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Higher

English

Learning and revision resources to support the SQA Higher English specification (from 2018)

Part of
Learn & revise

Topics

Reading

  • Exam skills
  • Analysing language
  • Understanding and inference
  • Critical essay

Critical reading - Scottish drama

  • The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
  • Men Should Weep
  • Slab Boys

Critical reading - Scottish novels

  • The Cone Gatherers
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
  • Sunset Song

Critical reading - Scottish poetry

  • Carol Ann Duffy
  • Don Paterson
  • Liz Lochhead
  • Norman MacCaig
  • Robert Burns
  • Sorley MacLean

Critical reading - Scottish short stories

  • George Mackay Brown
  • Iain Crichton Smith

Critical essay - Drama

  • Macbeth

Critical essay - Prose

  • The Great Gatsby
  • Lord of the Flies
  • The Trick is to Keep Breathing

Talking and listening

  • Performance-Spoken Language
  • Talking
3 Class Clips

Writing

  • Descriptive Writing
  • Discursive Writing
  • Creative Writing
  • Reflective Writing

Links

  • BBC Skillswise
  • BBC Writers Room
  • BBC Arts

  • external-link
    Skills You Need - Presentation
  • external-link
    Writing a Descriptive Essay
  • external-link
    Scottish Poetry Library
  • external-link
    BBC 500 words

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