New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events English: Advanced Higher Course Assessment.

New Advanced Higher Subject Implementation Events English:

Advanced Higher Course Assessment

Course Assessment at Advanced Higher

Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher assesses Added Value

Courses at Advanced Higher are graded A – D, as at present

Controlled Assessment of setting, conducting and marking

For English there are 4 Components – two question papers, a portfolio and a project

Advanced Higher: Question Paper – Literary Study

Set and marked by SQA Conducted in centres under conditions specified for external

examination by SQA Candidates will choose one question from a range of questions

and complete one critical essay in response to it There are no longer specified texts Candidates will choose either poetry, prose, prose non fiction or

drama (the choice of texts must not be the same as that used in component 4: Project - Dissertation).

Question paper has 20 marks which is 20% the of total mark Duration – 1 hour 30 minutes

Advanced Higher: Question Paper – Textual Analysis

Set and marked by SQA Conducted in centres under conditions specified for external

examination by SQA Candidates will choose one question on an unseen literary text

and write an extended critical analysis on it Candidates will choose either poetry, prose, prose non fiction or

drama Question paper has 20 marks which is 20% of the total mark Duration – 1 hour 30 minutes

Advanced Higher: Portfolio - writing

Set by centres within SQA guidelines Conducted under some supervision and control Evidence submitted to SQA for external marking Candidates will produce two pieces of writing for two different

purposes The writing can be from the following types; persuasive,

informative, argumentative, personal/reflective, poetry, prose fiction, drama

There is no requirement to do creative and discursive The portfolio has 30 marks - up to 15 marks will be awarded for

each piece of writing chosen. This is 30% of the total mark

Advanced Higher: Project - dissertation

Set by centres within SQA guidelines Conducted under some supervision and control Evidence submitted to SQA for external marking Candidates will produce a dissertation demonstrating

independent planning, research and presentation of their knowledge and understanding of an aspect or aspects of literature

The text(s) chosen must not be the same as those used in the question paper

The dissertation will be between 2500 -3000 words long and will have 30 marks which is 30% of the total marks

Workshop 2Course Assessment

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Identify subject-specific topics for discussion

 Workshop Aims To understand the requirements of Advanced Higher Course

Assessments

Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: Discuss the level of demand and accessibility of the question papers Discuss the marking instructions Discuss the suitability of the dissertation task Discuss the marking instructions

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