Fyvie-a-day
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Cone Gatherers Posters
Here are the Cone Gatherers posters we made in class. Click on the image for full size versions of these.
Monday 18 January 2016
Wednesday 9 September 2015
Monday 7 September 2015
Monday 31 August 2015
Friday 26 June 2015
AVU Generic essay plan
Here is the very generic essay plan for the AVU essay we have been working from. S4, AVU essays are due by Wednesday 1/7/15.
Introduction - what is your topic and why did you choose it?
Purpose/Audience Text 1
Main Ideas Text 1
Purpose/Audience Text 2
Main Ideas Text 2
Techniques Text 1 - PEE paragraphs. 2 Techniques/Examples/Explanations.
Techniques Text 2 - PEE paragraphs. 2 Techniques/Examples/Explanations.
Compare which text was best
Conclusion - What you learned from studying the topic.
Introduction - what is your topic and why did you choose it?
Purpose/Audience Text 1
Main Ideas Text 1
Purpose/Audience Text 2
Main Ideas Text 2
Techniques Text 1 - PEE paragraphs. 2 Techniques/Examples/Explanations.
Techniques Text 2 - PEE paragraphs. 2 Techniques/Examples/Explanations.
Compare which text was best
Conclusion - What you learned from studying the topic.
Friday 5 June 2015
Reflective Writing examples
The Higher class have recently been looking at some examples of reflective writing to analyse the techniques that go into them and to spark ideas for their own work. The Guardian is producing a series of articles on the theme of "A Moment That Changed Me", which is worth a look.
You can find the articles here. New ones seem to go up every Friday.
You can find the articles here. New ones seem to go up every Friday.
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Thursday 13 November 2014
Questions on 'Bitcherel' by Eleanor Brown
Questions on Bitcherel
1) What is the play on words of the title?
2) What is the general tone of the poem?
3) Comment on the poet’s use of the word ‘acquisition’ in stanza one.
4) Why is ‘friends’ in stanza one inside quotation marks?
5) What kind of insults does the poet express towards her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend throughout the course of the poem?
6) Comment on the image of the new girlfriend as ‘chilli con carne without any chilli’.
7) What is your opinion of the speaker of the poem?
8) Do you think the boyfriend has made a good or a bad choice in exchanging the old girlfriend for the new? Explain why.
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