Guided Reading Quiz! The Eagle

Who wrote the poem?

• Queen Victoria

• Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• Albert, Lord Tennyson

• Alfred the Great

In what year was the poem first published?

Tennyson was Poet Laureate at the time of writing the poem.

• True

• False

Where is the eagle at the start of the poem?

• in the air

• on land

• in the water

• in Aldi

Is he high up or low down the mountain?

• High up

• Low down

Is the eagle holding onto the crag strongly or weakly?

What colour do you think 'azure' is?

• red

• grey

• yellow

• blue

• green

From the words in the poem, what makes you think azure is blue? Spend more time on this one, and describe in some detail what words the author has used.

What words in the poem are used to show that the waves are slow and small?

• thunderbolt

• crooked

• crawls

• lonely

• wrinkles

NO WRONG OR RIGHT ANSWER

The eagle is travelling both fast and powerfully. Why do you think this?

Answer with evidence from the poem.