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Writing Haikus
Brian explains how haikus work and challenges you to write your own!
  1. Writing Haikus
    08:00
    Writing Haikus
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
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    11:22
    The real world and the fictional world
  10. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  11. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  12. Feather reading
    06:20
    Feather reading
  13. Hercules Song
    01:56
    Hercules Song
  14. Respecting each other
    01:57
    Respecting each other
  15. Questions from schools
    05:21
    Questions from schools
  16. Keeping Up With Michael
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    Keeping Up With Michael
  17. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  18. School Questions
    05:51
    School Questions
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