Reading and responding to 'First Snow' by John Mole | English

Starter quiz

What words are usually associated with the noun snow?
- cold ✓
- hot
- humid
- frozen ✓
- icy ✓
What is the most appropriate definition of an impression?
- to communicate a message directly or indirectly
- initial feelings about a person, place or thing, gained from reading a text ✓
- a lesson that can be learnt from a story or experience
True or False? All poems in a poetry collection have to be created by the same poet.
- True
- False ✓
Who is the poet of 'When the Wind Blows'?
- John Foster ✓
- Robert Browning
- Christina Rossetti
Rhythm in poetry refers to which of the following?
- the loudness or softness of the voice when speaking or reading a poem
- a single line or a group of lines within a poem
- the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of verse ✓
A rhetorical question is __________ ?
- a punctuation mark used to express strong emotion
- a sentence that includes direct speech
- a question asked that does not expect an answer ✓

Which perspective is the poem 'First Snow' written in?
- first person ✓
- second person
- third person
Match the keywords to their definitions.
- rhetorical question
  
  ⇔
  
  a question asked that does not expect an answer ✓
- rhyme scheme
  
  ⇔
  
  the pattern of rhyming words at the end of each line in a poem ✓
- imagery
  
  ⇔
  
  the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience ✓
‘First Snow’ has five verses with __________ lines in each.
- 3
- 4 ✓
- 5
- 6
Order the following events that occur in the poem.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  The narrator notices that it has snowed “unexpectedly”.
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Snow is continuing to fall onto the ground.
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  A bird shakes snow off its wing.
True or False? The rhyme scheme of the poem 'First Snow' is ABBA.
- True ✓
- False
Which objects is the snow compared to in the poem?
- tears ✓
- blanket
- sugar
- handkerchief ✓
- elbow ✓

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‘First Snow’ describes a changed landscape as a narrator explores their surroundings.
Rhetorical questions are included in each verse.
'First Snow' uses the rhyme scheme: ABBA.
John Mole uses imagery to create a picture or impression of the scene in the reader or listener’s mind.

Pupils may find it challenging to identify different poetic techniques or examples of figurative language.

Pupils could text mark a physical copy of the poem with their thoughts and ideas. Highlighters could be used to mark rhetorical questions.

Rhetorical question - a question asked that does not expect an answer, but rather makes a point or creates emphasis
Rhyme scheme - the pattern of rhyming words or sounds at the end of each line in a poem, often represented using letters to indicate the rhyme pattern (e.g., AABB, ABAB)
Imagery - the use of language to create a mental picture or sensory experience for the reader or listener