Iron Man

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Vocabulary

Try and guess the following words.

Read the sentence with the word in it and see if you can guess what the word means?

BRINK
Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, on the very brink, in the darkness.

TO SWAY

He swayed in the strong wind that pressed against his back. He swayed forward, on the brink of the high cliff.

TO AND FRO - IMMENSE
They watched the immense man striding to and fro over the rocks below

Gleefully-page 7
Gleefully it picked up the eye

ADVERBS

Adverbs tell us how, when, where, why, how  much, how often, or under what condition an action ( verb) occurs

How,

when

where

to what degree (how often or how much)

Adverbs modify verbs

How

The dog sleeps peacefully

When

The dog sleeps later

Where

The dog sleeps here

'The dog sleeps peacefully.'
Think of another adverb to describe how the dog sleeps

'The dog sleeps later.'
Think of another adverb that describes when the dog sleeps

'The dog sleeps here.'
Think of another adverb that describes where the dog sleeps

 adverbial phrases

How

The dog sleeps like a baby

When

The dog sleeps in the afternoon

Where

The dog sleeps near the door

Why

The dog sleeps because he is tired

How often

The dog sleeps twice a day

How much

the dog sleeps for three hours

Under what condition

The dog s;eeps if it raining

Why

The dog sleeps because he is tired

How often

The dog sleeps twice a day

How much

the dog sleeps for three hours

Under what condition

The dog sleeps if it's raining

Adverbs can modify verb, but they can also modify adjectives and other adverbs

She's a wonderfully obedient dog

She behaves very obediently

To what degree

It's really important

It's incredibly important

It's very important

When

I had the light before breakfast

I saw the light during lunch

I lost the light after dinner

Yesterday I had the light

Where

I was here in the kitchen

My light was outside in the garden

It was still there when I found it

The light was near the kitchen all the time

Read the following text and find 4 adverbs, write them down in your notebook

But as soon as the eye and the hand got together, the eye looked at the hand. Its light glowed blue. The hand stood up on three fingers and its thumb, and craned its forefinger like a long nose. It felt around. It touched the eye. Gleefully it picked up the eye, and tucked it under its middle finger. The eye peered out, between the forefinger and thumb. Now the hand could see.

It looked around. Then it darted and jabbed one of the gulls with its stiffly held finger, then darted at the other and jabbed him. The two gulls flew up into the wind with a frightened cry.

Slowly then the hand crept over the stones, searching. It ran forward suddenly, grabbed something and tugged. But the thing was stuck between two rocks. The thing was one of the Iron Man’s arms. At last the hand left the

Name 4 adverbs from page 7
what kind of adverbs were they?

Bolted
The farmer ran in and bolted the door.

Adjectives

Adjective describe nouns

colossal
'It was a colossal hole'

stupendous means extremely impressive

stupendous means extremely impressive

sheer as walls means as straight as wall 

So, what did they do?

At the bottom of the hill, below where the Iron Man had come over the high cliff, they dug a deep, enormous hole. A hole wider than a house, and as deep as three trees one on top of the other. It was a colossal hole. A stupendous hole! And the sides of it were sheer as walls.

They pushed all the earth off to one side.

They covered the hole with branches and the branches they covered with straw and the straw with soil, so when they finished the hole looked like a freshly-ploughed field.

Now, on the side of the hole opposite the slope up to the top of the cliff, they put an old rusty lorry. That was the bait. Now they reckoned the Iron Man would come over the top of the cliff out of the sea, and he’d see the old

Name 3 adjectives that describe the hole

What other adjectives are there?

So, what did they do?

At the bottom of the hill, below where the Iron Man had come over the high cliff, they dug a deep, enormous hole. A hole wider than a house, and as deep as three trees one on top of the other. It was a colossal hole. A stupendous hole! And the sides of it were sheer as walls.

They pushed all the earth off to one side.

They covered the hole with branches and the branches they covered with straw and the straw with soil, so when they finished the hole looked like a freshly-ploughed field.

Now, on the side of the hole opposite the slope up to the top of the cliff, they put an old rusty lorry. That was the bait. Now they reckoned the Iron Man would come over the top of the cliff out of the sea, and he’d see the old

Next week: Article writing task Iron Man

Today: Look at Literary devices in Iron Man

ONOMATOPOEIA

Alliteration

Personification

Simile

He swayed in the strong wind that pressed against his back. He swayed forward, on the brink of the high cliff.

And his right foot, his enormous iron right foot, lifted - up, out into space, and the Iron Man stepped forward, off the cliff, into nothingness.

CRRRAAAASSSSSSH!

Down the cliff the Iron Man came toppling, head over heels.

CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!

From rock to rock, snag to snag, tumbling slowly. And as he crashed and crashed and crashed.

His iron legs fell off.

His iron arms broke off, and the hands broke off the arms.

His great iron ears fell off and his eyes fell out.

His great iron head fell off.

All the separate pieces tumbled, scattered, crashing, bumping, clanging, down on to the rocky beach far below.

Then the busy hands fitted the legs to the torso, then they fitted the arms, each fitting the other, and the torso stood up with legs and arms but no head. It walked about the beach, holding its eyes up in its hands, searching for its lost head. At last, there was the head - eyeless, earless, nested in a heap of red seaweed. Now in no time the Iron Man had fitted his head back, and his eyes were in place, and everything in place except for one ear. He strode about the beach searching for his lost ear, as the sun rose over the sea and the day came.( page 9)

Then the busy hands fitted the legs to the torso, then they fitted the arms, each fitting the other, and the torso stood up with legs and arms but no head. It walked about the beach, holding its eyes up in its hands, searching for its lost head. At last, there was the head - eyeless, earless, nested in a heap of red seaweed. Now in no time the Iron Man had fitted his head back, and his eyes were in place, and everything in place except for one ear. He strode about the beach searching for his lost ear, as the sun rose over the sea and the day came.( page 9)

Only the sound of the sea, chewing away at the edge of the rocky beach, where the bits and pieces of the Iron Man lay scattered far and wide, silent and unmoving.

Only one of the iron hands, lying beside an old, sand-logged washed-up seaman’s boot, waved its fingers for a minute, like a crab on its back. Then it lay still.

While the stars went on wheeling through the sky and the wind went on tugging at the grass on the cliff top and the sea went on boiling and booming.

Only the sound of the sea, chewing away at the edge of the rocky beach, where the bits and pieces of the Iron Man lay scattered far and wide, silent and unmoving.

Only one of the iron hands, lying beside an old, sand-logged washed-up seaman’s boot, waved its fingers for a minute, like a crab on its back. Then it lay still.

While the stars went on wheeling through the sky and the wind went on tugging at the grass on the cliff top and the sea went on boiling and booming.

F

The wind sang through his iron fingers. His great iron head, shaped like a dustbin but as big as a bedroom, slowly turned to the right, slowly turned to the left. His iron ears turned, this way, that way. He was hearing the sea. His eyes, like headlamps, glowed white, then red, then infrared, searching the sea. Never before had the Iron Man seen the sea.

Find a personification and a simile

The wind sang through his iron fingers. His great iron head, shaped like a dustbin but as big as a bedroom, slowly turned to the right, slowly turned to the left. His iron ears turned, this way, that way. He was hearing the sea. His eyes, like headlamps, glowed white, then red, then infrared, searching the sea. Never before had the Iron Man seen the sea.