The British

by
Benjamin Zephaniah
Work in small groups and discuss the following questions:

Activity 1 : How English is Britain?

1. Can you think of at least 5 groups who at some point in history have migrated to
England? If you know approximately when they came here, make a note of that.
2. Why did these groups come to England?

Activity 2 : The British ( Serves 60 million ).

1. What is the poem telling us?

2. What image of Britain does the poem portray?
3. What is the message at the end of the poem?

Activity 3: Vocabulary and Grammar.

1. What does the poem look like? How did the author structured it?
2. What are the ingredients used by the author?
3. Write 10 ingredients used by the author in his recipe.
4. Write at least three verbs that are used to describe the process of cooking.

Activity 4: Writing a composition/poem

Write a short composition (150 words) in which you describe your countrys or another
countrys history using the same style used by author, i.e in a form of a recipe.