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Higher English - portfolio-writing
Portfolio-writing 2023 (all links open to pdf files), broadly discursive - fast fashion.
- Candidate 1 Evidence
Broadly creative - The Sound of Silence
- Candidate 2 Evidence
Broadly creative - The Bungee Jump
- Candidate 3 Evidence
- Candidtes 1 to 3 Evidence
- Candidtes 1 to 3 Commentaries
Portfolio-writing 2021 (All links open to PDF files)
Broadly creative - my tennis identity, broadly creative - the christmas season, broadly creative - lessons on guitar, experiences for life, broadly creative - happiness is egg shaped.
- Candidate 4 Evidence
- Candidates 1 to 4 Evidence
- Candidates 1 to 4 Commentaries
Portfolio-writing 2019 (All links open to PDF files)
Discursive - how music broadens the mind.
- Candidate A Evidence
Creative - Moorman
- Candidate B Evidence
Creative - In the Jaws of the Grand Dragon
- Candidate C Evidence
Discursive - Why Zoos Should be Endangered
- Candidate D Evidence
Creative - Having a Bad Day
- Candidate E Evidence
Discursive - I Don’t Mean To Be Dramatic But…
- Candidate F Evidence
Creative - Ophelia
- Candidate G Evidence
Discursive - Cyberchondria
- Candidate H Evidence
- Candidates A to H Evidence
- Candidates A to H Commentaries
Portfolio-writing 2015 (All links open as PDF files)
- 2015 Marking instructions
Candidate 1 - Technology: Our Servant or Master?
- Candidate 1 Commentary
Candidate 2 - There's No Place Like Home School...
- Candidate 2 Commentary
Candidate 3 - Plastic Lives
- Candidate 3 Commentary
Candidate 4 - Lost but not forgotten
- Candidate 4 Commentary
Candidate 5 - Scarred
- Candidate 5 Evidence
- Candidate 5 Commentary
Candidate 6 - Can I be Bothered?
- Candidate 6 Evidence
- Candidate 6 Commentary
Candidate 7 - The Claus of a Predator
- Candidate 7 Evidence
- Candidate 7 Commentary
Candidate 8 - Let Me Count the Ways
- Candidate 8 Evidence
- Candidate 8 Commentary
Candidate 9 - Porphyria Speaks
- Candidate 9 Evidence
- Candidate 9 Commentary
- Candidates 1 to 9 Evidence
- Candidates 1 to 9 Commentaries
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The National 5 and Higher English portfolio–writing has been permanently reduced to one piece (either broadly creative or broadly discursive). The 30% weighting remains by doubling the mark for one piece. The word count for the one piece also remains the same (no more than 1,000 words at National 5 and no more than 1,300 words at Higher).
This information is provided to help you understand the general principles you must apply when marking candidate responses to this portfolio. These principles must be read in conjunction with the Detailed Marking Instructions, which identify the key features required in candidate responses.
Produce one piece of writing of no more than 1,300 words. Your piece of writing must be broadly creative or broadly discursive. Your writing must have consistent technical accuracy. This means few errors will be present: paragraphs, sentences and punctuation will be mostly accurate and organised so that the writing can be clearly and readily
• For Higher you must write more than 850 words but no more than 1300 words (you can go 10% over, but beyond that you will be penalised!) • USE YOUR OWN WORDS unless using a quotation!
• Each piece should be more than 650 words but no more than 1300 words (you can go 10% over, but beyond that you will be penalised!) • You can gain up to 15 marks for each piece of writing
Higher English portfolio: general assessment information 4 The written texts must be no longer than 1,300 words each. Full marks can be achieved in a shorter piece, if appropriate to purpose. Candidates will be instructed to record their word count (excluding footnotes and any references).
The written texts must be of no more than 1,000 words each, but full marks can be achieved in a shorter piece, if appropriate to purpose. Markers will be instructed to stop marking when the word count exceeds the maximum by 10%.
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Higher English - portfolio-writing Portfolio-writing 2023 (All links open to PDF files) Broadly discursive - Fast fashion. Candidate 1 Evidence; Broadly creative - The Sound of Silence. Candidate 2 Evidence; Broadly creative - The Bungee Jump. Candidate 3 Evidence; Candidtes 1 to 3 Evidence; Candidtes 1 to 3 Commentaries
Higher English Folio Word Count. I know that the English folio word count is 1300, but is it true that you are allowed to go over by 10%? You are automatically penalised by 3 marks if you exceed the word count by 10% so technically as long as you’re not over by more than that you should be fine.