Room on the Broom Activity Sheets

Room on the Broom – Activity Sheets

Scots English

Muckle Big Scunnered Fed-up

Wee Small Skinnymalinky Thin

Lang Tall Sleekit Sly

Crabbit Bad tempered Tousie Scruffy

Mingin Smelly Guid Good

Daft Silly Ill-faured Evil-looking

Bonnie Pretty Sonsie Cheery

Couthie Friendly Clivver Clever

Bletherie Chatty Tottie Very small

Clarty Dirty Braw Well dresses

Glaikit Stupid Blate Shy

Hackit Ugly Quate Quiet

Peeliewally Pale Carnaptious Irritable

Scots English 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. 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