{"id":554,"date":"2020-02-12T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/misstomelty\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2022-02-23T15:23:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:23:28","slug":"s1-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/misstomelty\/s1-3\/","title":{"rendered":"S1-3: BGE English"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the English Department at Irvine Royal Academy, your child will experience a wide range of opportunities to enhance and develop their reading, writing, talking, and listening skills.<\/h1>\n

Education Scotland describes the first three years of secondary school as the BGE (Broad General Education).<\/p>\n

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Follow the links below to find out more about:<\/h1>\n

Reading for Gold Homework – Bronze, Silver and Gold Booklets<\/a><\/p>\n

Creative Writing<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading f<\/b><\/em>or Understanding, Analysis\u00a0and Evaluation<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Get to grips with WISSO techniques:
\nLabyrinth – Textual analysis
\n<\/a>The Distant Hours – <\/a>Textual analysis
\n<\/a>Why You Don’t See Baby Pigeons – RUAE
\n<\/a>Michael Morpurgo Reading Passage with questions<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/em>S1 Comparison Project
\n<\/a>S2 Comparison Project
\n<\/a>S3 Mini AVU Comparison Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Reading for Enjoyment<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Access Books and Audiobooks Online for free via<\/p>\n

The North Ayrshire Council library app
\n<\/a>Open Library Website
\n<\/a>Young Adult Fiction Audio books
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\nIdeas<\/strong>
\nGo for some classics like ‘Treasure Island’, ‘Little Women’ and the works of HP Lovecraft at: https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/
\n<\/a>Make a top five list of classics that you aim to read and go for it. Keep a record of your reading and try to identify how the author created the characters and the narrative.
\nWrite this up and share with your teacher.<\/p>\n

Or…<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are a fan of superheroes and comics then head to https:\/\/www.dckids.com\/<\/a> to read free editions of some of DC\u2019s top superhero comics. There are even cartoon episodes to watch.
\nOnce you have read some, why not make your own comic? How about\u00a0 superhero kid coping with 12 weeks off school by helping others – at https:\/\/edu.pixton.com\/solo<\/a>. You can then share your link with your teacher to get feedback. Also, you can enter your comic for the Pixton comic of the week.<\/p>\n

Writing Ideas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Test your creativity and imagination by challenging yourself to complete a writing task every day:\u00a0<\/strong>Short Creative writing tasks
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If you like spooky and scary things, your sure to enjoy having a go at this \u00a0Supernatural writing unit<\/a><\/p>\n

Have a go at writing your own RPG computer game with an aim to write dialogue to develop your characters and narrative:\u00a0https:\/\/rpgplayground.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Share with your friends to test one anothers games. Then, give one another feedback on where there are issues and what you liked about one another’s work. Use Hangouts or email to do so.<\/p>\n

Write a blog about a topic of your choice. Each day, find out some information on your chosen topic and then write it up at: https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/about\/?r=1-null_user<\/a><\/p>\n

Grammar and Knowledge and Langauge
\n<\/strong><\/em>Still don\u2019t know your verbs from your adjectives? Create an account at http:\/\/www.englicious.org\/lesson\/register-englicious-website<\/a> and start working through the lessons and tests.<\/p>\n

Set yourself a target to know:<\/p>\n

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