This document summarizes a presentation given by Mr. M. L. Rao about the poem "The School Boy" by Michael Rosen. 1. The presentation aimed to develop student interest in the poem, enable understanding of it, enrich vocabulary, and appreciate poetry. 2. The poem is about Michael Rosen's experience as a 5-year-old boy in primary school, where strict teachers annoyed him in various ways. 3. Key words from the poem are defined: drag, interrupt, stare. 4. Questions are provided to analyze the poem: Why did the child stare? Was the teacher helping students? What restrictions did the teacher apply? Why ask for a hankie?

1. Presentation made by - Mr. M.L Rao
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2. Michael Wayne Rosen
Born –May 7, 1946
Harrow, London
Family – Harold (Father)
Connie Isakofsy
(Mother)
Occupation – Children's novelist and poet
Nationality - British

4.  To develop interest of the students for the
poem.
 To enable the students to understand the poem.
 To enrich the vocabulary of the students.
 To appreciate poetry.

5. Giving pressure to someone to do the
work, in an annoying
way.

10. When the poet was five years old, his mother
sent him to the nearby school for his early
education. As we all are familiar with the strict
teachers of the primary schools as well as their
rules in the class; both the things are evil for the
cute children of the school. But what can they
do to safe themselves from school, they have to
suffer. Same thing was happened to the poet.
Teachers annoyed him by many ways. So read
the poem taking yourself in place of poet.

11.  Drag – to pull or to pass slowly
 Interrupt – to stop by breaking in or to obstruct
 Stare – to look fixedly

12.  Why did the small child stare in the classroom?
 Is the teacher is doing well of the students?
 List any five restriction applied by the teacher.
 Why did the teacher asked the student for the
hankie?

13.  Critically read the poem.
 Express your experience when you were in the
place of the poet.

14. Presented by – Mr. M. L. Rao