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And then: "You will, you will, you will, you will, you will, you will, you will, you will..."

S1 - Letters of Application

Boardwork from last week:

Leadership Report Writing

What we were looking at

Why we were looking at it

How we went about our research

What we found out

What conclusions can we draw from this

Mary Bell - Creative Response

Example in progress from today's class.

The front room is empty. We’ve not much furniture and I’m sitting on a kitchen chair, kicking my legs off the edge. Mam’s upstairs, talking to another of her “friends”. She seems to have a lot of friends. I can hear the other bairns outside, running around and laughing. I don’t play with them much. I don’t think they like me. At school they avoid me, even when I’m looking at them. I get really angry sometimes and stare right into their faces. I can see them get frightened. On the window sill I can see a bottle. It’s one of dad’s bottles. Empty. He must have finished it last night. I heard him and mam having a fight afterwards. When I got up this morning she had a right shiner. Black and purple, right across her face. She didn’t say anything but I knew.

Hotel Advertising - S1/2

Jobs and spellings from today's class.

1.       Masseuse

2.       Lawyers

3.       Maid

4.       International chef

5.       Receptionist

6.       Maitre d’

7.       Sommelier

8.       Janitor

9.       Beautician

10.   Croupier

11.   Translator

12.   Equestrian hand

13.   Gardener

Tess of the d'Urbervilles - The Natural World

Mary Bell - Mindmap

The S3 Mindmap from yesterday's class.

Higher - Close Reading Essential Pointers

U     These MUST be answered in your own words.

A     These MUST include a direct reference to the text. (A quote)

E      These MUST include a direct reference to the text. (A quote)

·      Quotations should be a maximum of eight words.

·      Word choice quotations should be a single word.

·      Structure questions need you to highlight: sentence length, punctuation, contrasting ideas

·      Word choice questions need you to highlight the connotations of a given word.

·      Imagery questions need you to highlight a simile or a metaphor.

·      Similes and metaphors must be explained literally AND metaphorically.

COUNT THE MARKS AVAILABLE!

BULLET POINT ANSWERS IF IT HELPS!

Mary Bell - What is "evil"?

These are the results of our class discussion.

1. Most people are not born evil, but they may be raised or conditioned to do evil things.

2. Some murderers suffer from mental difficulties, so it would be wrong to call them evil.

3. Some actions are more evil than others.

4. Most people who do evil things have been conditioned to behave in an unacceptable way; it may be an expression of anger, or fear.

5. Only the people of a given society can say what is evil to that society – but they cannot judge another.

6. An ordinary person might do evil things due mental illness, social pressures or because of social conditioning.

7. Our media and culture may influence a child to do terrible things, but more powerful an influence is the society the grow up in.