First Day At School by Roger McGough

Who / What is the persona of 'The First Day At School'?

• A young child

• A small and slimy lessin

• Roger McGough

• The tea-cher

What is the poem about?

• It's about a lonely child being bullied in school.

• It's about a lost child looking for his mother.

• It's about a child describing his feelings and anxiety about school.

• It's about a child fighting off lessins and werewolves.

What was unfamiliar and new to the child?

• Playground, lessons, teacher, wellies, and spelling.

• Lessons, teacher, classrooms, language and spelling.

• Classrooms, puddles, his name, fairy tales and spelling.

• Wellies, playground, teacher, his name and fairy tales.

"Games / that are rough, that swallow you up." What does this quote suggest about the child's feelings towards the games?

• The games are like monsters.

• The child is a coward.

• The child is having a tough time with the games.

• The child is afraid of the games.

Why do you think the poet wrote the poem using a child as a persona?

• It's more effective in conveying a child's point of view.

• It's more fun to read spelling errors and wrong words in the poem.

• It's boring if an adult is the persona.

• It's more effective in portraying the poet's main ideas.

Which of the following quotes shows that the persona misses his mother?

• A millionbillionwilion miles from home.

• I wish she was here.

• I wish I could remember my name / Mummy said it would come in useful.

• Tea-cher. The one who makes the tea.

Which one of the following quotes suggests that the other children DO NOT feel the same anxiety about school as the persona?

• Why are they all so big, other children?

• Spent the years inventing games / That don't let me in.

• So much at home they / Must have been born in uniform

• Games / That are rough, that swallow you up.

Which of the following quotes suggests that the persona has never been in a classroom before?

• They keep them in the glassrooms. / Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.

• Running away from the lessins. Lessin.

• Perhaps the teacher will read it for me. / Tea-cher.

• Waiting for the bell to go. (To go where?)

Where do you think the persona most likely got the idea about wolves and monsters from?

• From the railings.

• From the fences.

• From fairy tales.

• From his teacher.

Bonus question: Do you think Quizziz has helped you to revise the poem adequately?

• Yes! And I want more Quizziz!

• No! I do not wish to see anymore Quizziz!

• Yes.

• No.