“The Lake” by Roger McGough In the poem “The Lake”‚ Roger McGough describes a lake destroyed by pollution. Write how the poet uses metaphors and imagery to show this. What does the poet tell us at the end of the poem? In the poem “The Lake”‚ Roger McGough shows us a picture of a lake which has been destroyed by rubbish the people who live around the lake have thrown into it over the years. He uses imagery and metaphors to show the results of pollution. McGough shows us images of darkness
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“The Identification ” by Roger McGough Is a poem in which there is a Character for whom I feel sympathy. I will explain why I feel sympathetic towards that person‚ and what particular words and phrases the poet uses which mad me feel this way. The poem is about a boy named Stephen‚ who was tragically killed in an explosion. His father is called to the police station to check if that’s his son. His father’s hopes are shattered as nearly all the evidence proves that it is Stephen lying in front
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The Lesson – Roger McGough (1937-) General assignments Paraphrase It’s about chaos in the classroom‚ and how to solve this. The teacher is using violence to control the students (swords and all) and The Head is supporting that. The writer tries to make this story funny‚ but still wants it to have a deeper meaning and make you think. Meaning The meaning is that you shouldn’t use violence in the classroom (it isn’t a solution)‚ but you should be able to control a class. Intentions The
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on The Lesson’ by Roger McGough Roger McGough the author of The Lesson’ is a well respected British poet who is still writing poems and is a poetry performer today. His work has become so well recognized that he has received an O.B.E for his contributions to poetry from the Queen. McGough was born in Liverpool and attended school in the nineteen-forties and fifties during a time when corporal punishment was widely present in British education. The Lesson’ by McGough is a poem which exaggerates
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Roger McGough was a well-known British poet who has written a lot of poems about inequality‚ life and unfairness between social classes. I have chosen to discuss and compare the following poem “The Commission”‚ “Nooligan” and “Streemin” of Roger McGough. The three poems I have chosen are mainly written in the area of inequality of this world and the unfairness of social class. In “The Commission” Roger McGough has written the contrast of the different social class and the difference between the
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First Day At School” is an excellent example of such a poem. He places himself inside the head of a young child who has just been dropped off by his mother in the playground of a city school on hisvery first day. It is an experience that this reviewer remembers vividly after 54 years‚ and no doubt the same is true of the vast majority of readers of this poem‚ which is why they will find themselves having instant rapport with the sentiments expressed by McGough. The child has clearly been told what
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was the first day of the new school term 2012. The moment that I am looking forward for the past 2 months during school holiday finally arrived. Feeling ebullient‚ I said to myself "Yes!!! I am starting my Primary 3 today". Waking up earlier than usual without my parents "wake-up" call‚ I rush to the toilet to have a quick shower and clean-up and straight proceed to the kitchen to have my breakfast. The bread spread with a thin layer of butter which I occasionally have during school day is finally
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In this first unit of The First Days of School‚ Harry Wong presents three characteristics of an effective teacher. The three characteristics are: has good classroom management skills‚ teaches for mastery‚ and has positive expectations for student success. The effective teacher exhibits positive expectations for all students. Having positive expectations simply means that the teacher believes in the student and that the student can learn. Students will live up to the expectations you set‚ and
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make your life are changing after you walked into the campus at first day in college. I used to think about the class in college which is different from in high school. Those people who are older than me‚ they have told me that college would be new life for me. That college would show me what is the differently between college and high school. I was really wondering about it‚ I didn’t know anything since the first year and first day. Everything I knew before I went to college that was I had to studied
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A successful opening for the School Year 2013-2014 Welcomed us. Every first are significant to human life because it leaves a mark‚ a lot that would stay on our life as long as we live. First day of school is one of the most awaited events on a student’s life‚ from the excitement to use our new set of school supplies‚ new pair of shoes‚ a brand new bag and even in wearing once again our school uniform after a long break. What’s more important is that it opens a new door for learning and a new vista
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