PPT-Grendel

Chapter 6 Passages and Quiz Materials Based on the following passage Create a dialectical journal Provide a leadin Pull a section from the larger passage for the quotation portion of the dj. by John Gardner. Passages & Dialectical Journals. Chapters 1-3. Chapter 1. What is the meaning of life? . Is T H I S all that there is?. Images of emptiness. Images of darkness. Concepts / Motifs of loneliness, purposelessness, and indifference. Comparison Unit. What We Do . K. now:. Beowulf is the oldest surviving English poem. It’s written in Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), which is the basis for the language we speak today.. Some of the . Historical and Cultural Basis. Various groups and influences on British Isles:. Celts, Romans, Angles & Saxons & Jutes, Normans. Division to Unification:. . Divided clans governed by a unified force . Chapter 9 . questions . Quick Quiz for Chapter . 9. Based on the scene in the middle of the pagan gods—. Who is . Ork. ?. What . makes . Ork. different from the others within his group?. . . According to his conversation with . Summary. Drinking, singing, and loud banging were main staples at the Herot mead hall. However not everyone was enjoying the nightly festivities. Grendel, a demon forever cursed by god was not pleased with the change from his quiet life style in a cave directly under the mead hall. Therefore he begins to terrorize the Danes above coming in the night and eating everyone in the hall. Herot became deserted and it seemed that not even the king Hrothgar could bring Grendel down.. United Kingdom = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Celts (Mother Goddess/Arthur). Romans (55 . BC. Julius Caesar). Angles and the Saxons . (Germanic). Jutes . 410-800. Danes. Anglo-Saxon life. SWBAT. . compose a thesis statement and outline in preparation for an analytical essay. . Review: . Beowulf and the Monomyth. Workshop. : . Thesis & Outline . Video: . Beowulf . Learning . Objective. Grendel. ”…. What do you think will happen?. Predict the outcome with details.. 2-4 sentences. Make sure you have a book and your packet. . . Beowulf part III. Viewing Art. When away from the safety of their home, Vikings relied on the dragon for protection and good fortune. . 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 . my.hrw.com. Username: ggruet1. Password: ggruet1. Beowulf. Warm-up: what are the characteristics of an epic poem?. Enrichment Activity. Take out vocabulary words.. Using your list of words, select ten that you feel comfortable with using.. Warm Up 9/26. What is Beowulf about so far? Describe setting/events…. What characters have been introduced?. Activity. Read line 1-85. . Answer all questions in section I Beowulf.. Translate a portion of the text (assigned by Mr. Brown). Write down translation, minimum 3 sentences, on the board.. A Closer Look at Chapter 1 of Grendel. The story begins with Grendel at home in his underground realm watching an old ram stand stupidly at the edge of the cliff. . Grendel yells at the creature, stamps his feet, and throws stones at it, but the ram refuses to acknowledge him. . English 10 8/31/16 Beowulf Anglo-Saxon period Also called Old English period. The Old English language was harsher in sound than our English and was written phonetically, with no silent letters. Anglo means English or from England. Saxon means Germanic or from Saxony, Germany. Alice Jorgensen. School of English. Trinity College, Dublin. Gliding through the shadows came. the walker in the night; the warriors slept. whose task was to hold the horned building, . all except one. It was well-known to men that .