UNIT 2
ABOUT SCOTLAND

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LESSON TWO: Famous Scots

In this unit you are going to know some famous people in the History of Scotland. They have been important in different fields such as science, art, literature, politics...

Activity 1

See the boxes below: there are three columns: The first one shows you the people names, the second one who they are and in the third one there is one of their works. You have to relate the three columns and write a sentence for each person. See the example:

Alexander Graham Bell was a __________ and he ____________

First of all, discuss with your partner about the answer.

Use this pattern:

ENGLISH PATTERN

Do you know the first one? Yes the first one is…. I don’t know I believe he is… I think he is known for.... He might be a.......

 

Box 1

Alexander Graham Bell		biologist and pharmacologist
Arthur Conan Doyle		scientist and inventor
Alexander Fleming		writer

 

1. Alexander Graham Bell__________________________________________________
2. Arthur Conan Doyle_______________________________________
3. Alexander Fleming_______________________________________

 

 

Box 2

Charles Rennie Mackintosh		King of the Scots
Robert Burns		poet and lyricist
Robert the Bruce		architect and designer

1. Charles Rennie Mackintosh__________________________________________________
2. Robert Burns______________________________________________
3. Robert the Bruce___________________________________________

 

Box 3

Ewan McGregor		the Loch Ness Monster
Nessie		knight and Scottish patriot
Robert Wallace		actor

 

1. Ewan McGregor___________________________________________________________
2. Nessie_________________________________________________
3. Robert Wallace __________________________________________

Activity 2

Look for further information in Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia on internet). You will have at least to find the following details:

a. Date and place of birth
b. Studies they did
c. The most important thing they did.

 

Activity 3

Write the words you can remember with no help.

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