PPT-Beowulf and Tolkien

Friedrich Nietzsche He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you J R R Tolkien. . In this paper they are called English runes. In the foreword Tolkien calls them "English runes", and in the card to K Farrer (DRS 7) he calls them "the special dwarvish adaption of the English runic The Hobbit. J.R.R Tolkien (1892 -1973). Essential Question. How does background knowledge enhance our reading experience?. Task: Establish test context, Make predictions. Standards Addressed: ELACC7RL1, ELACC7RL2, ELACC7W7, ELACC7W8, ELACC7W9, ELACC7SL1. Beowulf: . Context Review. Composed in . England. by an . unknown Anglo-Saxon poet . (c. 750). Set in . Scandinavia. just . before Anglo-Saxon migration . (c. 520). Celts . reside in England during . The Hobbit. J.R.R Tolkien (1892 -1973). Essential Question. How does background knowledge enhance our reading experience?. Task: Establish test context, Make predictions. Standards Addressed: . ELAGSE7RL1. Gere Book Talk . March 18 2013. Kristen A.. Born 1892 in South Africa. H. is parents were English . His father was manager of a bank. The city was rather like a town in the Old West, it was still developing. Reuel. Tolkien. EARLY LIFE:. Born January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, . . . South Africa, where he lived until he was 3.. His father, Arthur . Reuel. Tolkien, was a bank . . . the dark?. Why Study Beowulf?. Woody Allen’s opinion. Seamus Heaney's opinion. In reference to Grendel. bit into his bone-. lappings. , bolted down his blood. and gorged on him in lumps, leaving the body. Beowulf goes to Denmark and fights Grendel. Beowulf fights Grendel’s mom. Back home as king of the Geats, Beowulf fights a Dragon. Grendel. Is a monster descended from Cain (of Cain and Abel fame). He is willing to risk his life in order to earn fame by killing . Grendal. .. What weapon does Beowulf use to kill . Grendel. ?. His hands. To what does the poet give credit for Beowulf’s victory over . J.R.R. Tolkien…. John Ronald . Reuel. Tolkien . *born . on January 3, 1892 . in. South Africa. *died . September 2, 1973. *. English . father worked as a . bank manager in South Africa - . died unexpectedly of complications from rheumatic fever when . Beowulf. (pg. 18 ). Beowulf. in Old English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7VTH8ii_8. Music Video. http. ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiBaSqO7n9U. The Monster Grendel. …. 1. What phrase points to Grendel’s evil nature?. Composed in Old English. Alliterative measure. Oral epic handed down. Archetypal tales of monsters, god-fashioned weapons, descents to the underworld, fights with dragons, and hero’s quest to save a community threatened by evil. Can you answer them like our epic hero? (a.k.a. like a BOSS?!). QUESTION #1. What does Beowulf do for 50 long years?. A) Battle back and forth with Grendel. B) Serve as Hrothgar’s personal security guard. The Anglo-Saxons: 449 - 1066. 449 AD: Germanic mercenaries arrived from the Northern coasts of Europe to attack the Britons. Angles, Saxons, Jutes. By 500 AD, many invaders had settled.. . . . Archaeology has revealed much of the Anglo-Saxons, through cemeteries.