Writing Fairy Tales
In Scots
What do we need?
1. Hero
2. Setting
3. Evil character
4. Magic thing
5. Helper
6. Hero faces challenge from evil character
7. Hero beats challenge (Happy ever after)
1. Hero’s name?
Choose an ordinary first name – Joe or Kelly
Surname: mix Scots adjectives and nouns –
Bonnie
Braw
Guid
Wee
Strang
Hert
Mooth
Lugs
Airms
Fernietickles
2. Setting
Burn – stream
Glen – valley
Brae – hill
Loch – lake
Shaw – wood
2. Scots setting name
Mix Scots words with place names:
Lang Burn
Fernietickle Glen
Bubblyjock Brae
Cauld Tattie Loch
Deid Tree Shaw
3. Evil character?
Warlock – wizard
Carline – witch
Bogle – ghost
3. Negative characteristics
Sleekit – sneaky
Crabbit – grumpy
Hackit – ugly
Greetin – crying
Grippie – greedy
3. Evil character’s name
Mix Scots words you know for an evil name:
Sleekit Mooth Sam
(warlock)
Crabbit Breeks Maggie (carline)
Hackit Heid Bob
(bogle)
Muckle Plooks Tam
Boggin Oxters Brenda
4. Magic thing
Choose one of these or make up your own
Scots ‘thing’ with magic powers:
A magic tattie, aipple, clootie dumplin
A magic bunnet, jaiket, gutties
A magic keekin-gless, moothie, glesses
5. Helper
Choose a bird or animal to help your hero:
Hoolet –
Earn –
Selkie –
Midgie –
6. The problem
What problem/challenge does your hero face?
What does your hero need/want? What or who
is stopping him or her from getting it?
(Think about the problem in other fairy tales.)
7. Happily ever after
Your hero tries twice to solve the problem
but fails twice.
Why does he or she fail?
How does he or she finally overcome the
problem?
(Think about how the hero wins in other fairy
tales.)