Masterclass Virtual Classroom

Write a comment (in French!) and discuss what you enjoyed best about your trip to Normandy. Think about what you enjoyed, where you were and why it was so important and memorable.

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We are finding out about looking after pets.

Download.  It is 8 years old and is very healthy.  I look after it well.
We are going to make a pamphlet about looking after goldfish.
 Click here to go to a site and read about how to look after a goldfish.
Find one tip that you think should be included [...]

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You should really listen to the audio file first and then have a look at the movie file of this poem. How does image help to convet meaning. Is my interpretation of the poem enhanced in this format? Let me know what you think.

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Have a listen to ‘The Watergaw’ by Hugh MacDiarmid. This poem uses the watergaw (a rainbow) as a metaphor for life and death. What do you think of the poem and my interpretation of it.
Listen to: The Watergaw

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“When I was at primary school I got picked on non-stop for two years. No-one talked to me. I hadn’t done anything to get blamed for, and I still don’t know the reason I got picked on. I wasn’t any wealthier or poorer or a different race.
I used to cry myself to sleep every night. [...]

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Your task is in three parts. Download the recording sheet on which you will record information on the quality of two websites. DOWNLOAD
Click on the Space Shuttles to go to the websites. Fill in the recording sheet.            
 
Site 1 Site 2
From the notes on the recording sheet, comment on this post in around 100 words.

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This poem was written in response to the feelings aroused by aspects of the Scottish countryside.
What does the poem make you feel?
Click here to listen
… are you relaxed, or disturbed? …do you feel angry or sad? …what about the sound of the words? Do they create a picture in your mind?
Blog about what Inversnaid did [...]

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You have each been given some blotting paper, aluminium foil, wire and a bulb.
Carry out the instructions below.  Write a short report on your experiment, telling us if you were able to light the bulb or not.  Did you have any difficulties?  Did you try to explore the idea by, for instance, changing the number [...]

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Together, we are going to write a letter from the trenches. 
Imagine that you are a soldier – Private McKay - in the trenches writing home to his mother. You are 20 years old and have been in the trenches for a couple of weeks.
Have a look at this site to get an idea of what life in [...]

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We have been looking at telling the time in class this week.
I would like you to go here
Look at Sam’s clock with only one hand.
What do you think the solution to this problem is?
Post your solution here and explain why you think this is the solution.
Could there be other solutions?

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