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Scots language in literature and creative writing

4. Application

Now you will finish preparing your own lesson based on what you have studied in this unit by planning the activities and learning outcomes you plan to include.

You may wish to refer to the 3-18 Literacy and English Review (see pages 66 and 67 for specific reference to Scots) as well as the Education Scotland resources on the National Improvement Hub.

The CfE Experiences and Outcomes should be referenced as often as possible.


Activity 8


Before finalising your own Unit 5 application planning, you might want to engage with some examples shared by teachers on this course in previous presentations. This might be useful in 'finding a way into' creative writing approaches for your classroom.

Please use these examples as inspiration - you do not have to follow any of these approaches in your own planning.


Activity 9


Using the notes and ideas that you began to gather during the tutorial, complete steps 1-5. 

1. In your own time, continue planning your chosen activity, adding more detail where required. 

2. Having planned your lesson, you will now carry it out with your learners, remembering that this is a highly creative activity and therefore you may need to adapt your plan according to need.

  • You might want to gather some feedback from your learners about the activity as well, which you can bring to the course and share with your fellow students.
  •  If required, you can remind yourself of Gibb's Reflective Cycle here.
  • Accordingly, you should think about literature choice and resources, learner engagement with warm up and main writing activities and your future goals. 
3. Write an account of 250 to 300 words, highlighting the successes and challenges you encountered when applying what you have learned in terms of pedagogy and language. It may be helpful to consider these questions: 

  • What do you think worked particularly well in your classroom application? 
  • Is there anything you would do differently if you were to repeat this lesson?  
  • What are the next steps for your learners? 
  • How will you provide further opportunities to practise and reinforce the use and awareness of the Scots language? 

4. Then post your reflective account in your Course forum.

5. Read and comment constructively on an application task post by another colleague.


Learning log

Compare your answer with our model answer (PDF document59.1 KB) .


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