Unit 9
Unit 3
Unit 9 What have I learnt?
Can Do Skills
1 Read the poem and answer the questions.
The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Glossary azure = blue
1 Line 1 is an example of a) metaphor
b) onomatopoeia
c) alliteration
2 The wrinkled sea … crawls is an example of a) metaphor b) personification
c) simile
3 Which line is a simile? 4 In what way is the eagle close to the sun ? Use evidence from the poem to support your answer. 5 And like a thunderbolt he falls . What does this tell us? a) The eagle falls off a cliff. b) He dives into the sea. c) He makes a very loud noise.
2 Students went for a run shown on the map. Study the map and the key. Choose suitable prepositions to complete the sentences. Example: (1) from We ran _____(1)_____ the school and ____(2)_____ King Street. Then we went __(3)_____ the Post Office and ____(4)___ the gate of the park. Next we went _____(5)__ the lake and _____ (6)___ the trees. We went __(7)_____ the café and _____(8)___ the small bridge. Finally we ran ____(9)__ the river bank, ___(10)___ the big bridge and back __ (11)__ school.
library
grocery store
school
lake
post of ce
gate
Key
trees
river
book shop
Hill Road
runners’ route
bridge
• You may wish to read the poem with your class before students answer the questions. Ask them to identify typical features of poetry, e.g. short lines, regular rhythm, rhymes.
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