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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
  10. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  11. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  12. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  13. Process of illustration and writing
    01:40
    Process of illustration and writing
  14. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  15. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  16. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  17. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  18. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
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