A technique like ‘poetry papering’ works really well. Select a number of different poems, illustrating different poets, styles and forms. Photocopy the poems and pin them up around the classroom or another space for the children to find and explore at their leisure.

Take a short poem or a verse from a poem you will be studying. Print it, using double line spacing, and then cut up the lines. These rich and lyrical poems, set against striking illustrations by Satoshi Kitamura, invite us to consider our own impact on each other and the environment and to question, challenge and reflect. In the current climate of fake news, poetry such as this is essential in every classroom. Bearn, Emily (16 November 2008). "A novel approach to the classroom". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. YouTube Poopers like to use Michael's "survival" moment in their videos because Michael pokes a finger at the side of his head and makes a funny face. Many percussive sounds from Michael's performance are used as percussion in YTPMVs: The ka-boom! sounds of kids dying, the first time Michael slams the desk lid down, and the FWOP! sound when he is strung up from the wallbars.Michael Rosen is awarded the Fred & Anne Jarvis Award at NUT conference". NUT Annual Conference 2010 – Press Release. National Union of Teachers. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012 . Retrieved 18 June 2010. Former headteacher and chief executive of CLPE, Louise Johns-Shepherd, explains how to inspire KS2 pupils with poetry… 1 | Make poetry available Me. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) And, that was the way to... (thrice)

Alumni Life – Institute of Education, University of London". Ioe.ac.uk. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012 . Retrieved 27 November 2012. Shakespeare Schools Foundation Patrons". Shakespeare Schools Foundation. Shakespeare Schools Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017 . Retrieved 12 July 2021. The 2008 version of this video is the second most popular video on the channel, with over 8.3 million views as of March 2020.

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When writing, in their eagerness to get everything correct, children sometimes struggle to hit the right tone for the reader. A key issue in the past has been children thinking they have to use the ‘wowiest’ word available in a thesaurus, rather than the ‘right’ word. There is no wrong and right; it is the conversations evolving from their thought processes that are important. You might want to choose poems about animals, such as ‘ My Brother Bert’ by Ted Hughes or ‘ Penguins on Ice’ by Celia Warren. This approach helps children consider whether the vocabulary they are using is appropriate for the effect they wish to create. Is their dragon, for example, friendly? Might he be a hero? Or deadly? Michael saying "Keel over and die" is used very often in YouTube Poops as many involve characters directly threatening each other's lives. It is arguably the most iconic words taken from this video for Poopers.

With all of the vocabulary building approaches, it is essential that you provide some words that children know but don’t use themselves, and a few they might not know but would be very useful. Develop vocab with acrostics I could then change that to a metaphor by saying that ‘its fire is a scorching wind, striking down anything in its path.’ Playing with grammar Children need time to read, re-read and respond to poetry. However, we must make sure that we don’t jump into trying to dissect the poem before giving the children the opportunity to internalise and respond to it at a personal level.Flood, Alison (31 March 2020). "Michael Rosen 'very poorly but stable' after night in intensive care". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 March 2020 . Retrieved 31 March 2020. The tonal nature of many of Michael's sound effects in this video make them pitch-shiftable and usable as melodic instruments in YTPs. Namely, the whiny kid complaining about breathing and Michael yelling "OUT!" are often used as leads, while Michael saying "Ahh!" and touching the sides of his head is used often used as a higher soprano voice.