S3 Course Content

Deadline Folio Piece Type of Writing Resource Activity Listening/Talking Skills Homework
Summer Reading  Critical Evaluation Poetry/Short Stories To poetry Textual Analysis/ Literary terms  
Summer     From Literature and SQA videos Individual Talk about texts Presentation skills Talk preparation
Summer  Personal Study    Library   Independent study Personal study
October W2 Personal SQA videos Group discussion Figurative language/ writing to reflect  
October Reading paper X2 Close reading Past Papers    Close Reading Skills  
October R3 or W2 Imaginative Response/Critical Evaluation* From literature Novel/Drama   Creative Writing / textual analysis / critical thinking  
October Personal Study       Independent study First draft due
December W1 Discursive Library Group Discussion/ Debate Research, essay structure Research
December Writing Paper Choice Past Papers    Exam technique Personal study
December R1/R2 Critical Evaluation Drama/Novel   Textual analysis/ critical thinking  
December Personal Study       Independent study Final draft due
Easter R1/2 Critical Evaluation Under exam conditions Short Stories/ Poetry Individual Personal Talk Exam technique/ presentation skills Talk preparation
Easter W2 Imaginative     Creative Writing  
Easter Reading Paper X2   Past Papers    Close Reading Skills  
Easter Writing Paper Choice Past Papers    Exam technique/ writing skills  
Summer  Personal Study Personal Reading Library   Independent study  
Summer Shadow Folio          

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