Folio Inspiration

When deciding on your persuasive folio topic, it’s important to really consider what interests you and to read as many articles as possible for inspiration. If you search for #folioinspo on twitter, there are many good articles for you to look at to help give you some ideas.

Here are a few articles to get you started:

‘Scottish prisons on brink of safety crisis’

‘Male mental health issues’ 

‘Bring back handwriting – it’s good for your brain’

‘Ending taboo around periods’ 

‘Why is Greta Thunberg so triggering for certain men?’

Folio Submission Template

From 2016 onwards all National 5 and Higher English portfolios will be e-marked, and e-marking requires each candidate’s portfolio to be scanned. To ensure complete accuracy in the scanning process, an electronic template must be used. The template is available in Word format and is attached below.

• Both folio pieces should be included on one document. Clear headings should be used to make it obvious where one ends and the next begins
• The candidate’s SCN (Scottish Candidate Number), and a page number must be added to the foot of every page in the template, using the boxes provided. These are for the purposes of identification.
• Your broadly creative piece should be first followed by your persuasive essay.
• You must include your word count for each piece of writing and your list of sources. A list of sources is adequate as footnotes will not transfer on to the template.

It is recommended that the portfolio pieces are printed double-sided where possible. Please do not use staples to collate the pages, as this will disrupt the scanning process. Please also ensure that your work is printed clearly (eg. no print leakage) so that it is legible on screen.

Click the following link to download your template:

EnglishCandidateTemplate2017_18

Books and Beyond: Personal Reading

In S1 – S3, the most important homework that you can do is personal reading. Reading helps you to develop so many skills in English. For example, it will develop your vocabulary and understanding of writers’ craft which helps to improve your own writing skills.  Not only that, but there is a lot of evidence that reading helps to improve your concentration and helps people to de-stress and relax.

Remember, you should be aiming to read every single night to really feel the benefit of personal reading.

You can download a copy of our reading booklets here: Books and Beyond so that you can practise the discussion questions ahead of your library lesson or complete one of the tasks.

Higher Feedback Sheets

Please download the following document to see Higher feedback sheets and marking critiera.

Higher Feedback Sheets

 

Nat 5 Feedback Sheets

Please download the following document to see the Nat 5 feedback sheets and marking criteria:

National 5 Feedback Sheets

Contents:

Page 1 – Critical Essay

Page 2 – Personal Writing

Page 3 – Imaginative Writing

Page 4 – Discursive (Persuasive) Writing

 

Folio Guidelines

Please see the following documents for instructions and template for your National 5 and Higher folio submissions:

Candidate_Portfolio_Submission_Instructions

English_N5_Higher_Portfolio-1

S2 Feedback Sheets

Close Reading s2 specific

Creative writing S2

Critical Essays s2

Level 4 T and L

Persuasive Writing

Poetry art project s2

Solo talk sheet

S2 Course Outline

S2 Course Outline

Persuasive Project Jan-April of S3

Click the links below to download the guidebook and AVU booklet for the S3 Persuasive Project:

Persuasive Project guidebook

Persuasive Pupil Booklet AVU

S3 Summary of Assessments

Please click on the following link to download a summary of assessments from National 4 and 5 completed during the course of S3: S3 summary of assessments