Whilst everyone else will be celebrating the end of term and the start of their Easter holiday, it’s important that you realise that the next fortnight is a huge opportunity for you to increase your skills, knowledge, and understanding, in advance of the forthcoming diet of SQA exams.
I would recommend at least 1 hour of English study every day. If you didn’t pass the prelim exam, I would suggest that you should be doing between 90 minutes and 2 hours of study each day.
The following should be considered the basis of the study that you undertake:
- Click on this link:
http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers
Read all of the Critical Essay questions and ensure that you can undertake at least 2 from each section. Write a plan, including the quotations that you would use, for each response.
- Read the following marking guide for Critical Essays. It is imperative that you are fully aware of the criteria for a pass in the Critical Essay.
- Click on this link:
There are 6 years of past papers – make sure that you have undertaken all of these Close Reading passages.
- Work through the following Close Reading guide that has been produced by Glasgow City Council. It is very good.
If you have any difficulty undertaking these tasks, please message me via the comment link below.
Remember, you will only get out what you put in!
Higher English Online 
Do we actually write the essays or just a plan for an essay?
Hi Kayleigh – I hope your studying is going well. I want you to write plans for these essays, but it would be useful if you were also writing timed essays to get used to the process.