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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. Questions from Schools
    09:36
    Questions from Schools
  10. 100 Words on Friendship
    01:14
    100 Words on Friendship
  11. Scrapbooks and plans
    05:43
    Scrapbooks and plans
  12. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  13. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  14. How to draw emotions
    04:34
    How to draw emotions
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  17. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  18. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
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