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Michael Rosen - 'Chocolate Cake'

Michael Rosen - 'Chocolate Cake'
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Key Info
  • Michael Rosen - 'Chocolate Cake'
  • Duration: 03:43
  • Michael Rosen shares his memory of a chocolate cake from his childhood and performs his poem of the same name for a group of children - an excellent example of performance poetry.
  • Subject:

    Literacy

       Topic:

    Poetry

  • Keywords: performance poetry, Michael Rosen, poems about food, Chocolate Cake
Ideas for use in class
  • Share the clip with pupils. Discuss performance poetry. Look at other Michael Rosen poems. How does the work of these poets compare/contrast with one another? Work with pupils to create a performance piece for selected poems. Pupils create their own story poems about food. Use as a stimulus for pupils own independent research on Michael Rosen.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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