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B. Discuss the following questions with your friends.

• How did you feel on the first day of your school – nervous or
FOR SAMPLE ONLY
relaxed?
• Do you like reading poems?

Let’s Read

A. Here is a poem that describes a student's first day at school
and his or her newness and ignorance towards school. Think

about the title carefully. Without reading the poem what
does this mean to you? What could the poem be about?

B. Now read the following 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?

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