OBJECTIVE: By the end of the lesson you should be able to…•understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of a poem and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.•relate the characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas of its time•analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries presented in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters•Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author’s sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
GUIDING QUESTIONS:•How is an epic poem similar to a historical novel and how is it different?•Why are heroism and sorrow something permanent in literature and life?
WARM UP ...
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY ... Find definitions of the following in reference to Literature and define them on your blog .. you may be able to find some of these definitions on the handout on top of the Chromebook cart ...
EPIC POEM
EPIC HERO
KENNING
CAESURA
ALLITERATION
- Before Reading - "from Beowulf" information handout ... discuss in class
- Enrichment ... listen to a few minutes of Beowulf in the original Old English
- Begin reading "Beowulf" pp 42-49 in the Literature Book.
