THS Languages

As you know schools are closed due to the red weather warning.  Work has been posted on English, Spanish and French channels within MS Teams for all classes who were timetabled to be with us this morning.  Should anyone have difficulty accessing these materials they should tag their class teacher, on Teams, putting @ in front of their name or email their teacher.

If possible young people should work on Word within their Glow and then share the document with their teacher.

If any young person wishes to undertake additional tasks there are materials available on our Teams pages or they can use North Lanarkshire’s virtual school or BBC Bitesize.

For Senior Phases students, there are materials available on Scholar, Achieve and also using the West OS tile via their Glow launchpad.  Here they will find very helpful videos.  There is also a plethora of materials available on MS Teams including text books and SQA past papers.

Stay safe and take care.

Mrs Burton

For those completing National 5 or Higher the final dates for handing in your finished Folio are as follows:

Nat 5- Monday 10th February

Higher- Monday 24th February

Remember if you feel you won’t be able to complete this in class time you can come to the Folio Clinic in the department on Fridays 1 – 2:30pm.

Our supported study programme is now up and running. Pupils can receive support in English and Spanish at the following times:

English:

N5: Tuesdays after school

Higher: Mondays after school

Spanish:

N5: Thursdays after school

Higher: Thursdays after school

We look forward to seeing you there!

Welcome!

As we approach the October break, pupils in the Languages faculty have been working hard on the following topics:

S1: Our first years are in the process of finishing their writing pieces on the short story ‘The New Boy’. Once complete, they will be starting the Individual Presentation unit in order to develop their skills in Talk and Finding and Using Information.

S2: In second year, pupils are completing their animal reports. This unit allowed pupils to develop their research skills and learn how to write informatively. Next, S2 will move onto Individual Presentation.

S3: Our third year pupils are working hard studying our class novels. Pupils are studying a range of texts across the year group such as Private Peaceful, Refugee Boy and The Wall. Our young people have been exploring important issues such as war and racism and will complete a critical essay on their class text and report on a key issue from their novel.

S4: Our National 5 classes have completed RUAE and the first draft of their folio this year. Currently, they are starting to study Sailmaker or Tally’s Blood for Scottish Text. In National 4, the classes have been learning all about persuasion and how to use persuasive techniques. They are currently writing their persuasive essays to put all of their new skills into practise.

S5/6: Our National 5 classes are starting their Scottish Texts after completing the RUAE and folio components of the course so far. In Higher, we are studying Men Should Weep for Scottish Text following the RUAE and folio units. Both N5 and Higher will return to folio for a second draft later in the school year.

Overall, it is an exciting and busy time in English and our young people are all working hard and have settled in well.

We hope you all have a wonderful October break!

Happy New Year!

We hope you have had a wonderful festive period!  In the Taylor Languages Faculty we have been very busy beginning new units of work.

In English:

Our S1’s have now started our Burns unit and will have a look into Scots language, Robert Burns and his poetry and traditional Scottish culture.

Our S2 classes are starting our media unit on Jurassic Park where they will be studying media techniques for the first time.

In S3,  we are finishing report writing or a persuasive piece and due to start our independent research unit.

Our S4 are currently studying their Scottish Text unit – studying Sailmaker or Jackie Kay poetry.

Our S5 and S6’s have just completed their prelim exam – well done!

–  THS Languages

Happy October!

In English, our pupils are most of the way through term one and are settling well into the academic year. We are all busy working our way through some very exciting units.

This month our fantastic S1 classes are finishing off The New Boy and beginning our Individual Presentations. This will teach our S1 pupils how to plan for, research, and write a presentation. They will also learn how to deliver a presentation and will present these to their classmates.  

In S2, we are finishing off our wonderful poems based on a poetry study. We will then be moving onto our Newspaper Project where we will study newspapers and their features before getting the chance to create our own.  

Our S3 classes have been studying various novels across the department from To Kill a Mockingbird to Private Peaceful. Our S3 classes will write a critical essay based on the novel which will prepare them for their National courses in S4.  

Our S4 National 4 classes have been making good progress studying persuasive techniques before starting persuasive essays for their Creation and Production unit of the course.  

In National 5, we have completed our RUAE study and completed our Individual Presentations. We are now moving onto Critical Essay studies with classes studying an array of texts from Shakespeare’s MacBeth to poetry from Carol Ann Duffy and Wilfred Owen.  

Our Higher classes have also completed the RUAE and Individual Presentation components of the course. We have started to study Scottish Texts such as Ena Lamont Stewart’s Men Should Weep and Norman MacCaig’s poetry.  

We hope you all have a lovely October break!