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In this programme Michael Rosen: - has fun showing off his Russell Crowe impression as a prelude to meeting the man who wrote the screenplay for Gladiator, William Nicholson. Nicholson talks about his new fantasy novel Seeker and takes the opportunity to lambast testing in schools - meets teacher Me...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Television Junction (Producer)
Other Authors: Rosen, Michael, 1946-, Nicholson, William
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [London] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2006.
Series:VAST: Academic Video Online
Reading aloud with Michael Rosen ; 3
Subjects:
Nicholson, William.
Swindells, Robert E., > 1939-
Bryson, Bill.
Oral reading.
Reading.
Literature > Study and teaching > Great Britain.
Children > Books and reading.
Lecture à haute voix.
Lecture.
Littérature > Étude et enseignement > Grande-Bretagne.
Enfants > Livres et lecture.
Literature > Study and teaching.
Great Britain.
Alexander Street Video.
Instructional television programs.
Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In this programme Michael Rosen: - has fun showing off his Russell Crowe impression as a prelude to meeting the man who wrote the screenplay for Gladiator, William Nicholson. Nicholson talks about his new fantasy novel Seeker and takes the opportunity to lambast testing in schools - meets teacher Merle Traves who shows how Robert Swindell's magical and chilling adventure book, Ice Palace, captured the imagination of her pupils at Leegomery Junior School in Shropshire - and introduces Bill Bryson's entertaining guide to science - A Short History of Nearly Everything, - to our panel - Julia Eccleshare of the Guardian, teacher Stacey Jordan, and Youth Worker Ghulam Hassan.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (14 min.).