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

Thursday - 9/24 ... Last In Class Day for the Beowulf/Anglo Saxon Webquest

WARM UP ... think of or find two more words and add the root, definition and example words to your notes on your blog.

-photo- (G)	light	photograph
-port- (L)	carry	export
-qui(t)- (L)	quiet, rest	acquit
-scrib-, -script- (L)	write	ascribe

• 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

Wednesday - 9/23 ... More Roots and Keep on Keeping on with the Webquest

OBJ ... Students will continue to research and analyze the Anglo Saxon period and Beowulf.


WARM UP ... More classic roots ...

mis-, -mit-	to send	missile, transmission, emit
-omni-
-path-
-phil-
-phon-

• CONTINUE 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

Tuesday - 9/22 ... Classic Roots and Beowulf Webquest

OBJ ... Students will continue to enrich vocabulary decoding skills through the study of classic root words ... Students will, through a webquest, research and gather information about Beowulf and about the Anglo Saxon Period.


WARM UP ...

More classic roots ...

JUR/JUS

LOG/LOGUE

LUC

MAN/MANU

MAND/MEND

• 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

• 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

Monday - 9/21

I was out during 1st - 4th periods - students completed the "other" writing prompt from the ApplyTexas website as a timed writing that was due by the end of the period.

Students should still have a copy of the prompts and the prewriting/brainstorming questions that went with them .. however, if not, the prompt are as follows:

• Topic A: 
  Describe a setting in which you have collaborated or interacted with people whose experiences and/or beliefs differ from yours. Address your initial feelings, and how those feelings were or were not changed by this experience.
• Topic B: 
  Describe a circumstance, obstacle or conflict in your life, and the skills and resources you used to resolve it. Did it change you? If so, how?

Friday, 9/18 - More Classic Roots and More About the Anglo Saxons and Beowulf

OBJ ... Students will identify, define, and make connections with classic root words.  Students will take notes over podcasts about Anglo Saxon England and Beowulf, generate questions based on the information gathered, and will discern and summarize the most important points.


WARM UP ... More Classic Roots ... Just like yesterday ... define and give three examples of words containing this root ...

DICT

DUC - lead or make ... produce, deduce, introduce

GEN

GEO

• Once you finish the warm-up, you can put your Chromebook up and grab a sheet for C-Notes (and you'll also need the sheet from yesterday).
• We will finish the first podcast/video segment ... "Introducing the Anglo Saxons" 
• Our Essential Question(s) is/are ... "Who were the Anglo Saxons?  What were they like?  How are they relevant to our study of British Literature?"
• Introducing the Anglo Saxons
• The second video segment is "Introducing the Beowulf Poem"
• Introducing the Beowulf Poem
• Be prepared for a quiz over this material next week - the quiz will be short (5-10 questions) and may be open note.

Thursday - 9/17 ... Beginning to look at the Anglo Saxons and Beowulf ...

OBJ ... Students will identify, define, and make connections with classic root words.  Students will take notes over podcasts about Anglo Saxon England and Beowulf, generate questions based on the information gathered, and will discern and summarize the most important points.


Warm-Up ...

Root words are common building blocks of a great deal of the English language - understanding root words increases our ability to deduce the meanings of many college level vocabulary words.  Using online resources, find the meanings of the common root words below and list 3 words containing that root and share the root's meaning and post your results to your blog ...

Example ...

AUDI - to hear ... examples, audience, audible, audio,

BENE

BIO

CHRONO

• Printed copies of the college app essay final draft should be turned in with the peer review questions stapled to the back today - it must also be submitted electronically through Edmodo (and is late unless you made prior arrangement with me).  Questions about this?  You need to see me today ... not knowing how to do something is not an acceptable excuse now or ever).

• Those who are finished will need to watch two video segments dealing with Anglo Saxon England and with Beowulf (and complete Cornell Notes) over them.
• The template for Cornell Notes is here and should work with Word Online (you may have to save the file and open it with Word Online .. or possibly Google Docs).
• Cornell Notes Form
• The first video segment is "Introducing the Anglo Saxons" 
• Our Essential Question(s) is/are ... "Who were the Anglo Saxons?  What were they like?  How are they relevant to our study of British Literature?"
• Introducing the Anglo Saxons
• The second video segment is "Introducing the Beowulf Poem"
• Introducing the Beowulf Poem

***CORRECTION ... YouTube is blocked on the student wifi, apparently, so we will watch the first clip and take C-Notes as a class today ... if you are absent and reading this, you will have to watch clip one as your make-up work and take C-Notes over it***