Author: Mrs Burton

You should work through the RUAE PPT which Mrs Nelson will add to MS Teams today, undertaking the tasks and the practice questions.

S3 are working on R.U.A.E. Pupils will find the text book on MS Teams and should complete all the exercises upto page 9 this week.

 

 

S2 are working on their presentations.  They should use the Milestone 2 PPT which is available on MS Teams.  They should choose either to talk about an inspirational person or for the Desert Island Disc presentation.  There is a PPT on Desert Island discs which will help students to prepare this talk.

On Wednesday S2 have Literacy, this week 2.1-2.4 should work on the Level 3-4 R.U.A.E. book which is available on MS Teams in the Files Tab, then in the RUAE tab and then in the Text Book Tab.  Students should work through pages 1-9 this week. 2.5-2.7 should have undertaken this work last week, if you were off then catch up with it this week.

S1 are starting a new unit of work this week on the story “Spit Nolan.”  Pupils can access the story on MS Teams in the folder “Class Materials” they will find a folder titled “Spit Nolan” in their students will find the story and the powerpoint.  They should work through slides 1-9.  Pupils will need to record their work on paper if they do not have a purple jotter.  They will also need a highlighter or a different coloured pen to highlight quotes on the story.

S1 should also engage in reading for enjoyment ensuring they are reading for 15 minutes per day and recording what they are reading in their diaries.

The S4 N5 classes have an R.U.A.E. assessment this Wednesday.  In preparation for this we are working on R.U.A.E. using the powerpoints which are available on MS Teams.  They should use the core Powerpoints and work through Powerpoint one.

Any student who misses the assessment should arrange this with their teacher upon their return.

This week we are working on R.U.A.E in preparation for the first assessment which will take place on Monday 5th October.    This assessment will be a full R.U.A.E paper worth 30 marks.

Homeowork has been issued too in preparation for this assessment and consequently all Higher students should undertake the 2015 Higher paper which is available on MS Teams in the Files tab, under past papers.

Pupils should work through the Higher Language text book (on MS Teams) in the Files tab. They should work through the book upto p48.

This class should continue writing their reflective essay in their red writing jotter.  They should take time when they have finished their essay to edit their writing and correct any errors in spelling and punctuation.  They should also identify anywhere they can add thoughts and feelings and add these to the essay.

They should also ensure they have five similes or metaphors and five examples of good word choice in their writing.  Both should be identified and underlined in their writing.

Anyone who is finished can undertake the 2011 Close Reading paper in their pink jotter.  This paper can be found under files in the MS Team.

Pupils should work through the RUAE Powerpoint in preparation for an RUAE assessment on Monday 5th October.  The PPT will be available on MS Teams later this morning.

Pupils are working towards an RUAE assessment which will take place on Monday 5th October.  They should continue to work through the RUAE text book which is on MS Teams.  They should also revise the five mark question using the PPT on MS Teams.

This group are working on “A Hanging” Materials can be found in MS Teams under the files tab.  They should work on sentence structure this week which almost brings them to the end of this unit of work.

S4 will have an RUAE assessment on Monday 14th September.