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A CTIVITY SHEET 6<br />
Listen tae the Teacher (2)<br />
Read the words of ‘Listen tae the Teacher’ carefully. Answer the following questions.<br />
Wha’s the main character in the poem?<br />
Whit age is he?<br />
Whaur does he live?<br />
Whit is his faither’s job?<br />
Look at verse 1. Whit does it mean when it says the teacher ‘scoffs’?<br />
Why dae ye think she does this?<br />
Whit does his faither say?<br />
Why does the wee boy ‘bite his lip’ and ‘shut his mooth’?<br />
Wha does he gan tae fir help?<br />
Auld Geordie gies some advice. Whit is it?<br />
Whit does this mean – ‘Tae dae in Rome as Romans do’?<br />
Why did the writer say this in the song?<br />
When the boy grows up, whit does he dae?<br />
Dae ye agree wi his decision? Explain yer answer.<br />
Hoose an moose are rhyming words. Fin twa mair pairs of words that rhyme.<br />
Think aboot the wey you talk.<br />
Dae ye ayeweys talk the same? How and when does it change?<br />
Dae ye need tae be able tae talk in Scots and English?<br />
Can ye think o times when ye need tae ken English?<br />
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