This week pupils are continuing with ‘The Lighthouse’. They will look at setting, then will focus on consolidating everything they have learned before planning a critical essay.
S4 N5 English
Miss MacPhail’s class will spend their double period looking at how to answer the 8 mark questions in the Scottish Text section of the Critical Reading exam.
Ms MacDonald’s class will continue with Sailmaker Act Two and will look at past paper questions during our live lesson on Tuesday.
Miss Sullivan’s class will look at the 2018 SQA RUAE past paper on Tuesday’s tutorial so should read the paper in preparation.
S4 N4 English
This week, pupils will continue working on persuasive techniques. This week they are gaining practice in using alliteration.
S3 English
S3 will be writing PEA paragraphs about how Roald Dahl builds tension in ‘Lamb to the Slaughter. They will also think about the narrative perspective and how Dahl encourages the reader to feel sympathy for the central character, Mary Maloney.
S2 English
This week, S2 will be learning more about media techniques by studying the film “Jurassic Park”. They will learn about camera angles, sound, mis en scene and more.
S1 English
This week classes 1.1-1.3 will begin their study of Pixar’s brilliant film ‘Up’ by looking at and analysing film posters.
Classes 1.4-1.6 will continue their work on ‘Up’ by evaluating the trailer and summarising key points of the film.
Masked Reader Winners
Well done to everyone who took part in our Masked Reader Competition to celebrate World Book Day. Thanks to all the staff who took time to record their story behind the mask ! Congratulations to the Sausage Dog a.k.a. Mrs Meharry who won the popular vote.
Well done to Zara Menzies and Cale McFeely in S1 who were joint winners and Owen Murphy is S2. You can collect your prize from Nessie when we return !
Live Lessons/Tutorials – Week Beginning 8th March 2021
| Monday | P2 | 5AH1 | Higher English | MJ Burton | Tutorial |
| P3&4 | 4G | N5 Spanish | S Jackson | Tutorial | |
| Tuesday | 9.30am | 4A4 | N5 English | K MacDonald | Live Lesson |
| P1 | 4A1 | N5 English | R MacPhail | Tutorial | |
| P1 & P2 | 4A3 | N5 English | C Sullivan | Tutorial | |
| P1 | 4A2 | N5 English | MJ Burton | Live Lesson | |
| 10am | 2.4 Spanish | BGE Spanish | S Bell | Tutorial | |
| 11am | 4E | N5 Spanish | S Bell | Tutorial | |
| 2.00pm | 1.3 Spanish | BGE Spanish | S Bell | Tutorial | |
| P7 | 5HC2 | H English | R MacPhail | Tutorial | |
| Wednesday | P1 &2 | 4G Spanish | N5 Spanish | S Jackson | Tutorial |
| P3& 4 | 5CN5 | N5 English | C Sullivan | Tutorial | |
| P3 &4 | 5CH1 | H English | Mrs Nelson | Live Lesson | |
| 11am | 1.6 Spanish | BGE Spanish | S Bell | Tutorial | |
| 11am | 5CH2 | H English | K MacDonald | Live Lesson | |
| Thursday | P1&2 | 4F | N5 Spanish | T Campbell | Tutorial |
| P3 &4 | 5AH1 | Higher English | Mrs Burton | Live Lesson | |
| P3 & 4 | 5AN5 | N5 English | Miss McKenna | Tutorial | |
| P6&7 | 4G Spanish | N5 Spanish | Mrs Jackson | Tutorial | |
| Friday | 9.00am | 5CH2 | H English | K MacDonald | Live Lesson |
| P3&4 | 4F Spanish | N5 Spanish | T Campbell | Tutorial |
World Book Day !!!!!
Today is World Book Day – a day we always celebrate. There are lots of fun activities on the Teams pages. We are very excited to launch the Taylor version of “The Masked Reader” – see if you can guess who is reading the book ! We can’t wait to share this with you ! Please find attached your World Book Day token. These can be exchanged for one of the £1 WBD books which are available in the Supermarkets or you can use it as part payment for any other book. Normally we would distribute these in school. Have fun and happy reading !!!!!
Staffing Updates
We are delighted to welcome back Mrs Alison Rooney to the faculty. Mrs Rooney has returned following a lengthy illness, we wish are well and are very glad to have her back with us. Mrs Rooney will be delivering both English and Spanish when our young people return.
We are also delighted to welcome Mrs Frances Fraser to the department. Mrs Fraser will be working in the English Department and we are delighted to have her on board. Mrs Fraser looks forward to meeting pupils and parents and getting to know the wonderful community that is Taylor High School.
