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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
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  10. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  11. Bear Moves
    02:28
    Bear Moves
  12. Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
    03:47
    Reading of The Squirrels Who Squabbled
  13. The poetry community
    01:45
    The poetry community
  14. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
  15. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  16. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
  17. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
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