The Kraken clay sculpture and oil pastels

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THE KRAKEN

Listen to the following narration of Alfred Tennyson's poem The Kraken, and answer the following questions...

How does Tennyson describe the sea?

• Tropical

• Abysmal

• Inviting

How are the tentacles described?

• Sponges of millenial growth and height

• Terrible winding limbs

• Loving embracing feelers

Answer explanation

"Millennial' means a time span of one thousand years, meaning the Kraken was depicted as an ancient creature in Tennyson's poem

What is Tennyson describing when he says

"And far away into the sickly light, from many a wondrous grot and secret cell"

• The Kraken's dark, underwater caves

• The texture of the Kraken's skin

• The movement when the Kraken swims

How are the Kraken's suckers described?

• Unnumbered and enormous polypi

• Faintest sunlights flee about his shadowy sides

• Sea-worms

What is Clay?

• Stiff, sticky kind of earth that is wet, and hardens after drying or heating

• Plastic polymer that melts when heated

• Strong plasticine that dries hard when in contact with air

Answer explanation

Watch this video to learn where clay comes from...

Match the following

• pinch

• a method of shaping clay by rolling it into long, thin ropes and then coiling them into the desired form.

• slab

• a hand building technique using rolling pins to roll out sheets of clay. These can be cut to form patterns and assemble into forms.

• coil

• a hand building technique which uses the fingers to gently pinch the clay to shape it into a bowl or other forms.

Match the following

• leather hard

• condition of raw clay where it has lost most of its moisture, but it is still able to be joined or carved.

• plastic stage

• a stage when clay is workable, pliable clay.

• score and slip

• a joining technique where the edges to be attached are roughened up and “glued” with liquid clay (slip).

Match the following

• kiln

• A type of clay that is fired at a low temperature and is not waterproof

• earthenware

• a furnace or oven made of ceramic used to fire or “heat” ceramic objects. A kiln may be electric, gas, or wood-burning and reach temperatures in excess of 2,500 degrees

• greenware

• Pottery that has not been fired

• bisque ware

• Clay has been fired once in a kiln