1. crawls wrinkled azure crooked corrugated clasps contorted Focus words
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2. crooked warped twisted gnarled clasps grasps seizes grapples wrinkled
Synonyms
crooked
warped
twisted
gnarled
clasps
grasps
seizes
grapples
wrinkled
furrowed
crumpled
crawls
creeps
squirms
inches
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3. Definitions crawls moves slowly – perhaps along the surface wrinkled
lines or folds in something
crooked
bent or twisted out of shape
clasps
grabs something tightly
azure
bright blue – the colour of the sky on a cloudless day
corrugated
made of folds or rings
contorted
twisted out of shape
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4. The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Year 5 Unit 10
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5. He __________ the crag with __________ hands;
Fill the gaps with words from your word webs. Does the meaning of the poem change?
He __________ the crag with __________ hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the __________ world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him __________;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Year 5 Unit 10
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