How To Pass Standard Grade English - Jane Cooper

...which is really good and how to write a brilliant essay and get top marks in close reading for the exam. Also help with folio work, essays which are sent away to the SQA. So it is made for students from teachers to help pass exams. Brilliant, exactly what I needed!

I needed something that could help me when I needed. I decided to have a good read and it seems to have a lot of information in a clear, nicely laid out form. Every so ...
...a word, exam tips or a helpful comment. This was basically a teacher in writing which I thought was really handy as I needed as many tips as possible and something that wasn't my textbook to revise from. It it quite long, so you can't really read it all in one go, but it is great to read in little bursts for full effect.

I used this before I had my prelim (a fall back exam incase anything happens in the final exam) and my final exam. ... more

As a student in Scotland at High School, and I study different courses and gain different qualifications to the UK. In Scotland you can get Standard Grades, Intermediates, Highers and Advanced Highers. I'm not very a customed to other education systems in the UK, but I do know that a SG is equivelent to a GCSE and a Higher to a AS-Level. Last year I studied my Standard Grades, and found that DooYoo or any other site had a review about any of the materials outside of the classroom, used to revise for exams and tests.

Standard Grade English is just one of the many courses you or your child could take at third or fourth year if you are in Scotland. Every student studying Standard Grades will take an English qualification whether it be a Standard Grade or Intermediate. It is such very useful qualification to have and very important as it shows so many skills you have. Most schools will have this as a compulsory subject through first to fourth years and then you have option to carry it on if, like me, you enjoy the course onto Higher and even Advance Higher.

You study Close Reading and Essay Writing which shows in the book. I studied 'Hamlet' 'The Catcher In The Rye' and a personnel study (any book) which you study over 2 years. The close reading means you get skills of analysing texts and techniques the writers have used. You send away a folio which contains essays you have written which I really enjoyed doing and the book did really help me with that.

You study a range of books, poems and texts to broaden your literary, grammar and spelling skills. So it is popular and highly sought after to have on the CV or to go on into Higher or University education. As a subject you can go onto become anything with an english qualification ranging from journalism, creative writing, social subjects it is such a useful subject to have.

You or your child will have studied to course for two years, and the first year will possibly be completely forgotten about. If like me they need a recap, as exams are getting closer, then a revision guide is a god send. However there are quite a lot to choose from, so why pick this study guide?

I chose this one as first the title got to me "How To Pass" which sounded exactly what I was looking for. There is a huge range of books from the same company (Hodder Gibson) for different students which is very handy as if you like this book, you are more likely to use this company for other subjects. This is what happened to me anyway, and I bought all the books in the Standard Grade range that I needed. The cover is of someone reading, which is approriate. There is a big tick and you are able to clearly see the subject and at what level. I say that as I just about accidently bought a higher version instead of a SG before.

It has a really nice introduction from the author, who is an English teacher so knows exactly what is in the exam and what you need to know. Also the classic mistakes students make which is really good and how to write a brilliant essay and get top marks in close reading for the exam. Also help with folio work, essays which are sent away to the SQA. So it is made for students from teachers to help pass exams. Brilliant, exactly what I needed!

I needed something that could help me when I needed. I decided to have a good read and it seems to have a lot of information in a clear, nicely laid out form. Every so often there is a box, highlighted with a defination of a word, exam tips or a helpful comment. This was basically a teacher in writing which I thought was really handy as I needed as many tips as possible and something that wasn't my textbook to revise from. It it quite long, so you can't really read it all in one go, but it is great to read in little bursts for full effect.

I used this before I had my prelim (a fall back exam incase anything happens in the final exam) and my final exam. I used it a lot before my final exam as unlike my textbook, it was a condensed down version and had everything I could need and that could come up in the exam. Also in the back it has practice questions which test your Close Reading skills using past paper examples. It is really useful to try these to get an idea of what exam questions will be like.

I really do need to stress that this is not an alternative for not listening in class etc. When reading the book, it assumes that you know all the information (or most of it) already and it is really there to make sure that you do know everything, and any problems or confusions you have are corrected. So if you try and use this without doing the course or not really listening then you may find it a bit of a struggle to read.

I thought this is an excellent book, and was very happy with it however it did have some problems like any other book. The print is all in black in white which is a bit of a drawback as it would have been more handy if there had been some colour. It isn't old fashioned but color can help learners more than black and white, if you are like that I would recommend Lekie & Lekie. It also isn't 100% great as there are some parts of the course i've forgotten and it didn't explain some more difficult words and ideas better.

The price, I got mine from Border Books for £7.99 which is a lot to pay, but I do feel it is worth it. You can get it off Amazon a bit cheaper which is handy and is what I will do when I get my Higher books. You will only be able to buy this from book shops in Scotland, as it is a Scottish course.

It must have really done well as I got a Credit Grade (SG's work as 1 being the best and 7 being the worst) And I got a 2!

I was really happy with my results as the is really what I wanted so if you want you or your child to get their grade up then this really is for them. This book has my full recommendation to help pass Standard Grades. I would also recommend all the books in this range but I believe this is the best one out of the subjects, for content and usefulness.

I'm now studying this subject at higher and will give you a review when I use the Higher book, next year!

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