Cover lesson · Welsh · Year 10 · Intermediate
LNF: Literacy → Translanguaging → Translanguaging
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What this practises: GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature (WJEC, Made for Wales), Unit 4a: Linguistic Connections, the written examination. Content area 4.1.3 asks for “writing in an accurate manner when proofreading and correcting and/or translating short text”, and the specification’s opportunities for integration of learning experiences list translanguaging, or mediating from one language to another. Pupils read three short English sources and write in Welsh. The literacy skill is moving meaning between languages: choosing natural Welsh over word-for-word translation, and selecting and reorganising information for a new reader.
Print: this sheet, one per pupil, and the stimulus sheet “Glanhau Afon Helyg: tair ffynhonnell Saesneg”, one per pupil or pair. No computers, phones, dictionaries or online translators. The town, group and figures are invented.
Run: 5 min pupils read the three sources · 8 min Step 1, the glossary · 12 min Step 2, literal or natural? · 8 min Step 3, planning the article · 20 min Step 4, the article, alone and in silence · 5 min Step 5, checking and counting words.
Collect: this sheet. Checks you can make without any Welsh: in Step 1, “kingfisher” should be glas y dorlan and “free of charge” should be am ddim. In Step 2, sentence 1 should use hen wragedd a ffyn, not cathod a chŵn. The Step 4 article needs a headline, at least one quotation inside speech marks, and 150 to 200 words (pupils write the count at the end). It must not start with the date of the clean-up day, as the council notice does: a good article opens with the most interesting news.
Mae cylchgrawn yr ysgol eisiau erthygl am y grŵp sy’n glanhau Afon Helyg. Mae’r wybodaeth i gyd yn Saesneg. Rwyt ti’n darllen y tair ffynhonnell, yn creu geirfa Gymraeg, yn cymharu cyfieithiad llythrennol â Chymraeg naturiol, ac yna’n ysgrifennu erthygl Gymraeg. Nid cyfieithiad yw’r erthygl: rwyt ti’n dewis, yn aildrefnu ac yn addasu’r wybodaeth ar gyfer darllenwyr ifanc.
The school magazine wants an article about the group that cleans the River Helyg. All the information is in English. You read the three sources, build a Welsh glossary, compare a literal translation with natural Welsh, then write a Welsh article. The article is not a translation: you select, reorder and adapt the information for young readers.
Ysgrifenna’r gair neu’r ymadrodd Cymraeg. Yn y golofn olaf, rho nodyn defnyddiol: cenedl (gwrywaidd neu fenywaidd), lluosog, neu dreiglad. Write the Welsh word or phrase. In the last column add a useful note: gender, plural, or a mutation.
| Saesneg | Cymraeg | Nodyn |
|---|---|---|
| volunteers | ||
| clean-up day | ||
| riverbank | ||
| litter pickers | ||
| gloves | ||
| wellies | ||
| shopping trolleys | ||
| tyres | ||
| tonne | ||
| kingfisher | ||
| young trout | ||
| free of charge |
Cafodd y pum brawddeg Saesneg hyn eu cyfieithu gair am air. Mae’r fersiwn llythrennol yn anghywir neu’n swnio’n rhyfedd. Ysgrifenna fersiwn naturiol, ac esbonia beth oedd y broblem: idiom, ystyr (y gair anghywir), trefn geiriau, treiglad neu cywair. These five English sentences were translated word for word. Write a natural version and say what the problem was.
| # | Saesneg a’r fersiwn llythrennol | Fy fersiwn naturiol | Beth oedd y broblem? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It rained cats and dogs all morning. Roedd hi’n bwrw cathod a chŵn drwy’r bore. | ||
| 2 | Many hands make light work. Mae llawer o ddwylo yn gwneud gwaith golau. | ||
| 3 | We had a whale of a time. Cawson ni amser morfil. | ||
| 4 | Gloves, litter pickers and bags will be provided free of charge. Menig, casglwyr sbwriel a bagiau bydd yn cael eu darparu rhydd o dâl. | ||
| 5 | Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. Dan 16s rhaid bod yn cyfeilio gan oedolyn. |
(b) Ym mrawddeg 5, beth yw ystyr arferol “cyfeilio”? Pam mae’n ddoniol yma? In sentence 5, what does “cyfeilio” usually mean? Why is it funny here?
Mae darllenwyr y cylchgrawn rhwng 11 a 16 oed. Paid â dilyn trefn y ffynonellau. Cynllunia dy erthygl yma. The readers are 11 to 16. Do not follow the order of the sources. Plan your article here.
| Pennawd (byr, bachog) | |
|---|---|
| Agoriad: y newyddion mwyaf diddorol | |
| 3 ffigur o ffynhonnell 3 | |
| Dyfyniad o ffynhonnell 2 (yn Gymraeg naturiol) | |
| Diwedd: beth mae’r darllenydd yn gallu ei wneud? | |
| Beth rwyt ti’n ei adael allan, a pham? |
Ysgrifenna erthygl 150 i 200 gair ar gyfer cylchgrawn yr ysgol. Write a 150 to 200 word article for the school magazine.
Nifer y geiriau: ______ Word count
Darllena dy erthygl eto. Tanlinella un enghraifft o bob un: berf ar ddechrau brawddeg, treiglad ar ôl rhif, idiom Cymraeg. Cywira ddau wall. Reread your article. Underline one example of each: a verb at the start of a sentence, a mutation after a number, a Welsh idiom. Correct two mistakes.