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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Workshop 2 Course 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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