13/5/2018 ESTUDIOS INTERCULTURALES EN LENGUA INGLESA 1 - EAP

MPORTANT FOR BOTH SUBJECTS!!!

PRINT A COPY OF THE POEM + ACTIVITIES (SEE
BELOW) AND TAKE IT TO OUR NEXT LESSONS ON
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH. AND MONDAY 21ST. YOU
WILL NEED IT TO WORK IN CLASS !!

A) Look at the statements below. Tick the ones which match your understanding
of what the poet is saying in THE BRITISH.
Try to find lines from the poem to support the statements.

1. All people should be treated with respect.

2. It takes time for people to live in harmony.
3. We have to work at getting along with all kinds of people.
4. Throughout history the population has changed.
5. Everyone is equal.
6. It's exciting to live in a multicultural society.
7. Benjamin Zepaniah is passionate about justice and equality.

B) The Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Normans all came to Britain
hundred of years ago. What point do you think Benjamin Zephaniah is
making by including them in the poem?

C) The poem is writte like a recipe:

1- What words/phrases and/or other features in The British make the
poem look like a recipe?
2- Make up a list of those words/expressions and look them up in the
dictionary.
3- Why do you think Zephaniah decide to write the poem in this way?

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