Next week all four National 5 classes will be revising Reading for Understanding, Analysis and Evaluation and offering an opportunity for students to practise these skills. Following in from this we are planning an opportunity for pupils to practise RUAE under exam timed conditions on Tuesday 23rd February. Students will have 90 minutes to answer 30 marks worth of questions and submit them to their class teacher. This will be a formative assessment to help students, in collaboration with their teachers, to identify their areas of strength and those they need to work on.
S1 – Free Book Offer !!!!!!!!!!!!
Please find attached a letter from Mrs Burton which has been emailed to all S1 parents today regarding the NLC “Read to Succeed” initiative. Pupils should choose ONE book from the online book catalogue (attached) and submit their choice via MS Forms (see below). Any issues with the form or any questions should be directed by emailing mjburton@taylor.n-lanark.sch.uk You can also use this email to order your book if that is easier.
Make sure all orders are received by Friday 19th February !
Mrs Burton’s Higher Class
Mrs Burton is running a live lesson tomorrow at 10.50am. She will cover the ten mark question from the Critical Reading paper. If you can please join this live lesson when you will get a chance to practise the ten mark question !
See you then !
Higher English – eSgoil Tutorial
eSgoil are running a live tutorial this evening at 7pm on the Poetry Critical essay at Higher given that everyone will have to undertake this part of the exam when we return to school this is an opportunity which you shouldn’t miss. Make sure you sign up today to book your place. The link below will show details of all the tutorials on offer this week.
Mrs Nelson’s Higher Class – Tutorial Update
Mrs Nelson will be holding a tutorial on Friday (5th) at 8.55am to discuss chapter 9 of “Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde”. Apologies this was missed from the Live Lesson TT issued last week due to an admin error.
Live Lesson/Tutorial Schedule – Week Beginning 01/02/21
The following live lessons are on offer from the faculty this week: We would encourage pupils to take advantage of these lessons if they can.
Monday 01/02/21
P1 & 2 – Higher English Mrs Burton’s 5AH1 class – Live Lesson
P1 &2 – Higher English Miss MacPhail’s 5AH2 class. – Tutorial
P3&4 N5 Mrs Burton’s N5 English 4A2 class – Tutorial
P3 &4 N5 English Miss MacPhail’s 4A1 class – Tutorial
11am-12pm -N5 English Mrs MacDonald 4A4 class – Tutorial
2.30pm N5 English – Mrs MacDonald Higher 5CH2 class – Live Lesson
2.30pm N5 Spanish – Mrs Bell – Tutorial
Tuesday 2nd February 2021
P3 &4 Higher Spanish – Mrs Jackson – Tutorial
2.55-3.45pm Higher English – Miss MacPhail 5AH2 – Live Lesson
Wednesday 3rd February 2021
P1 & 2 N5 English 4A2 – Mrs Burton’s class – Tutorial
Thursday 4th February 2021
P3 & 4 Higher English – Mrs Burton’s 5AH1 class – Tutorial
2.55-3.45pm N5 English 4A1 Miss MacPhail’s class – Tutorial *
*Please note this is the correct time for this tutorial – not Friday as published in the live lesson/tutorial timetable issued on Friday 29/01/21
S1 – Burns Work
S1 will this week be working on our legendary Burns Unit. To mark last week’s Burns day and the birth of our national poet S1 will be learning about the poet, his work and how we celebrate him in the 21st Century. This unit has been adapted by Mrs Burton to suit online learning with a wide range of research and videos tasks which will be highly beneficial to students as they develop their research skills. All assignments should be submitted to teachers using the assignments tab on MS Teams.
Burns Day
Today is Burns Day, the day we celebrate the work of the National Bard, 262 years after his birth. Unfortunately we cannot celebrate the way we normally would however we have asked students in S1-2 to undertake a short research task today just to mark the day. We wish everyone has a lovely day and hopefully we will be able to celebrate again next year. Burns’ famous words from “To a Mouse” have never seemed so apt. “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft agley”. Stay safe everyone !
Mrs Burton’s N5 English Class
This week we will be starting Act 2 of the play “Sailmaker.” During the double period we will listen to the play while following it on the PDF. Any student who cannot join the Live Lesson will find the links in Files on MS Teams to allow them to listen to Act 2 and also to follow on the text.
S2 English
S2 classes will be embarking on writing their final newspaper report based upon the events of the poem “The Ballad of Billy Rose” which they studied last term. Students will find a copy of the poem in Files. For the last two weeks students have worked on the skills of newspaper writing this final task will allow them to showcase the skills they have developed. The task should take a some time as students ensure they have all of the information required and their report is written in the style of a broadsheet newspaper.
