Alasdair Gray passed away today, but left the greatest legacy of any 20th century Scottish writer.  May he rest in peace and his books be read by generations as they follow him down this river of time.

This trip is provisionally organised for 29th Nov.  Unless you hear otherwise, it will go ahead on that date.  🙂

Thought you’d like this, troops.  Could you emulate the style in a non-fiction folio piece?  https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/03/smartphones-david-mitchell-dishonesty-second-best-policy-extract

Take a look at these articles about Scotland’s history.   Could you write an informative/entertaining piece about a subject area in which you have knowledge?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/29/calls-for-memorial-to-scotlands-tortured-and-executed-witches

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/travel/witch-grave-maggie-wall-scotland-518421%3famp

Troops,

Here are your home learning tasks due on your return (Wed 24th Oct).

1. Complete creative writing tasks set by Mr Watson.
2. Write a summary of the events of Book 4 of Lanark.
3. Discuss 5 incidents that you think are significant in Book 4, and explain why in your view they are significant.

You can do it!  🙂

Troops, I am hereby giving you all the right to use my JSTOR (online academic journal store) username and password to research and read dissertation secondary texts. Only the free resources are available to you, of course.  But there are some very good ones, so make the most of it!

Username: andrewthomson1
Password: Cordoba1

Troops, for Monday 30th Oct:

Discuss the development/significance of character, setting, motif key incident and symbolism in Book 1.  Include at least two references to links between elements of Books 3 and 1.  You may also refer to literary theory (Mikhail Bakhtin’s carnivalesque, for example) if you wish.  🙂

You can do it!  Discuss with me if you need support.

MrT