NABs • Textual Analysis: an extract of fiction with questions • Close Reading: non fiction extract with questions • Essay: 1 from any genre: creative, expressive, functional • Personal Study: Critical essay on a text you have studied alone

  6. What is in the Exam? • The Exam consists of: Paper I (1hr 30mins) 1 Close Reading worth 50 marks (2 passages) Paper II (1hr 30mins) 2 Critical Essays on different genres worth 25 marks each

  7. How are you graded? • The Grade you attain at the end of the course (i.e. A, B, or C) is solely dependent on your performance in the exam. • However, any of the exam practice or NABs may be used as part of the appeals process so it is important that you perform to the best of your ability throughout the course of the year.

  8. Requirements for Higher English • The SQA requirement is for grade 2 at Standard Grade or a pass at Intermediate 2 level. This is because they feel that those will be the students best able to cope with the level and demands of the course.

  9. It is also desirable that you have the following: • A wide vocabulary • An ability to work independently and on your own initiative • A knowledge of literary techniques (there will not be time to devote to the learning of these) and an interest in literature • A knowledge of punctuation, sentence structures and their effects and parts of speech (there will not be time to devote to the learning of these)

  10. It is also desirable that you have the following continued: • Good organisational skills • An ability to produce accurate and sophisticated writing • An ability to ask for help if you are not sure • A willingness to contribute to discussions (do not be afraid that you might be wrong – there are many interpretations to Literature and often there is no set right or wrong. Also your interpretation may start your colleagues thinking of ways to prove or disprove your ideas).

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