How to Upload Your Work to We Are Writers

Uploading Work to We Are Writers from missfyvie

Remember the deadline to upload is 2/10/15!

S4 Media Techniques

Here are the media techniques we brainstormed today as a class.

The Cone Gatherers

Link to Cone Gatherers Powerpoint

http://missfyvie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/higher-cone-gatherers-chapters-1-and-2.html

http://missfyvie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-cone-gatherers-full-powerpoint.html

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.

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.

Hotel Room 12th Floor

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.

How to Upload Your Work to "We Are Writers"

When you are asked for a password to log in to our book, you should use the password given to you in class. A reminder, that password is:

For surnames starting A-L: dingwall
For surnames starting M-Z: dingwall2

Remember, the theme is Home and the deadline is 29/10/14. Get busy writing!

Close Reading Strategies

This is the powerpoint we have been using in class detailing strategies for answering different question types in Higher Close Reading.


You should revise the Analysis section of this powerpoint and do practice questions from past papers in preparation for your NAB on the 9/10/14.