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National 5 English - critical reading
Critical Reading 2025
- 2025 Question paper (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- 2025 Marking instructions (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
Scottish Text - Section 1
- Text 2 Drama - Sailmaker
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2025 - Scottish Text
- Text 3 Drama - Tally's Blood
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2025 - Scottish Text
- Text 3 Poetry – Aunt Julia
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2025 - Scottish Text
- Text 2 Poetry – Good Friday
- Candidate 4 Evidence 2025 - Scottish Text
Critical Essay - Section 2
- Question 4 Prose (At the Bar)
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2025 - Critical Essay
- Question 4 Prose (The Pedestrian)
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2025 - Critical Essay
- Question 7 Film and TV Drama (JoJo Rabbit)
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2025 - Critical Essay
- Question 2 Drama (Macbeth)
- Candidate 4 Evidence 2025 - Critical Essay
Critical Reading 2024
- 2024 Question paper (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- 2024 Marking instructions (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
Critical Essay - Section 2
- Question 3 Prose (The Lottery)
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2024
- Question 8 Film and TV Drama (Gladiator)
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2024
- Question 1 Drama (The Crucible)
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2024
Critical Reading 2023
- 2023 Question paper (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- 2023 Marking instructions (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
Scottish Text - Section 1
- Text 3 Drama - Tally's Blood
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2023
- Text 2 Poetry - Edwin Morgan
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2023
- Text 1 Prose - The Cone Gatherers
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2023
Critical Essay - Section 2
- Question 5 Poetry (Shooting Stars by Carol Ann Duffy)
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2023
- Question 7 Film and Television Drama (The Truman Show)
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2023
- Question 4 Prose (The Hate U Give)
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2023
Critical Reading 2022 (All links open to PDF files)
- 2022 Question paper (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- 2022 Marking instructions (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- Candidate 1 Evidence 2022 - Question 7 - Shutter Island
- Candidate 2 Evidence 2022 - Question 6 - Mrs Tilscher's Class
- Candidate 3 Evidence 2022 - Question 9 - Letter to an MP
- Candidates 1 to 3 Commentaries 2022
Critical Reading 2021 - Section 2
- 2021 Question paper (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- 2021 Marking instructions (External link to Qualifications Scotland website)
- Candidate A - Q4 Of Mice and Men
- Candidate B - Q3 Lord of the Flies
- Candidate C - Q4 The Solution
Critical Reading 2019 (All links open as PDF files)
Scottish text: Tally's Blood. Critical essay: On the Sidewalk Bleeding
Scottish text: The Way My Mother Speaks. Critical essay: A View from the Bridge
Scottish text: Tally's Blood. Critical essay: Shooting Stars
Scottish text: My Grandmother's Houses. Critical essay: Lord of the Flies
Scottish text: Bold Girls. Critical essay: The Pedestrian
Scottish text: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Critical essay: Mid-Term Break
Scottish text: The Way My Mother Speaks. Critical essay: Of Mice and Men
Scottish text: Brooklyn Cop. Critical essay: A Hanging
Critical Reading 2017 (All links open as PDF files)
Candidate 1 (Section 1 - War Photographer. Section 2 - The Dark Knight)
Candidate 2 (Section 1 - Aunt Julia. Section 2 - The Ferryman's Daughter)
Candidate 3 (Section 1 - Sailmaker. Section 2 - The Hanging)
Candidate 4 (Section 1 - Tally's Blood. Section 2 - Animal Farm)
