Scottish Studies
Scots Language: Understanding and
Communicating
Starter
What Scots words do you use in your daily
conversation?
List as many as you can think of.
Learning Intentions
The aim of the lesson is to develop our knowledge of the
Scots language.
Success Criteria
By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:
Explain the history of the Scots Language.
Identify how many words there are in Scots.
State how many people understand Scots.
Task
Watch the video and take notes
using the Cornell note taking
method.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmj3E1dmkk&t=113s
Use the notes to write a
paragraph explaining the
origins and definition of
the Scots language.
Quiz
1)
A)
B)
C)
How many words are there in the Scots language?
40,00 words
20,000 words
60,000 words
True or False
2) Scots is a language in its own right. ( True or False)
3) In 1450 Scots replaced Greek as language of official documents.
4) Mary Queen of Scot’s son wrote poems in Scots.
5)How many people said they understood Scots in a census carried out by
The Scottish government.
A)1 million
B)5 million
C)1.5 million
Success Criteria
You should now be able to:
Describe the key events of the Scots Language.
List how many words there are in the Scots language.
Plenary
List three things you learned today about the Scots
Language.
In this Unit, there are 3 outcomes.
• A close reading of a Scots language text.
• Listening to a spoken text in Scots and
answer questions on the use of Scots.
• Create a piece of broadly creative writing
in Scots such as a poem, shorty story or
piece of personal writing.