Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: EnglishFirst Teaching: September 2013First Exam: June 2014This title is endorsed by SQA.Show students how they can enhance their writing skills and improve their grade, with support for Writing skills in the Folio submission, which make up 30% of the marks in National 5 English.This book has been written by a highly experienced examiner and setter to provides practical, down-to-earth guidance for students about the 'writing process'.- Details the basic Folio requirements- Explains and illustrates different writing forms that may be used, the 'writing process' and assessment criteria. - Highlights common errors and how to avoid them - suggested answers are also provided to typical tasks.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Sem .

This book has been graded for interest at 16-18 years.

There are 104 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Hodder Education .

Willie McGuire is Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Chapter 1 The Writing Forms Discursive writing defined Creative writing defined Chapter 2 The Writing Process Chapter 3 Assessment Criteria Chapter 4 'Righting wrongs' Answers