English & Literacy | Kilmarnock Academy

Department	English and Literacy
Staff and Job Titles	Mrs H Fitzpatrick – Principal Teacher Mrs C Wallace – Depute Head Teacher Mrs G Clark – Principal Teacher of Pupil Support Mr R Erskine Mr B Modenesi Mrs M McAusland Ms Z Streatfield Miss N Walker
Courses and Levels Taught in Department	Junior Phase: Curriculum for Excellence Senior Phase: N3 English N3 Literacy N4 English N4 Literacy N5 English N5 Literacy Higher English Advanced Higher English Options delivered within English Department N3 Media N4 Media Communication Level 6 Literacy & Communication Leadership
Useful Web Links	Accelerated Reader – pupil log in Accelerated Reader – parent log in SCHOLAR Bitesize N4 English Bitesize N5 English Bitesize Higher English
Support with National 5/ Higher English	All English notes for your young person’s class will be accessible on their class TEAM. They can prepare for Higher/ National 5 English can be doing the following on a regular basis: RUAE Reading a broadsheet newspaper article a week from newspapers such as The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk and summarising the article in their own words. Revising your formulas for RUAE. A full formula list can be found here. N5 Higher RUAE Formulas watch the following YouTube videos that give additional guidance on Higher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydF3WeUx4nk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmESds3sFi0 National 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNNNmwJns0&list=PLT_oLJSTOsEPFkhtJHrvkg8mYuE-I1YSj complete additional practice papers on your class TEAM https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z4qkf4j/revision/2 Set Text/ Critical Essay Ensure all notes are up to date. These can be accessed on your class team. Create flashcards/ revision posters of key quotations and themes. The following BBC Bitesize websites give notes on Scottish Set Text: Carol Ann Duffy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbgrd2p Norman MacCaig: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zc49q6f Edwin Morgan: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcnp34j Sorley MacLean: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx76frd Men Should Weep: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z66tyrd Slab Boys: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zw8qtyc Tally’s Blood: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zs6nbk7 Sailmaker: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36xsbk Jeckyll and Hyde: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4hqscw
Latest News	We are delighted for 4 of our wonderful pupils as their 100-word short stories will be published in a book of short stories. Congratulations to Demi, Carmen, Ava and Abigail! We can’t wait to read your work in the Unsolved – Finders Keepers book of short stories.