Posts Tagged ‘English’

Note: The techniques and approaches listed are not exhaustive and definitive. Rather, they are based on analysis of the last 7 years of SQA RUAE papers and are only suggestions. Before Beginning the Questions Before you begin the passage, always ask yourself two questions: What is the passage about? How does the writer feel about…

Note: The techniques and approaches listed are not exhaustive and definitive. Rather, they are based on analysis of the last 7 years of SQA RUAE N5 past papers and are only suggestions. Before Beginning the Questions: Before you begin the passage, always ask yourself two questions: What is the passage about? How does the writer…

What is the SQA English folio template? All National 5 and Higher English candidates are required to submit a portfolio which contains TWO  pieces of writing. In order to do this, you must use an official Folio template to produce hard copies of your portfolio, which will be sent to the SQA. Why do we…

Kenny, our Subject Leader at Saturday School has put together this brilliant blog to help and support Higher and National 5 English students with their all-important folio. We hope you find it useful! As I am sure you will know, the folio is of huge importance, it accounts for 30 percent of your final award.…

Close Reading or Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation is an important part of the external assessment in both the National 5 and Higher English courses. This article looks at how to answer closer reading questions at both National 5 and Higher. In both National 5 and Higher English, close reading is the first paper…

Note: the techniques and approaches listed are not exhaustive and definitive. Rather, they are based on analysis of the last 7 years of SQA RUAE papers and are only suggestions. Before beginning the questions: Before you begin the passage, always ask yourself two questions: what is the passage about? how does the writer feel about…