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 HertBraw MoothGuid LugsWee AirmsStrang 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 fairytales.)