Thursday, 10/8 ... Nearing the end of Beowulf ... and Beowulf Test Review

OBJECTIVE ...

Students will

• Relate the characters, setting, and theme of Beowulf to the historical, social, & economic ideas of its time.
• Evaluate the changes in sound, form, fig. lang. and dramatic structure of poetry.

WARM UP ...

CWoD ... VORACIOUS


TODAY ...

• Continue reading Beowulf.
• "The Battle with Grendel's Mother" thru p 61. should be read by the end of class today.
• "Beowulf's Last Battle" thru p. 70 should be read by the end of class on Friday.
• All reading questions will be due and must be turned in by the end of class on Friday (turn them in that day - not before).

• As you read, you should also begin working on the Beowulf test review - we will take the Beowulf test on Tuesday 10/13.  The review itself will be a daily grade and will be turned in on test day.

• The review is on top of the Chromebook cart ... or can be found here: Beowulf Test Review

Wednesday, 10/7 ... Beowulf Quiz ... Parts 3 & 4

OBJECTIVE ...

Students will

• Relate the characters, setting, and theme of Beowulf to the historical, social, & economic ideas of its time.
• Evaluate the changes in sound, form, fig. lang. and dramatic structure of poetry.

WARM UP ...

CWoD ... SURREPTITIOUS


TODAY ...

• Students will have a few minutes to review questions, notes, as well as "The Battle With Grendel" and "Grendel's Mother" before taking the quiz over these sections.

• If you have not created an Edmodo account, you will need to create one and make sure you are signed up for this class period's group.  We will take the quiz online via Edmodo.  From your strudent page, you should see the quiz available there.

• You will have 30 minutes from the time you begin the quiz to complete the quiz.  All questions are True/False ... you may not use the book or any other resources to help you answer questions.  As always, no electronic devices (other than the Chromebooks) are allowed during the quiz.

• When you have finished the quiz, continue reading Beowulf.
• "The Battle with Grendel's Mother" thru p 61. should be read by the end of class tomorrow.
• "Beowulf's Last Battle" thru p. 70 should be read by the end of class on Friday.
• All reading questions will be due and must be turned in by the end of class on Friday (turn them in that day - not before).

Tuesday, 10/6 ... CWoD ... Beowulf ... Alternate perspective writing ...

OBJ ...

Students will relate the characters, setting, and theme of Beowulf to the historical, social, and economic ideas of the time.  Students will consider and interpret events in the story from a perspective other than that of the protagonist (Beowulf).



WARM UP ...

CWoD (follow the instructions and example of the AVID Concept Map we will used for our CWoDs).

Today's CWoD ... TENACIOUS



TODAY ...

• As we continue reading Beowulf, think about how the story would be different if it were told from a different perspective.  In a SEPARATE blog entry from your CWoD, you will write the following .. 
• Consider the events of the "Battle With Grendel" and the characters that are involved in the scene.  Despite the 3rd person narrator in this epic, Beowulf is clearly shown as the protagonist ... how would it read differently, though, if Grendel were the protagonist?
• Write 200-300 words retelling the events of the "Battle with Grendel" from Grendel's perspective.  Proofread your work and post to your blog.
• Continue reading Part 4 "Grendel's Mother" and prepare for the quiz over Parts 3 & 4 tomorrow.  Reminder, it will not be open book ... so make sure you are familiar with these parts of the story inside and out.

Monday, 10/5 ... Starting CWoDs and Beowulf Part Three "The Battle with Grendel"

OBJ ...

Students will relate the characters, setting, and theme of Beowulf to the historical, social, and economic ideas of the time.



WARM UP ...


COLLEGE WORD OF THE DAY ... Training ... Often as part of our warmup, we will have a "College Word of the Day" ... each time we have one, you will use the following strategy to create a concept map of the word in your blog ... see the example below for how to create yours.

Centered on the page - type the word and the definition
Under that (To the LEFT) ... 2 synonyms that you are familiar with
Under that (To the RIGHT) ... 2 antonyms that you are familiar with
An example (from life or reading)
A picture or symbol that you mentally connect with the word.

LAIR - resting place of a wild animal

SYNONYMS - Den, Hideaway ANTONYMS - Open Space, Trails

EXAMPLE - Wounded animals tend to try to get back to their lairs to escape.

PICTURES -

Based on that example, create a concept map like this for today's College Word of the Day (CWoD): COPIOUS

• Updated Beowulf schedule ... 
• Part Three - finished by today 10/5
• Part Four - finished by Tuesday, 10/6
• QUIZ ... Parts 3 & 4 ... Wednesday 10/7 (will not be open book/note)
• Part Five ... finished by Thursday 10/8
• Part Six ... finished by Friday 10/9
• If you missed the quiz over Parts 1 & 2 from Friday, you will need to make it up during tutorials this week.  I will be available during the B half of Indian Hour Today, Thursday, and Friday ... as well as after school on Wednesday.  You can also make arrangements for me to leave the quiz with another English teacher - but it is YOUR responsibility to either be here at one of those times or make the appropriate arrangements,
• There are still some of you who have not turned in your College Application Essay Final Draft - I have held grades on this waiting for you to get them in ... but at this point if you fail to get it in by tomorrow, it will go into the gradebook as a zero for a major grade.  Understand that major grades are 50% of your average.  So failing to submit an assignment that is a major grade almost assures you of failing for the grading period.

FRIDAY, 10/2 ... Beowulf Quiz over Parts 1 & 2

OBJ ... Students will analyze and interpret themes and literary elements of Anglo Saxon Literature.



WARM UP ...

Review your notes and questions over Beowulf, Parts 1 & 2 ("Grendel" and "Beowulf") - prepare for the quiz.

• Quiz over reading from parts 1 & 2 of Beowulf - you may use pen or pencil on the scantron, but make sure your answers are clearly marked on the scantron.  Unless we have an emergency interruption, the quiz MUST be completed within the class period.  You will have roughly 40 minutes to answer 30 multiple choice questions.

• Turn the scantron in to the top tray when finished - stack the quizzes neatly beside the trays.

• You may continue reading Beowulf  and working on the interactive reading questions when you are finished - but NO PHONES ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THERE IS A QUIZ OUT.  If you have your phone out at any time, it will be taken up and will go to the office (Do not pass GO, do not collect $200).  If you have a phone out while your quiz is in your hands, your quiz will be a zero as well as having the phone taken up.

• Once you have finished the quiz, IF YOU ARE ON PACE OR AHEAD OF THE READING SCHEDULE, you may work on the ApplyTexas Application on the Chromebooks or may research colleges or other post-secondary (post high school) opportunities and/or scholarships.

Thursday, 10/1 ... Classic Roots and .... Continuing Beowulf

WARM UP ... Classic roots ... define and find 3 examples that correspond the root and definition

• sens-, -sent- 

• tele- 

• terr

• vac

• vid-, -vis-

TODAY ...

• COLLEGE WORD OF THE DAY ... Training ... Often as part of our warmup, we will have a "College Word of the Day" ... each time we have one, you will use the following strategy to create a concept map of the word in your blog ... 
• Centered on the page - type the word and the definition
• Under that (To the LEFT) ... 2 synonyms that you are familiar with
• Under that (To the RIGHT) ... 2 antonyms that you are familiar with
• An example (from life or reading)
• A picture or symbol that you mentally connect with the word.

LAIR - resting place of a wild animal

SYNONYMS - Den, Hideaway    ANTONYMS - Open Space, Trails

EXAMPLE - Wounded animals tend to try to get back to their lairs to escape.

PICTURES - 

• We will continue reading "Beowulf" and working on the reading questions.  You may use either the print or online text - be aware that the online text offers options and resources the print text does not.  The reading schedule is as follows ... 

• By tomorrow (10/2) ... pp. 42-49.  We will quiz tomorrow over these sections.
• By Monday (10/5) ... pp. 50-61.  We will quiz Monday or Tuesday over the reading.
• By Wednesday (10/7) ... pp. 62-70.  We will quiz over these sections on Wednesday.

• You are responsible, present in class or not, for following the schedule.  Any missed quizzes will need to be made up during IH or after school tutorials.  However, if you are in class the day a quiz is given you will be expected to take the quiz.  If you miss class for any reason, make sure you keep up with what we are doing via this blog.

Wednesday, 9/30 ... Online Textbook Access and Continuing Beowulf

OBJ ... Students will continue to analyze elements of the Anglo Saxon period and Anglo Saxon society as they read the epic poem Beowulf.


WARM UP ...

Using the login information provided, log on to the online textbook at http://my.hrw.com (save that site in your favorites).  I know it's ANOTHER logon and password - tried to see if we could simplify that, but no dice.  So be sure to save the logon info in your phone or something like that.

• Continue reading Beowulf (using either the text or the online text - your choice). As you read be aware of the interactive reading questions associated with the page you are on and stay alert for answers to those questions.  Answer briefly, but in full and complete thoughts.

• By the end of class today, you need to be finished reading through Page 49 (which covers the first two sections in the text ... "Grendel" and "Beowulf" ... we will quiz over the reading tomorrow or Friday, so anything you do not finish is homework).  You may read and work ahead as time permits.

• You may also use the Chromebooks to work on your ApplyTexas app if you need to continue working on that - once you have finished the mandatory portion of the reading.

Tuesday 9/29 ... Some Academic Vocabulary and Getting Started with Beowulf

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
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K13GJkGvDw

• Begin reading "Beowulf" pp 42-49 in the Literature Book.

Monday - 9/28 - In the Career Center for ApplyTexas.org

All classes met in the Career Center with Mrs. Wardrup to work on the ApplyTexas.org application process.

Friday 9/25 ... Reflective Warmup ... Webquest .. among other things.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

WARM UP ...

Explain the following quote - and share your thoughts about it.  What do you think it means?  What do you like/dislike about it?  Do you agree or disagree with it?  Oh, and explain why .. of course.

"The flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long" 

- Lao Tzu

LAST DAY TO WORK ON THE WEBQUEST!!!

• FINISH BEOWULF Webquest - using the web resources listed (or others you can find) locate the information that answers the questions.  The link below will take you to an electronic copy of the webquest ... the printed copy you will write on is on top of the Chromebook cart.  You will have to staple the packet (3 sheets, front and back .. pages 1-6 .. make sure you have them all!)
• BEOWULF WEBQUEST

Be sure to answer the questions on the paper provided  - use the electronic copy to click on the links so you don't have to type them.  In the event that some of the links are broken or stop working (which happens from time to time with these things), we will find and provide an alternate link for the class as necessary.

• PART II: Greene Hamlet ... use this website: http://beowulfresources.com/ and http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/anglo-saxon/beowulf/vitellius.html

• PART III: The Manuscript ... use this link: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_vitellius_a_xv_f094r

• FOR #19 ... use the following website ... the website in the webquest works, but is REALLY slow ... click this link: http://www3.gettysburg.edu/~jpowers/suttonhoo.htm

• PART VII: Social Structure ... use this link: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/anglo-saxon_life.htm\ AND http://www.hullwebs.co.uk/content/c-anglo-saxon/home-life/anglo-saxon-women.htm