Scots language in literature and creative writing

3. Tutorial

The next activity will further develop and consolidate your ideas with regards to your Scots language in literature and creative writing lesson plan.

Activity 5

To prepare for the tutorial of this unit, take some notes to bring to the tutorial revolving around attitudes to and problems around writing in Scots. The following questions might help you focus your thoughts.

1. What is your experience of writing in Scots? And what is your pupils’ as far as you know?

2. What might be difficulties you have to overcome when using creative writing in Scots in your classroom?

3. What do you consider advantages of using creative writing in Scots in your classroom?

4. What teaching ideas you have come across in this unit would you like to try out in your classroom and why?

Activity 6

To prepare your own lesson planning and help you get ready for the tutorial, make notes on any of the following resources or activities which are interesting and appropriate and which you might use in your lesson plan for the Application task of this unit.

• The Scottish Book Trust has a section dedicated to Scots literacies: https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/topics/scots. Explore the 'Learning resources' section and in particular, 'Using Scots in schools' PDF, and the Scots writing activities there, which are documented from p4.

• Also see the following:

  • https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-resources/creative-writing-activities-for-upper-primary

  • https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/learning-resources/creative-writing-for-secondary

• The Scots Language Centre learning section has great creative writing resources. For those who like poetry, 'The Kist' is a selection of written and spoken poetry with creative writing ideas available at https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/658.

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