S1-4 pupils enjoyed a fantastic talk on reading and writing by Penguin author Martin Stewart, who read from his new novel and spoke to children about finding inspiration for writing.
Category: English
Wigtown Book Festival
S1 pupils enjoying a visit from the children’s book illustrator Kate Leiper through the Wigtown Book Festival education outreach programme.
What’s happening this month in the English department?
S4 are honing their skills in Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation.
S3 are studying the art of rhetoric and have been analysing a variety of literary and political speeches, including Shakespeare’s Henry V, Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream and Barack Obama’s 2013 inaugural speech.
S2 are reading Anne Fine’s novel The Tulip Touch and considering to what extent a person’s behaviour is a result of circumstances.
S1 are reading Roald Dahl’s autobiography Boy: Tales of Childhood and have embarked on writing their own autobiographies.
