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National 5 & Higher English, Media & Drama

National 5 & Higher English, Media & Drama. Course Components - English. Course Components - Media. Course Components - Drama. Support in a Typical Year. Term 1 (May/June) : Feedback from SQA Markers’ Meetings. Term 2 (August – October) : Component Grades & Target-Setting.

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National 5 & Higher English, Media & Drama

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  1. National 5 & HigherEnglish, Media & Drama

  2. Course Components - English

  3. Course Components - Media

  4. Course Components - Drama

  5. Support in a Typical Year Term 1 (May/June): • Feedback from SQA Markers’ Meetings. Term 2 (August – October): • Component Grades & Target-Setting. • SQA Course Reports. • Lunchtime drop-in sessions Term 3 (October – Christmas): • Prepare for Prelim (end of November/beginning of December). • Lunchtime drop-in sessions Term 4 (January – Easter): • Analysis of Prelim result & target-setting • Exam preparation! • Lunchtime drop-in sessions

  6. Our Expectations • Effective time-management. • Practising skills throughout the course. • Pupils seek help from us when the going gets tough.

  7. How You Can Help at Home • Discuss the news; encourage regular reading of quality journalism. • Talk about class texts e.g. opinions on characters, how and why the text ends the way it does. • Quotations tests. • Proof-read essays.

  8. The ‘T’ Word • Confidence building • Reinforcement of skills • Close reading practice • Practising set text questions • Structuring critical essays • Writing folios • Setting different texts • Offering conflicting advice

  9. Advanced HigherEnglish

  10. Course Components

  11. Our Expectations • Effective time-management. A good deal of the Advanced Higher course requires pupils to be working on different things at the same time e.g. reading and researching for their Dissertation while writing drafts of their Folio pieces. • Pupils seek help from us when the going gets tough.

  12. What You Can Expect from Us • Excellent teaching; skilled staff; up-to-date advice. • Target setting & review; component grade analysis (for Higher pupils); Prelim analysis. • Teacher feedback; supported study; lunchtime drop in; extra marking in advance of final exam. • Relevant trips and author events.

  13. How You Can Help at Home • Talk about class texts e.g. opinions on characters, how and why the text ends the way it does. • Check in on progress with Folio and Dissertation. • Quotations tests. • Proof-read Folio essays and Dissertation.

  14. National 4English, Media & Drama

  15. Course Components

  16. Course Components

  17. Course Components

  18. Our Expectations • Effective time-management. • Practising skills throughout the course, particularly if the pupil intends to take the course at N5 level. • Pupils seek help from us when the going gets tough.

  19. What You Can Expect from Us • Excellent teaching; skilled staff; up-to-date advice. • Teacher feedback; lunchtime drop in.

  20. How You Can Help at Home • Discuss the news; encourage regular reading of quality journalism. • Talk about class texts e.g. opinions on characters, how and why the text ends the way it does. • Quotations tests. • Proof-read essays.

  21. Keeping in Touch

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