TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

HIGHER ENGLISH COURSE

REQUIREMENTS

• FOLIO OF WRITING – DUE DECEMBER 2014 & EXTERNALLY ASSESSED

• ONE PIECE OF CREATIVE WRITING (15 MARKS)

• ONE PIECE OF PERSUASIVE WRITING (15 MARKS )

EXTERNAL EXAM

PAPER 1 – READING FOR UNDERSTANDING, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

CLOSE READING (30 MARKS)

PAPER II – CRITICAL READING

• SECTION A CRITICAL ESSSAY ON EITHER A PLAY, POEM OR MEDIA TEXT (20 MARKS)

• SECTION B – SCOTTISH TEXT – QUESTIONS ON “CONEGATHERERS” BY ROBIN JENKINS (20 MARKS)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS

CREATION & PRODUCTION

CP 01 – PRODUCE A PIECE OF WRITING (BROADLY CREATIVE/ BROADLY DISCURSIVE)

CP 02 – TAKE PART IN A SPOKEN INTERACTION (INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION/ GROUP DISCUSSION)

ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

A&E 01- READING AN UNSEEN TEXT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

A&E 02 – LISTENING. LISTEN TO A TEXT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING, ANALYSIS & EVALUATION

JUNE 2014 – CREATIVE WRITING

• FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE WE WILL BE FOCUSSING ON CREATIVE WRITING WITH A VIEW TO PRODUCING A CREATIVE PIECE FOR OUR WRITING FOLIO WHICH WILL ALSO BE USED FOR THE HIGHER WRITING ASSESSMENT