No Breathing in Class

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The whiny kid, "Miss, can I go and do some breathing?" "No, you've got all playtime to do it in!" "Oh, go on Miss, oh go on!" "NO!" As on, with the desk lids. Are you ready? Here we go, hold the breath. (holds breath, pretends to lift up desk lid, puts head underneath, pants a bit, takes head out, and slams desk shut) Boom! Don't slam the desk lid down if you slammed you desk lid down and, "Out! School prison!" there was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string us up from the wall bars. Y'know sometimes in old schools you know that's what it was for like this one. (holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains) FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks, and there's rats! And they're nibbling my toenails, Miss!" So I figured out if you want to "survive", (twice) the way to do it was to let the desk lid down, really really slowly once more, from the beginnning we've got it all together, now we know how it goes. She says: Most of the poems don't rhyme, but they do have a really good rhythm, especially when read aloud. None of the poems have particularly difficult language and because of this, I think that they make a good model for children to try and emulate. I don't mean to detract from Michael Rosen's incredible skill here, but to make the point that even to a fairly under-confident writer, they don't seem too intimidating. I think they would work really well with Years 2 & 3 and be suitable for reading aloud in class, as well as for guided reading or as a jumping off point for children writing their own poems. 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. Michael saying "No!" is used often in YTPs, the other somewhat more popular alternative being the "No!" from London Airport in which Michael comes across as more defiant and less commanding.

It is a book that not only young learners would enjoy but also some poems would be amusing for adults. It is an opportunity to view school life from a child’s perspective and have a laugh at ourselves as adults. 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. Ahh! That was a mistake; slamming the desk lid down! If you made a noise with the desk lid, it was... "Out! School Prison!" There was a school prison underneath the school hall where they used to string you up from the wall bars. [Holds hands up, as if hanging to the wall by some chains] FWOP! "Miss, I've been up here for 3 weeks! And there's rats... and they're nibblin' my toenails!" So I figured it out, what you had to do was put your thumb 'round the edge of the desk lid, so when it went down, it didn't make any noise at all.

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This is a wonderful and easy reading book combining poetry with mad anecdotes and comical illustrations. The content includes poems such as ‘Unfair’, ‘Strict’, ‘I think’, ‘Cool School’ etc. These titles should capture a child’s curiosity as it is a poetry book written from a child’s perspective. The poems are an introduction to the fun side of rhyme and would be a good introduction to creative poetry and writing. There is a rhythmic feel but the poems do not conform to a strict formula. All have funny anecdotes regarding topics from sport, strict teachers, and escaped class pets to gymnastic traumas. Michael holding his breath for the first time is used sometimes in YouTube Poops because of how ridiculous he looks, however it is often difficult to fit into the video and generally requires some sort of relation to a storyline. urn:lcp:nobreathingincla0000rose:epub:0baae7e9-2809-4e37-8880-0dc41453bc1e Foldoutcount 0 Identifier nobreathingincla0000rose Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s23hd8xgfft Invoice 1652 Isbn 0141300221 Lccn 2003428938 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-1200176 Openlibrary_edition According to a live stream, Michael said that this was a made-up story. It was inspired by an actual strict teacher that he had who never had a rule not to breathe. In MechaWeegee91's 12th installment of "Link and the Hyrule Gang", King Harkinian references the story by interrupting Zelda's advice to Link, leaving Link confused.

The ka-boom! sounds are used often in YTPs to indicate some sort of physical impact (e.g. hitting something, a bomb exploding) No Breathing in Class is possibly one of the most popular of Michael Rosen's poems (by both Poopers and non-Poopers alike), as it seems to be one of the most quoted. Michael pretending to quietly close the desk is very often seen in Poops to indicate some sort of physical action. Most iconically, it is used as CaptainPlums' introduction to his videos. We had a teacher who was so strict, you weren't allowed to breathe in her lessons. She used to stand out the front going, "No breathing!" And you had the whole morning to get through. [Takes deep breath and holds it, then exhales.] There is one particular poem that I enjoyed called ‘The Register’, Mrs. Riley is trying to get the Class 6 register underway but is also trying to deal with constant interruptions including some easily distracted students, a missing class snail, school dinner issues, funny questions about the class trip which all combine in making Mrs. Riley a very disheveled and crazed looking teacher.My favourites are 'Strict', which is where the title comes from and 'The Register'. The first is an hilarious account of a ludicrously strict teacher who insists on 'no breathing in class!', much to the bewilderment of her pupils who try desperately not to incur her wrath. I definitely remember teachers at school who were insanely strict and spent a lot of time bellowing for no reason.