Apologies for my absence

Huge apologies for my absence. I shall try to be back at school as soon as possible. In the meantime, please send any essays/folio/revision work to me via e-mail. I shall try to mark digitally and will send back to you.

There are marked Higher folio essays to be collected from my desk. Please re-draft asap.

DOAS notes are now up on blog- please check. I would like at least one DOAS essay completed by Thursday and either left for me or sent to me!

I highly advise pracitising Gatsby, Donne and Glasgow Sonnet (1) essays as well.

S4- I look forward to recieving your redrafts and personal reflectives on my return.

S2- good luck with group novel/Macbeth work.

S1- Looking forward to reading and marking your stories- make sure they are scary and horrible!


Thanks!

Ms B.

Higher Writing Folio- Understanding Standards

This is the link to the Understanding Standards SQA website. Here you can read examples of Higher writing and what the SQA graded and commented about them. It will help you to understand what you need to do to make yours your very best.

Remember folios need to be perfected before the holidays!

http://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/English/Higher/Writing_examples

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.