Archive for the 'S3' Category

Auf die Plätze, fertig, los!Ready, Steady, Cook (well, bake!) with the S3 German Class

Auf die Plätze, fertig, los!             
 
Ready, Steady, Cook (well, bake!) with the S3 German Class
 
 
 
 
Pupils in the third year German class enjoyed baking Vanillekipferl  (Vanilla Moons) along with Joanna – the language assistant from Austria.
 
The pupils have been working on some recipes as part of their food and drink unit and decided to put [...]

Hotel de Ville

UK tourist trapped in French hall

How to learn vocabulary?

For each unit, your teacher will ask you to learn vocabulary. Remember to:

Study and Cover and Write and Check (SACAWAC)

Don’t forget
- to ask someone else’s help. They might not be able to help you with pronunciation but can check you know your spelling.
- to try to do a bit everyday rather than leave [...]

Illness - vocabulary

Practice  the vocabulary on illnesses: avoir-mal-etre-malade.
Make sure you look up the words too avoir-mal-et-etre-malade.

Spanish cooking

Both Spanish classes went cooking in Home Economics with Mrs Hunter’s help. Beforehand they found out about Spanish Tapas.
 
If you would like to know what they cooked and find out more about tapas click here.

Writing assessments

 
Writing is assessed by means of a folio, consisting of 3 pieces of work produced in the course of S3 and S4. This work may be drafted and redrafted, although the final pieces must be produced under test conditions. This folio is then marked by the SQA,
It is important to spell accurately. To help you [...]

On Our Doorstep - Spanish classes

 
Our Spanish classes have been very busy, writing short posts in Spanish telling people what there is to do in Prestonpans and in East Lothian as part of Preston Lodge High School cross-curricular project “On Our Doorstep”.
To view posts click here           
They have also made a film on Prestonpans!


Good work and [...]

What to do for speaking assessments

Speaking is worth 25% of the total marks for Standard Grade examination. The overall grade is based on the total score gained in Speaking assessments.
Try not to be too nervous about you speaking test: it is assessed by your class teacher and you know beforehand what the assessment will be.
When preparing remember that if you have nothing [...]