Week 3

Tuesday, 8/28
  • Beowulf
    • Review Answers
    • Begin
HW: 
  • Due Thursday
  • Read and Annotate Through Line 1250
  • Journal 4: Beowulf and Grendel
    1. What advantage does Beowulf have over other combatants against Grendel?   Why could no other man prevail against Grendel? 
    2. What does Grendel leave behind when he flees? 
    3. What four treasures does Beowulf receive?  What were the eight added to this? 
    4. What should the prince have learned so far in the tale (lines 1057 ff).
    5. What purposes could the minstrel's songs about Sigemund and the dragon serve? 
  • Thesis Class
    • Due Fri: Three thesis statements of varying qualities for your junior project. 
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Thursday, 8/30
  • Continue Beowulf 
    • More background notes
  • Read and Annotate Next Handout Section
 HW: Study for the Quiz

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Friday, 8/31
  • Quiz 1
    • Readings
      • "Caedomon's Hymn" (not yet memorized, though)
      • "The Seafarer"
      • Beowulf
    • Terms and Notes
    • Thesis Review
  •  Reading
  • Note: we didn't get to the creative writing yet, so we're just reading and annotating for homework. No written work beside annotation will be due on Tuesday.
HW:  Read and Annotate Beowulf through line 2,164
  • A review of what you're reading in case you feel lost: After the battle with Grendel's mother, Hrothgar presents more gifts to the mighty warrior; Beowulf and his men return to Hygelac, their king and king of the Geats, in southern Sweden; there Beowulf presents gifts to king Hygelac and rehearses the story of their adventures. 
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Week 2

 Tuesday
  • More Riddles!
    • Journal 2: Compose your own riddle (you may compose more than one). 
  • "Cædmon's Hymn"
    • The story of our first English poet. 
    • Notes on Anglo-Saxon Poetry
      • Alliteration
      • Kenning
      • Stich, hemistich, caesura
 HW:
  • Finish Journal 2 (Riddles)
  • Hand copy "Cædmon's Hymn".  Put it in the quiz/test section of our binder.


Thursday
  • Fix Grammar
  • Recite
  • Announce blog and grades
  • Tell us your Riddle
  • "The Seafarer"
HW: Thesis Research


Friday 
  • Fix Grammar
  • Recite
  • Beowulf begins!
  • If extra time:
    • Forming a Thesis
    • Thesis Project Work
HW Due Tue of Week 3 (next time week meet):
  • Read and annotate all the Beowulf pages handed out in class. 
  • Journal 3: Opening 600 Lines of Beowulf.
    • What was wrong at Heorot? What caused this problem?
    • Why was Grendel so angry? 
    • Where is Beowulf's strength greatest? 
    • Does Beowulf boast?  Is this wrong?
    • How does Unferth reply to Beowulf's self-assessment?

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