Higher T.A. NAB

Good luck to all of my Higher pupils in their T.A. NAB tomorrow. Please check close-reading and T.A. notes on blog. There are new things now up/added to the old.

Death of Salesman reading MUST be completed over the weekend and I look forward to hearing your answers from discussion questions on Monday.

Please remember that re-drafts of folio work must also be handed in ASAP!

Ms. B.

Higher- Drama text.

Your new drama text is 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller. Please ensure you have a copy of this text for next week. You can buy a copy from Amazon for as little as £1.20.

Thanks.

Higher

A huge good luck to my Higher candidates who are due to sit their prelims shortly.


All essays handed in have now been marked and are in the poly pocket attached to your notice-board in my room- please collect.


Creative/personal first drafts need to be handed in asap. Folio uplift is end of March so we need to make sure we get back on track with this!

Thank you!


Ms. B.

Merry Christmas and Higher Gatsby essay reminder

Merry Christmas everyone!
I hope you had a wonderful festive season and that you are all set for a productive and successful next term.

Reminder- Higher essay questions ( to be completed by Tuesday) are as follow- in case you missed them on the Gatsby notes page:

1. Choose a novel or short story in which a central character’s failure to understand the reality of his or her situation is an important feature of the text. Explain how the writer makes you aware of this failure and show how it important to your appreciation of the text as a whole.

2. Choose a novel, set in a time different from your own, with a theme relevant to the world today. Show how you are lead to an appreciation of the theme’s continuing relevance, despite its setting in time.

You should make a quick essay plan with at least three main body paragraphs following the SEXY/SEXEXY or TCQEL structure. Choose your quotes wisely to show off your analysis skills. Remember to analyse language techniques  and symbolism used to create characterisation, setting, show main themes etc.

Good luck!

Ms B.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween to all of my lovely Balerno students!!

Ms B.

Farewell to Boroughmuir

It is with much sadness that I leave Boroughmuir High School and all of my wonderful students there. For any of you reading this, I am very proud to have been your teacher and I wish you all of the best in your future studies. I am sure that you will impress your new teacher as much as you have impressed me. Keep up the hard work.
Ms B.

Congratulations

Huge congratulations to all of my S4/S5 students from last year at Boroughmuir! Results were fantastic!! Happy Ms B!!