Higher English Revision Checklist & Tracker

Know exactly what is in Higher English, see your gaps at a glance, and close them one by one before the prelim and the final exam.

This printable checklist turns the whole course into 51 clear “I can…” statements, based on the current Higher English course specification, and it includes the change to the Scottish text marks from session 2026-27. Colour a traffic light for each skill, tick it off every time you revise, and watch the reds turn green.

WHAT’S INSIDE (17 A4 pages)

• Cover with name, school, target grade (A / B / C / D) and exam date
• How to use, plus the course at a glance: Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation (1 hour 30 minutes, 30 marks, two passages), Critical Reading (1 hour 45 minutes, 40 marks: Scottish text 20 and critical essay 20), Portfolio-writing (one piece, up to 1,300 words, 30 marks) and Spoken language (achieved / not achieved)
• 4 skills checklist pages covering all 51 skills across RUAE understanding, RUAE analysis and evaluation, summarising and comparing, Scottish text, critical essay, portfolio-writing and spoken language. Every skill has Red / Amber / Green circles, Revised x1 / x2 / x3 boxes and a Practised? tick box
• My check-ins: count your greens, ambers and reds three times over the year
• RUAE question-type guide: identify and explain, analyse language, structure and function, evaluate, summarise, and the 5-mark question on both passages, with how to answer each and what to watch out for
• Language analysis toolkit: word choice, imagery, sentence structure, punctuation, tone, structure and sound, plus the analysis formula
• My Scottish set text: tick your text from the current Higher list, track every poem, story or section, and plan for the 8-mark final question
• 2 quote bank pages: one for your Scottish text, one for your critical essay text
• Critical essay planner: question, introduction, four body paragraphs, conclusion and a hand-in checklist
• Coursework tracker: every step of the portfolio-writing process, word counts, and the four spoken language aspects
• Past paper tracker: RUAE, Scottish text and essay marks for 10 papers, a progress graph, and a note on how older papers differ
• My fix-it list: what went wrong, how you will fix it, and a Fixed box
• Exam-week checklist: pack your kit, the week before, and on the day
• Notes page

WHO IT’S FOR

• S5 and S6 pupils sitting Higher English
• Parents and carers helping at home
• Tutors and teachers looking for a ready-made revision tracker for their own pupils

PLEASE NOTE

• A4 portrait PDF. Prints in colour or greyscale on standard A4 paper.
• An independent revision resource, not an official exam board product. Content is based on the current Higher English course specification and the current Scottish text list.
• Scottish set texts are listed by title only. No extracts from the texts are included, so you will still need your own copy of your text.

Good luck with your exams!