·STARTER PACK FOR TEACHERS: This is a reference pack for use by teachers. It includes word lists; a list of usages and idioms; some guidance about what Scots is, how to encourage children to write in Scots and advice on spelling; some differences of Scots dialect; a book list, including song and music books; lists of Scots words from Gaelic, Danish, French, Dutch and German; guidance on using our Scotsheets packs; a list of useful contacts. Item Code: PK001 · Price: £14.99 · SCOTSHEETS 1: This pack consists of 20 double-sided A4 sheets, each on a different topic. The topics covered are: Me Masel; Birdies; Keepin Warm; Sweeties; Gemmes; Rhymes & Riddles; The Watergaw; The Faimily; Grannies & Grandpas; Traivellin; Birthdays; The Weather; Redd & Rubbage; Pets; Ghaists & Ghoulies; When Ye're Seik; Pairty Gemmes; Modren Ferlies; Smugglin, and The North Inch. These Scotsheets contain useful information, poems, songs (with melody lines), stories, and suggestions for work that can be set in class and a special feature many teachers have given their seal of approval to is the integral continuous glossary. These Scotsheets can also be used simply as sources of words, usage and ideas to be used in connection with other project work. They can be used for young children, or for beginners at any stage of the 5-14 Course. There is an OPTIONAL audio cassette available with this pack with the poems, songs and stories on it. Item Code (no cassette): PK002 · Price: £8.99 Item Code (with cassette): PK003 · Price: £14.99 · INTRODUCTORY PACK: Our Introductory Pack was intended initially as an incentive for teachers to buy both our Starter Pack for Teachers and Scotsheets 1 with cassette as an integrated package. This has proved very popular and so we have decided to continue with this option. The pack consists of Items PK001 and PK003. Item Code: PK004 · Price: £24.99 · SCOTSHEETS 2: Scotsheets 2 is on exactly the same format as Scotsheets 1. The topics covered in this pack are: Trees; The Ferm Toun; The Sea; Legends o the Sea; The Guid Scots Tongue; Bairn's Rhymes; Fitbaa; Rhymes o the Past; Toys; Poachin; Wartime; Skin; Makkin Music; Scots & Gaelic; Shoaps; The Gifts o the Yird; Bairnheid; An Auld Scots Toun; Galoshins; Fowk, Wark & Place. Item Code (no cassette): PK005 · Price: £8.99 Item Code (with cassette): PK006 · Price: £14.99 · THE FOWER SAISONS: This pack is our first Resource Pack and, as such, is far more substantial than the Scotsheet packs. It contains material based on the four seasons of the year: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Although the seasons in Scotland are not really all the same length as one another, for the sake of convenience, each season is split into three months. That is to say, Spring consists of March - May; Summer consists of June - August; Autumn consists of September - November; and finally, Winter consists of December - February. The material contained in this pack includes: Scottish historical information with songs relating to events which have taken place (which can be used as basic history or in in-depth project work); brief biographical details of famous Scots; some information about special occasions in the old Celtic Scottish year; poems; stories, and; small one act plays (a good way of giving pupils confidence in speaking Scots). The poems and the songs are included on a cassette. Item Code: RPK001 · Price: £29.99 ALL of the material you see listed above has been a product
of feedback given by teachers. The creator of the material, Dr Sheila Douglas, is
a former teacher of twenty five years classroom experience, and she has used
her own experience of teaching Scots language to devise the Starter Pack,
which was thoroughly vetted and given approval by Dr Catherine Macafee
of Aberdeen University English Department.
Dr Douglas also approached teachers with samples of the material in the Scotsheets to classroom test and encouraged them to say what they thought of the format. Their response invariably was on the lines of, "Do have any more?" and"When can we buy it?" Top educationists were shown Scotsheets 1. Mr Robbie Robertson of the SCCC liked what he saw, so did the HM Inspectors. Tayside Region English Adviser, Mr Alastair Horne and Liz Niven of Dumfries & Galloway have actively been recommending the material to teachers in their respective areas. Our two main aims are quite simple : to provide you with resource material on an ongoing basis, and to provide with the kind of material you feel would be most useful, so your feedback will always be greatly appreciated. Therefore, why not get in touch with us and tell us what you want to see in future Scotsheets packs and Resource packs? ANY MORE QUERIES?
It is possible that you may have particular queries which have not been covered above. If so, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. The Merlin Press has access to numerous language experts and will be only too happy to forward your queries to them.
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