Personal Reading

Carnegie Award                                                                                                   

Some S3 students are currently shadowing the Carnegie Award.  To find out more about the nominated fiction, click on the link here...   

  Today, 14th Dec, students started reading, "Caddy's World", "Noah Barleywater Runs Away", "Artichoke Hearts", "My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece", "Annexed" and "Shadow" .  Keep an eye on this page to see how they are getting on...                             

                                                                                                                                                       

 Top reads for Standard Grade students:

 

"A thrilling and delightful journey with everything a reader could ask for woven into this carefully written novel."  Susan Woods, 3T2, on "Vampirates"

 

"I would recommend "His Dark Materials" trilogy.  It has interesting plots, settings, characters and a very interesting idea behind it."  Lev Crofts, 3T2

 

"Carrie" by Steven King - "Amazing!  Read it in a day.  Loved every minute of it.  He's such a brilliant writer!" Rhona Taylor, 3L3

 

S3 Homework

Two pieces of work are due each month.   Have a look at the homework booklet here and make a start on this month's tasks...  Remember you can earn merits by completing tasks to a high standard and doing the extension activities!

 

 

Revision

Here are some useful websites:

http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38988.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/english/