Activity 6

To prepare for the tutorial, start preparing your own lesson by writing the activities and learning outcomes you plan to include – use the ideas for your own lesson based on what you studied thus far in this unit. You may wish to refer to the ‘3-18 Literacy and English Review’ as well as the Education Scotland resources.

Continue the lesson planning after you have discussed your ideas during the tutorial.

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

Compare your answer to our  model answer (61.0 KB) .

Key aspects to consider when planning a Scots language lesson or activity

• You now need to consider what you need to do before you can use your lesson plan in the classroom. Identify what you will need, say, why, and plan which order you will structure the activities.

• Education Scotland have prepared word lists for the various regional varieties of Scots which you may wish to use as a guide to Scots vocabulary suitable for classrooms across the country depending on where your school is.

• Each lesson should be planned using the experiences and outcomes document. These describe the knowledge, skills, attributes and capabilities of the four capacities that young people are expected to develop.

• The CfE Benchmarks set out clear statements about what learners need to know and be able to do to achieve a level across all curriculum areas. Here are the Literacy and English Benchmarks.

• Learning in the broad general education may often span a number of curriculum areas (for example, a literacy project planned around science and technology might include outdoor learning experiences, research and the use of ICT). This is likely to be in the form of themed or project learning which provides children and young people opportunities to show how skills and knowledge can be applied in interesting contexts. The term often used for this is interdisciplinary learning and Scots language opens a wealth of possibilities for such lessons. Read the paper "Interdisciplinary Learning: ambitious learning for an increasingly complex world" for more on IDL best practice.

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