Author: Mrs Burton

S2 are working on a reading text of thir choice.  This work started last week and is ongoing.  It uses the Active Reading strategies students are familiar with.  All students should ensure they have messaged or emailed their class teacher with the name of the text and the author’s name by Wednesday 10th June.   Much of their time will be spent reading their text !  How lucky is that ?

Students  are reminded they should be reading for enjoyment regularly.  In addition to this we would recommend watching and listening to films, documentaries, dramas etc.  This allows sudents to analyse media texts and deepen their knowledge of this medium.  Asking questions on plot, camera angles, dialogue, setting, character etc can really engage pupils and get them thinking about the craft of creating such a text.

S1 are working on Grammar and Punctuation revision tasks which cover a wide variety of concepts, most of which they have covered before but are well worth revisiting.  In addition to this pupils have reading and language tasks some days to provide variety.

Pupils are reminded they should be reading for enjoyment regularly.   When they finish a book they should message Mrs Burton to have it included in our “Lockdown Reading Challenge.” In addition to this we would recommend watching and listening to films, documentaries, dramas etc.  This allows sudents to analyse media texts and deepen their knowledge of this medium.  Asking questions on plot, camera angles, dialogue, setting, character etc can really engage pupils and get them thinking about the craft of creating such a text.

 

Students are working on a variety of tasks, some reading and some language.  We are using this time to revise language knowledge and techniques which will be helpful as we move forward.

Pupils should send their work to their teacher.

For those who have finised the rearch task we have been working on comparing two sources – well done !  Keep your booklets and materials safe and look after your presentation, we will get them assessed when we return.

If you haven’t finished, don’t panic !  Work steadily doing a little every day until you get the work finished.  Your teacher is there to help you so ask if you need guidance,

We are going to move onto some reading work.  I have posted a “reading Strategies” booklet on the websit and on Edmodo.   Pupils should choose a book they haven’t read before, remember there are free books available on Audible and also “Kindle” if you can’t find anything at home.  Students should try to choose something they are interested in.

The booklet will take students through the reading strategies we would use in class.

 

This week those studying ‘Sailmaker’ will be starting to think about character (this will probably take up at least the next two weeks). Pupils will be creating visualisers for each character in the play and will then start to read Act 1 whilst taking notes to add to the visualisers. 

This group  will be set a different task each day from BBC Bitesize. The link will be  posted  each morning. Tasks range from writer’s techniques, reading challenges and more. 

Pupils should send their work to Mrs Nelson ro Miss Murphy.

By now students should have finished preparing their presentation.  These will be assessed in class when students return to school in Phase 3.

This week students should start working on language using the language text book.  This will help to devlop the reading skills styarting today with paraphrasing and summarising.

 

This week Miss MacPhail’s S2 will be  learning about nouns and verbs. They will practise identifying these words in exercises and then identify them in their own  writing . We will be moving on to amazing adjectives at the end of the week.

This group are working on their Spoken Presentation which at this stage has to be passed in order to sit the Higher exam.  They have materials which help them develop their skills and also materials on the topic which the will present on.

We are aiming to have this presentation work finished by next week so we can start some language work which will prepare students for the year ahead.

This group are reading the Alan Spence play “Sailmaker.”  The materials are available on the website and on Edmodo.  This week pupils are engaged in research which will help students when they come to work on the play.

Pupils should send their work to their teacher and should also remember that their teacher is there if they have questions or want something clarified.  This is a popular play which students generally love so we are hopeful S3 will enjoy this unit of work !