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7 DAYS UNTIL YOU’RE DONE USE THEM!

Get ready for your National 5 exam with these helpful tips for Critical Reading and Close Reading (RUAE). Learn how to effectively answer questions, analyze texts, and improve your SPaG skills.

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7 DAYS UNTIL YOU’RE DONE USE THEM!

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  1. 7 DAYS UNTIL YOU’RE DONE USE THEM!

  2. Reading for Understanding Analysis and Evaluation (National 5) Read the passage ONE article 5-6 questions 30 marks Scan the questions Work through the questions Answer the final question Final editing for SPaG

  3. Close Reading (RUAE) • Read the question carefully • Always answer (where possible) using bullet points • Use too many points rather than too few • Find as many ways of answering the question as possible

  4. Critical Reading (Scottish Texts)/ Critical Essay (National 5) Read the extracts/decide genre Scottish texts ONE genre only 5-6 questions 20 marks Work through the questions Answer the 8 mark question Final editing for SPaG Critical Essay ONE essay only Choose different genre from Critical Reading! 20 marks Read the questions/decide genre Intro (TARTS)/MB 1,2 (3) (PEE) Write the CONCLUSION!! Final editing for SPaG

  5. Suggestions • Start with the Critical Essay • Resist the temptation to pick up the pen. Read all of the relevant tasks first. • ALWAYS write the number of the task in the margin. Apparently it annoys the marker to have to work it out. • PLAN!!!!!!! Five minutes spent now will be well worth it. • ALWAYS write a few sentences about the text you have chosen under the introduction. You cannot assume that the examiner is familiar with your text. • Markers will be positive. They will give marks for what has been written but the more task focused you are the more marks you will get. ATFQ

  6. Textual Analysis (8 marker) CEO The eight-mark question should be answered using bullet points. 2 x commonality – 2 x primary text – 4 x secondary text It is always better to put down too many points than too few

  7. Critical Essay Problems • Irrelevance ATFQ • Too short – penalty will be applied • Too much time spent on Scottish Text element • Memorised responses • Genre infringements • Line of thought (or lack of it) • Structure (or lack of) • Too little reference back to the task (better to have ‘clunky’ reference to it than none at all)

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