Workshop title Sonsie Scrivers Curriculum for By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant Excellence information, organise these in an appropriate way for my purpose and use suitable levels vocabulary for my audience. LIT 2-26a Having explored the elements which writers use in different genres, I can use what I learn to create stories, poems and plays with an interesting and appropriate structure or settings which come to life. ENG 2-31a I can investigate a Scottish historical theme to discover how past events or the actions of individuals or groups have shaped Scottish society SOC 2-03a Introduction Content Warm up Q and A to establish existing knowledge of Burns including key facts about his life and – 5 minutes poems/songs he wrote. Poetry Cover poetical technique of alliteration. Pupils will think of their own alliterative names technique 1 to tell the class. – 5 minutes Scots activity Leader will cover that Robert Burns spoke Scots. Pupils will come up with as many – 10 minutes Scots language words as they know in their groups and share with the rest of the class. Main Body Content Kitchen Leader will the different ways Burns would have been inspired by this room by – 10 minutes discussing his father, mother and auntie, using drama to consolidate understanding. Pupils will describe something from the room using their senses. Leader will focus on specific objects to help them do this. Spence Leader will explain about Burns’s special diamond tipped pen with which he carved – poems into glass. 10 minutes Pupils will write an epigram after hearing an example of Burns’s. Byre - Leader will cover what the room was used for and the Scots words for the animals 10 minutes who lived in it, as well as explain the chores that would have taken place here. Pupils will their own similes. Leader will recap on what has been learnt in the cottage and cover the purposes of the Barn – barn. 10 minutes Pupils will write onomatopoeias. Activity Content Poetry ideas - Pupils will now have 10 minutes to write their own poem based on what they have seen in the cottage. 10 minutes Explain that they are now going to write up their poems neatly onto acetate sheets, so Windows - that they will look like the poems Robert Burns carved into glass, like they saw in the 20 minutes Spence.
Workshop title Sonsie Scrivers Curriculum for Excellence levels By considering the type of text I am creating, I can select ideas and relevant information, organise these in an appropriate way for my purpose and use suitable vocabulary for my audience. LIT 2-26a Having explored the elements which writers use in different genres, I can use what I learn to create stories, poems and plays with an interesting and appropriate structure or settings which come to life. ENG 2-31a I can investigate a Scottish historical theme to discover how past events or the actions of individuals or groups have shaped Scottish society SOC 2-03a Introduction Content Warm up – 5 minutes Poetry technique 1 – 5 minutes Scots activity – 10 minutes Q and A to establish existing knowledge of Burns including key facts about his life and poems/songs he wrote. Cover poetical technique of alliteration. Pupils will think of their own alliterative names to tell the class. Leader will cover that Robert Burns spoke Scots. Pupils will come up with as many Scots language words as they know in their groups and share with the rest of the class. Main Body Content Kitchen – 10 minutes Spence – 10 minutes Byre - 10 minutes Barn – 10 minutes Leader will the different ways Burns would have been inspired by this room by discussing his father, mother and auntie, using drama to consolidate understanding. Pupils will describe something from the room using their senses. Leader will focus on specific objects to help them do this. Leader will explain about Burns’s special diamond tipped pen with which he carved poems into glass. Pupils will write an epigram after hearing an example of Burns’s. Leader will cover what the room was used for and the Scots words for the animals who lived in it, as well as explain the chores that would have taken place here. Pupils will their own similes. Leader will recap on what has been learnt in the cottage and cover the purposes of the barn. Pupils will write onomatopoeias. Activity Content Poetry ideas - 10 minutes Windows - 20 minutes Pupils will now have 10 minutes to write their own poem based on what they have seen in the cottage. Explain that they are now going to write up their poems neatly onto acetate sheets, so that they will look like the poems Robert Burns carved into glass, like they saw in the Spence.
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