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The real world and the fictional world
How a rain forest in Wales provided inspiration for Kiran’s fictional world.
  1. The real world and the fictional world
    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  13. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  14. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  15. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  16. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  17. Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
    09:49
    Reading from Maddy Yip's guide to life
  18. Writing in Scots
    02:48
    Writing in Scots
  19. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  20. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
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