Friday, September 23, 2016

Septermber 23 ... Beowulf


OBJ ... Students will analyze elements of the Anglo-Saxon period and will make connections with the notion of the Epic Hero as they read selections from "Beowulf"


WARM-UP ...

Make sure you have a copy of the textbook and grab a copy of the reading questions from the back table.  Cross out questions 2 and 27 on the side titled "The Battle of Grendel"



TODAY ...

Students will begin reading and analyzing "Beowulf"

  • It begins on page 42 on the literature book
READING SCHEDULE ... 
  • Part I - Pages 42-54 and questions titled "The Battle of Grendel"
    • Begin today and finish on Monday
    • SCRATCH QUESTIONS 2 & 27
    • QUESTION 10 ... since the sections are not marked off in the book ... 
    • QUESTION 21 ... 
      • Then, as I have heard, the work of constructing a building
        Was proclaimed to many a tribe throughout this middle earth.
        In time—quickly, as such things happen among men—
        It was all ready, the biggest of halls.
        He whose word was law
        Far and wide gave it the name "Heorot".[2]
        The men did not dally; they strode inland in a group
        Until they were able to discern the timbered hall,
        Splendid and ornamented with gold.
        The building in which that powerful man held court
        Was the foremost of halls under heaven;
        Its radiance shone over many lands.[3]
  • Part II - Pages 55-70 and questions titled ":Grendel's Mother and The Final Battle"
    • Begin on Tuesday and finish on Wednesday
    • SCRATCH QUESTIONS 17 & 27
  • BEOWULF/ANGLO SAXON PERIOD/EPIC HERO TEST - THURSDAY 9/29

As you read, feel free to use ancillary resources to assist you in finding answers to the questions - or to just search using Google.  You are responsible for reading the material - however, you may find your answers for the questions as necessary.

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