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Room on the Broom – Activity Sheets

|Scots |English |

|Muckle |Big |

|Wee |Small |

|Lang |Tall |

|Crabbit |Bad tempered |

|Mingin |Smelly |

|Daft |Silly |

|Bonnie |Pretty |

|Couthie |Friendly |

|Bletherie |Chatty |

|Clarty |Dirty |

|Glaikit |Stupid |

|Hackit |Ugly |

|Peeliewally |Pale |

|Scots |English |

|Scunnered |Fed-up |

|Skinnymalinky |Thin |

|Sleekit |Sly |

|Tousie |Scruffy |

|Guid |Good |

|Ill-faured |Evil-looking |

|Sonsie |Cheery |

|Clivver |Clever |

|Tottie |Very small |

|Braw |Well dresses |

|Blate |Shy |

|Quate |Quiet |

|Carnaptious |Irritable |

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Scots / English Animals

|Beasties |Animals |

|baudrons |cat |

|brock |badger |

|coo |cow |

|craw |crow |

|cuddie |horse |

|dug |dog |

|ettercap |spider |

|grumphie |pig |

|hoolet |owl |

|moose |mouse |

|papingo |parrot |

|puddock |frog |

|puggie |monkey |

|tod |fox |

|Scots Movement Word |Film Character |

|flee | |

|breeshle | |

|flichter | |

|birl | |

|lowp | |

|boonce | |

|mairch | |

Class or small group discussion:

Do you think that animals move this way in real life? Think about each of the witch’s four friends and give reasons for your answer.

|dug | |

|cat | |

|puddock | |

|burd | |

Why do you think the film shows the animals moving like this?

What does it tell us about each different character?

|dug | |

|cat | |

|puddock | |

|burd | |

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Can ye draw the beasties on the bizzum in the richt order?

Label the beasties in your best handwriting using these words:

puddock burd dug cat

Draw a circle round the words that you think are Scots.

Draw fower ither beasties on the bizzum. Choose from the list ablow:

hoolet _____________

tod _____________

craw _____________

moose _____________

coo _____________

cuddie _____________

ettercap _____________

Can you write the English name beside each Scots beastie? Use the Scots/English animal word list to help you.

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