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Saturday 1 September 2012
Off to school
Vocabulary
Look at the picture and say:
Look at the picture and say:
- how people in the picture feel on the first day at school.
- how you feel now you are back at school.
from “New Millennium English – 10” Student’s book 2004
First day at school
A. Read and listen to the poem.
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В. Look through the poem again and answer these questions.
a) Can you see any unusual words in this poem?
b) Why do you think the words are like this?
c) What words do they stand tor?
d) What are the feelings of the child?
e) What other evidence of the child's feelings can you see in the poem?
First Day at School
A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
Why are they all so big, other children?
So noisy? So much at home they
Must have been born in uniform
Lived all their lives in playgrounds
Spent the years inventing games
That don't let me in. Games
That are rough, that swallow you up.
And the railings.
All around, the railings.
Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?
Things that carry off and eat children?
Things you don't take sweets from?
Perhaps they're to stop us getting out
Running away from the lessins. Lessin.
What does a lessin look like?
Sounds small and slimy.
They keep them in the glassrooms.
Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.
I wish I could remember my name
Mummy said it would come in useful.
Like wellies. When there's puddles.
Yellowwellies. I wish she was here.
I think my name is sewn on somewhere
Perhaps the teacher will read it for me.
Tea-cher. The one who makes the tea.
Roger McGough
Posted by ajleek
В. Look through the poem again and answer these questions.
a) Can you see any unusual words in this poem?
b) Why do you think the words are like this?
c) What words do they stand tor?
d) What are the feelings of the child?
e) What other evidence of the child's feelings can you see in the poem?
First Day at School
A millionbillionwillion miles from home
Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)
Why are they all so big, other children?
So noisy? So much at home they
Must have been born in uniform
Lived all their lives in playgrounds
Spent the years inventing games
That don't let me in. Games
That are rough, that swallow you up.
And the railings.
All around, the railings.
Are they to keep out wolves and monsters?
Things that carry off and eat children?
Things you don't take sweets from?
Perhaps they're to stop us getting out
Running away from the lessins. Lessin.
What does a lessin look like?
Sounds small and slimy.
They keep them in the glassrooms.
Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.
I wish I could remember my name
Mummy said it would come in useful.
Like wellies. When there's puddles.
Yellowwellies. I wish she was here.
I think my name is sewn on somewhere
Perhaps the teacher will read it for me.
Tea-cher. The one who makes the tea.
Roger McGough
from “New Millennium English – 10” Student’s book 2004
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