Over My Toes | WORKSHOP | Michael Rosen for Teachers

The video tutorial guides teachers on how to engage children with a poem about the sea, focusing on sounds and patterns. It suggests activities like discussing sounds, reading the poem, and writing their own sound poems. The tutorial emphasizes the relationship between sounds, letters, and words, encouraging creativity and exploration of phonics and synesthesia.

What is one way to engage children with the sounds of the seaside?

• Play a video of a beach.

• Read a book about marine life.

• Discuss sounds they have heard in different places.

• Show them pictures of the sea.

What activity involves children identifying patterns in the poem?

• Listening to a song by Bob Dylan.

• Drawing pictures of the sea.

• Finding repeated phrases and words.

• Writing their own poems.

What is a suggested method for children to write their own sound poems?

• Follow the exact structure of the original poem.

• Choose a place with sounds and brainstorm related words.

• Write about their favorite animal.

• Use only onomatopoeia words.

Which of the following is NOT a suggested sound-related word for a wind poem?

• Rustle

• Bang

• Brush

• Swish

What is the main focus when exploring phonics in poetry?

• The meaning of words.

• The musicality of words.

• The length of the poem.

• The rhyme scheme.

What is synesthesia in the context of poetry?

• A type of rhyme scheme.

• A form of visual art.

• A way to express meaning through sound.

• A method of memorizing poems.

What is prosody in the context of writing?

• The use of metaphors.

• The study of word meanings.

• The structure of sentences.

• The rhythm and sound of language.