30th August: Skateboarding 6th September: The Living Dead 13th September: The Real James Bond 20th September: The Nagging Parent 27th September: How Safe is the Food We Eat? 18th October: Five Shots that Killed John Lennon 25th October: The Other Olympics 1st November: Secrets of the Picts 8th November: £89 Million Boost Scotland 15th November: Cutting Spam out of your Mobile Diet 22nd November: Citizens … Continue reading S3 Homework Deadlines
Plan for persuasive due: 18th November 2016 One side of A4 with statistics/ quotations Clear line of argument must be visible Continue reading Higher Homework Deadline
Close Reading Sentence Structure Questions Due 31st October Close Reading Writer’s Language Questions Due 7th November Close Reading Tone Questions Due 14th November Friday 4th November – in class – timed essay. Choose a novel or short story in which the writer’s use of setting in time and/or place has a significant part to play in your appreciation of the text as … Continue reading Upcoming Higher Deadlines
All my classes’ October homework is detailed in the link below: october-break-homework And before anyone gets cheeky, this is a bumped post from Wednesday 28th September… Continue reading October Break Homework – All Classes
Higher The Crucible – TIQEESQEEC paragraphs (x9) Carol Ann Duffy – Mock Papers (2 of 6) Close Reading booklet ->p23 N5 The whole Close Reading booklet. Carol Ann Duffy – Mock Papers (2 of 6) At least six of the TIQEESQEEC (“An Inspector Calls”) paragraphs. Continue reading Higher/ N5 Holiday Homework
S1 Teacher’s Pet Letter (due Mon 19th Oct) Complete Autobiography (due Mon 19th Oct) Begin solo-talk preparation (due Mon 26th Oct) S2 Research Project (due Mon 19th Oct) S3 Close Reading Past Paper (due Mon 19th Oct) Nat 5 Complete first draft of reflective essay Complete Scottish Text paper (both due Tues 20th Oct) Higher Neat copy of reflective essay Two close-reading SETS (four … Continue reading Holiday Homework
1. If chickens are so smart… 2. Well grrroomed. 3. Write 400 words (including quotations) about what we learn of Jack, Ralph and Piggy in the opening three chapters of “The Lord of the Flies”. Continue reading Higher – Holiday Homework
S1 Homework – Due 20th April 2015 Complete all notes about Greek mythical character. Must be enough for a 500 words essay. Mythagora.com S2.6 Due 21stApril, 2015 Complete rhetorical writing on a change to school rules. Minimum of 100 words. Continue reading Holiday Homework
Due Monday 1stSeptember Close Reading paper (Booklet 1) – “No Passes?” Due 8thSeptember Close Reading paper (Booklet 1) – “Being There: Edinburgh” Essay: 2005: Choose a novel in which an incident reveals a flaw in a central character. Explain how the incident reveals this flaw and go on to discuss the importance of the flaw in your understanding of the character. Due 15th September Close … Continue reading Higher Homework – Autumn 2014
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