9/15-16/14
OBJECTIVES
To analyze Beowulf
To identify literary elements in Beowulf
To draw comparisons between the monsters Beowulf faces to the “monsters” today
To create original vocabulary illustrations
To compare/contrast the burial of a leader in Anglo Saxon times to a leader buried in a more modern era
BELLRINGER
M: Lines 507-509 in Beowulf read, “So fame comes to the men who mean to win it and care about nothing else.” Do you agree? Is this a positive statement or negative?
T: Lines 758-760 in Beowulf read, “But those days are over and gone and now our lord must lean on younger arms.” Wiglaf had learned an important lesson about what it means to be a wise leader. In what ways can society learn from this today?
AGENDA
Write down the current even you will be researching
Students will identify literary elements as we begin reading Beowulf
Discussion and clarification of ideas in Beowulf
JFK burial link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY1g9BCBtVs
Compare/contrast Beowulf’s burial to that of JFK’s.
HOMEWORK
Reading Logs
Book Report PowerPoint Presentations
Decide on a specific current event/situation to write a story around