First Day at School Text 2 Answer Key

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FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL

READING COMPREHENSION :

Type of document%

an e&tract from a short story' noel called

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*ire+ Author% an -on ate % ecember !th, !/! Title % *irst ay at School+

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Where and when does the scene take place ?

The scene possibly takes place in the USA, outside a primary school on the first day at school.

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Make a list of all the characters present.

The characters present are a mother , a little girl (Jenny Ryan) and 

, to guards, an attendant

an officer. Who are the 2 main main characters ? How are they related related (their relationship) relationship) ?

The ! main characters are a mother ("rs Ryan) and her young daughter (her little girl) Jenny.

 Fill in their ID Cards . Put a X when the information is not provided.

Name

Age

Class

Contry of !rigin

"rs Character 1

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USA

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!nd grade

USA

Ryan Jenny

Character 2

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Ryan

($ years old)

called

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%ick ot information a&ot $

a0  'he special occasion occasion $ *irst day at school ' The mother is taking her child to her first

day at school. b0  'he girls feeling $ curious ' probably e&cited ' nerous ' orried c0  'he way her mother tries to to reassre reassre her $

1er mother thinks she is nerous, so she tells her school is going to be nice and interesting (she is going to dra, and run and play).

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What the girl sees throgh the car window $

The girl sees the to guards at the entrance of the school. impression these details make make $ e0  'he impression

At first sight it may gie a sense of security ' the school is safe .

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 'he secrity measres measres taken &y the school school $

The security measures are surprising for an infant school% the child2s name is checked on the computer3 she gets a lanyard ith her photo and her 43 and there is an armed officer at the drop off 5one.

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What conclsion can yo make a&ot the type of society these two characters lie in ? Answer in yor own words ( *+ words)

6biously the security measures imply that there is a risk. -en an infant school is guarded, hich is rather frightening.

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Comment on the dialoge in l.*, to **.

The child is not afraid of the gun% she marels at+ at the sight of the sunlight on the metal of  the gun. 7ut she asks if there are bad guys+. 1er mother reassures her.

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discss the links &etween &etween this te-t and the article article stdied in class “ I Could Have Saved Lives!”

What are the common points and dierences &etween 'homas /eerson High 0chool and /enns new school ? ) 4 8ould 1a(e Sa(ed 9i(es:+  is a nespaper article from The ;e
,ay at School

is an e&tract from a noel or a short story.

The to te&ts deal ith the same issue % guns in school. 8ontrary to the little girl2s school, in Thomas Jefferson 1igh School, there as no security measure % no control at the entrance, and no gun detector. 7ut e must not forget that "r. Allen speaks about his e&perience as a

student, ! years before the article, hen there ere not as many instances of shootings in schools. The story in te&t ! may not be total fiction as, in many schools noadays students are screened hen entering school.

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