ENGLISH HIGHER SQA PAST PAPERS

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Please note, the past papers for each year also contain the critical essay questions for each genre. The following report details the findings of our consultation and provides more information on how we gathered the views of teachers and stakeholders.

Detailed work was undertaken by an SQA English Subject Working Group (SWG) to finalise the list of set Scottish texts (in the categories of prose, drama and poetry). The SWG had been tasked to look at the suitability of texts for assessment, to consider overlap between National 5 and Higher, and to finalise the list. The SWG also looked across the list for National 5 and Higher English to ensure there is a balance of familiar, established texts as well as texts which are more recent. The SWG consisted of current practitioners (from schools and colleges) and SQA examiners. Ashbrook then presented their findings to a Special Joint Curriculum Area Review Group/Qualification Design Team Meeting. Read the Ashbrook report (1.08 MB). linking sentences close linking sentences A sentence which links two different sentences or paragraphs together. These are used to provide continuity of thought throughout a text.word choice close word choice How the speaker chooses particular words for a particular effect i.e. to make the reader feel an emotion All centres were notified of the consultation in advance of it being carried out. As well as commenting on a suggested list of texts, respondents were given the opportunity to suggest Scottish texts they thought should be included.

This was followed by practitioner focus groups (x8) which looked at the outcomes of the web consultation and associated issues.As a result of these discussions, we further increased the number of titles in each genre (drama, prose poetry) to include a wide representation of both established and more recent Scottish writers.