1. Write a story or poem in Scots
Help for getting started on your first story or poem in Scots

2. Write a story or poem in Scots . . .
aboot a dug or a moose or a tod (fox)
aboot yer best freend or yer faimly
aboot a school trip or a pairty or a nicht oot

3. Write a story or poem in Scots that starts with
Gie me it!
I didnae want tae dae it but he made me tak the money.
I wis jist leavin ma hoose when I saw . . .
A lang, lang time ago, there wis a . . .

4. Write a story or poem in Scots with the title
Bonnie
The Auld Hoose
A Guid Nicht
Fitba

5. Use as many Scots words as you can in a story or poem from these 3 lists
yella, braw, drookit, windae, licht
sair, feart, skelp, oot, dug
wrang, wean, dinnae, lowpin, doon

6. Write a story or poem in Scots
Write a story or poem in Scots. You must use at least 10 of the Scots words below.
Nouns
burn, gress, laddie, watter, moose, fairm,
bluid, faither, bairn, midnicht, polis, hoose
Verbs
greet, faw, haud, reek, skelp, droon, blether
Adjectives
bonnie, braw, crabbit, sleekit, guid, mingin, deid

7. To read stories and poems in Scots written by young people, visit
SKOOSH!
skoosh.scotshoose.com