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Language: Gaelic

Air Acair - by Deborah Moffatt

{ Poem }

feasgar ciùin foghair
’s thu air do shlighe dhan bhaile,
uisge rèidh a’ bhàigh na teine
fo gathan fada na grèine

Èistibh Poster

{ Learning Resource }

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Èistibh – Teaching Notes

{ Learning Resource }

Choose from the following activities to build your own poetry lessons. Share thisFacebookTwitterEmail

Èistibh - by Anna Frater

{ Poem }

Feuch an tigeadh guth
tron t-sàmhchair.

Inspiration to write poems

{ Learning Resource }

Loads of ideas and inspiration to get you started writing poetry in any situation.

Performing poetry

{ Learning Resource }

Useful tips about how to perform a poem.

Poetry Competition checklist

{ Learning Resource }

A checklist to help you organise a poetry competition.

Poetry links

{ Learning Resource }

A curated list of hyperlinks to literature and poetry related places.

The Kist / A’Chiste

{ Learning Resource }

The Kist / A’Chiste provides a selection of Scots and Gaelic texts carefully chosen to meet the needs of the language work in the 5-14 curriculum and beyond. This anthology contains 160 pages of poetry, prose and drama.

Na Mairbh san Raoin - by Murchadh Moireach

{ Poem }

Bu shunntach iad a’ dol thar raoin na strì
Tha ’n sin ’nan laighe sìnt’ an sàmhchair bhuain

There’s a Little Seed Teaching Notes

{ Learning Resource }

Choose from the following activities to build your own Early Level poetry lessons.

Earthquake / Crith-Thalmhainn Teaching Notes

{ Learning Resource }

Our learning resources for Earthquake, one of the National Poetry Day 2018 poems.

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