Gotta Catch ‘Em All!’�Eight-hundred and seven, so�this will take an age.��* Count the syllables, what is the pattern?�* What poem type does this go with?�* Have you any ideas what this poem is about?

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���So……��* The pattern is 5,7,5�* Poem is a Haiku�Pokemon

Write down all the facts you know about Pokémon…

Compare your list to the facts below, I am sure your list has lots of interesting ones.

Pokémon Facts

Did you know?

• The name Pokémon is a compound word made of ‘pocket’ and ‘monster’
• Pikachu’s name is a combination of Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkle (pikapika) and squeaking (chuchu)
• Pokémon was created in 1995, by a man called Satoshi Tajiri
• It is the second most successful video game of all time, just behind Mario
• Pokémon is now a video game series, a trading card game, an anime televisions series, a film series and a manga comic series
• Nippoin Airways started operating Pokémon Jets in 1998. The planes were decorated in Pokémon livery and the crew wore themed outfits
• More than 20 billion trading cards have been printed
• There are 807 fictional species that appear in Pokémon

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WALT: Form questions to find out about the creator of Pokémon.

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• Write a list of questions you would want to find out about Satoshi Tajiri (creator of Pokémon).

E.g Where was he from?

Who he worked with?

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• Read the story about Satoshi Tajiri, can you find any of the answers to your questions?

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• Also find your 3 most interesting facts from the story.

Pokémon - The Story of Satoshi Tajiri (1)

Satoshi Togari grew up in rural Japan. He spent his childhood exploring the long grass searching for insects. He loved insects so much that the children at school called him ‘Mr. Bug’.

At school he found it hard to concentrate. He did not get along with his teachers. He had a difficult time remembering lessons. Years later, he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. But at school, his teachers thought he was just lazy.

Satoshi loved video-games. He would spend hours of his free time at the local arcades. He even got given a space invader cabinet. One day he took apart his console to learn about how it worked! His parents were worried about him.

Eventually, he started a magazine about video games. He called it Game Freak. Because of the magazine, he met someone called Ken Tsukimoto. Ken loved drawing and video games. They became friends. Ken designed characters for video games.

Satoshi wanted to create a video game. He saw a couple of children playing a new Gameboy handheld device. Their devices were joined together. An idea sparked within Satoshi.

He remembered the games that he used to play as a child collecting bugs and insects. He imagined two GameBoys connected by a link cable with little bugs crawling down the wire.

He took his idea to Nintendo. At first it did not work. It was too complicated. But Satoshi did not give up and neither did Ken. They kept working at their idea and eventually it became a success.

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Satoshi Haiku� �Bugs and games were his�From no-one to the whole world�Don’t forget your dream!�