Windscape

By Paul MurdochEducation

Windscape episodes

February 25, 2021 Chapter 18 – The Battle on the Brae
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/22165342/Windscape-Chapter-18.mp3
Topics to explore : fables, saying thank you in Polish https://youtu.be/L4kodGYaiSA
Oban has a building that looks like a colosseum. Where is the original Colosseum? Who built it
and when? What was it used for? Find out more about the one in Oban.
Words to explore : stowaway, sample, scanning, mutt, dunder-heed (dunderheed/dunderhead)…
Emotions : What did the older man in the bookshop feel after seeing Sandy at his glass door?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 24, 2021 Chapter 17 – The Bookshop
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/22165335/Windscape-Chapter-17.mp3
Topics to explore : Bookshops – The oldest known bookstore still opened in France (and Europe) is the Librairie Nouvelle d’Orléans. Its owner in 1545 was Étienne Rouzeau. What else can you find out about book sellers?
Jenny says her dad likes ‘fantasy and adventure books’, what kind of books or stories do you like?
Words to explore : frogmarched, flailing, facade, lobbed, toppled, snitch…
Emotions : What emotions does Pavel experience as he drives in Windy’s car with Jenny?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 23, 2021 Chapter 16 – The Big Clue
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/22165328/Windscape-Chapter-16.mp3
Topics to explore : sea sickness, Oban Cathedral, Follies,
Windy refers to WPD (wind power density). What other considerations might there be when deciding to place a wind turbine?
In the text it mentions ‘Herculean proportions’ – Who was Hercules?
Words to explore : dissolved, cistern, adopted, toddler, hostile, deference, starboard, ingenuity…
Emotions : How did McGovern feel when he was accused of being bad to Jenny by the woman with the toddlers?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 22, 2021 Chapter 15 – Feeling Sick
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/22165320/Windscape-Chapter-15.mp3
Topics to explore : Scottish slang… blether, crabbit,
What size were McGovern’s feet?
Words to explore : peely-wally, pegged, bolted, wretch, strewn…
Emotions : How does Mrs Murdoch feel when she discovers Angus Murdoch has been holding back the McLeod’s letters?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 14 – McGovern
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193330/Windscape-Chapter-14.mp3
Topics to explore : racism, whales and dolphins, Manx Shearwater… What types of whale can be found in the waters around Scotland? Words to explore : mournfully, racist, withering, hindsight, gangway…
Emotions : How does the man on ferry feel when he realises Pavel is from Poland? How does Jenny feel when the man confronts Pavel? How does Pavel feel? What does this incident make you feel?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 13 – South Uist
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193323/Windscape-Chapter-13.mp3
Topics to explore : stone circles, a ‘kit house’, lamb’s foot knife
What is the most famous stone circle on Lewis called?
What do you think the teacher said to the bus driver on her way off of the bus?
Words to explore : brackish, purred, peered, blurted, virtue, tangle, fog-horn…
Emotions : How does Pavel feel when the school teacher recognises Jenny?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 12 – Panic at Hilltop
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193313/Windscape-Chapter-12.mp3
Topics to explore : The surname McLeod, duffle bag, the Spanish town of Javea…
What has the name Murdoch got to with gas?
Words to explore : blankly, mutt, Mademoiselle, dread, kilter, bobbled, natty, Imbecile… Emotions : How does Mrs Murdoch feel when Angus becomes angry at Jenny’s disappearance?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 11 – Lochmaddy
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193306/Windscape-Chapter-11.mp3
Topics to explore : North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Barra…
What is a timetable?
‘Don’t tar them all with the same brush’ – what does that mean ?
Words to explore : agitated, hem, effortlessly, flutter, porthole, gurgle…
Emotions : How did Windy feel when Jenny asked for a lift in his car?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 10 – Boats and Birds
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193301/Windscape-Chapter-10.mp3
Topics to explore : The Giant Skua, Gaelic, what children’s programme had the character ‘Windy Miller’?
‘Don’t tar them all with the same brush’ – what does that mean ?
Words to explore : purser, inlet, religious, turbines, impact, cringed…
Emotions : How did Jenny feel when Pavel confronted Windy about the dangers of Wind Farms?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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February 07, 2021 Chapter 9 – Tarbert
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/public/windscape/uploads/sites/9343/2021/02/07193252/Windscape-Chapter-9.mp3
Topics to explore : Ferries around Scotland, Tarbert and it meaning in Gaelic.
What is an abbreviation? What is the word ‘Rep’ short for?
Words to explore : Tarmac, lochen, contours, lolling, rickety, strewn,
Emotions : How does Jenny feel when Pavel refers to her as Jean?
Summarise the chapter in a few sentences, draw a favourite scene, write out your favourite piece of description…
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