Exploring the Added Value Unit at National 4 Level
The Added Value Unit (AVU) at National 4 level focuses on investigating and reporting on a person you admire through two texts. This unit challenges English skills by requiring the evaluation of texts and selection of relevant information for the report. Skills tested include research, analysis, independent work, and effective presentation of findings.
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National 4 Added Value Unit
Learning Intentions: To develop our understanding of the Added Value Unit To understand the assessment criteria for the Added Value unit in order to obtain a pass at National 4 To know what is classed as a text To feel confident in selecting texts for evaluation in the report on The Person I Admire To be able to summarise a text
You must pass this unit to complete the National 4 course. This unit is designed to challenge you, and to get you to apply your English skills to investigate a person you admire. You will explore this topic through at least TWO straightforward texts. One of these MUST be a written text.
What you will be assessed on As you investigate your chosen person, you will show that you can: Understand and evaluate at least two straightforward texts Select relevant information from these texts to use in your report Present what you have found out Respond to questions about your chosen person.
The AVU allows you demonstrate many different skills: Investigating and research Working with others Answering questions Independent working Editing Your knowledge of your topic Analysis and evaluating Planning and organising Taking notes Explaining your ideas Drafting IT skills
What is a text? Written Text Non-written Text magazine podcast
Possible Approaches: You could study the official website for your chosen person and a piece of journalism on the same person You could compare a television programme with a book, magazine or website about the person If the person has been criticised in the press, you could compare newspaper and television coverage with what is said on the official website. Speak to friends/family/teachers about the person you have chosen, they may have some interesting pieces of information!
Lets get started! What I know What I want to know What I learned
Summarising You will have to summarise your chosen texts to help you get to grips with all the information you find. There are different ways you can summarise texts
For example: Andy is about to go off to college. His toys fear he has forgotten them and that they will never get played with again. After a mix up when they think they are being thrown out, the toys chose to go to Sunnyside Day Care. Woody escapes to go to college with Andy. Sunnyside seems very nice, until the toys realise that the children play roughly, and that Lotso bear runs the place like a dictator. Woody comes back to rescue them. After nearly being crushed and then burnt at the rubbish dump, the toys, Woody included, start a new life with an imaginative little girl called Bonnie.
Or Andy is going off to college The toys are worried they are forgotten forever There is a mix-up and the toys think they have been thrown out. The toys end up at Sunnyside Day Care but Woody escapes to go with Andy Sunnyside is not the nice place it first appears to be as the children play rough The toys discover Lotso the bear runs the Day Care and is in charge of all the toys Woody returns to rescue the toys The toys are nearly crushed and burnt at the rubbish dump Woody and all the toys start a happy new life with a grateful little girl called Bonnie
Summarising is a skill Think about your favourite film. Now, using one of the two methods discussed, summarise the whole film in the correct order. You should only identify the KEY EVENTS of the film. Be prepared to report back to the class.
Your sources (texts) You should now be able to investigate your chosen person and be able to select sources. You should be able to provide a copy of the source WITH a summary to demonstrate your understanding of the information in the text.
