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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. Themes of The Infinite
    01:29
    Themes of The Infinite
  10. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
  11. Inspiration
    02:14
    Inspiration
  12. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  13. No Breathing in Class
    04:08
    No Breathing in Class
  14. Dealing with Racists
    01:11
    Dealing with Racists
  15. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  16. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  17. Questions from schools
    05:22
    Questions from schools
  18. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
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