BRIT LIT – DO NOW GET INTO YOUR GROUPS FROM FRIDAY FIND YOUR POSTER BY THE WINDOW ADD ANY FINISHING TOUCHES PREPARE TO PRESENT 5 MINUTES

COMPARE / CONTRAST PAPER THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TONE AND POINT OF VIEW IN BEOWULF AND GRENDEL (The novels NOT the characters) IMPACT ON YOU AS THE READER? WAS IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK? TO RELATE TO THE CHARACTERS? WHAT DID IT SAY ABOUT THE SETTING / WORLD OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS?

THESIS STATEMENT!! WHAT TRAITS MAKE UP A THOROUGH THESIS STATEMENT?

THESIS MODELS Examples: Which one is the best? Why? Both of these novels use tone and point of view effectively. I will show you how. The novels Beowulf and Grendel incorporate tone and point of view effectively. The novels Grendel, by John Gardner, and Beowulf, by Sheamus Heaney, both use a gritty tone to represent the Anglo-Saxon culture and effective 1st and 3rd person point of views to portray the mindset of their citizens.

THESIS STATEMENT - Model - TOPIC: In Gardner’s Grendel, and Heaney’s “Beowulf”, - ARGUMENT the tone and point of view . . . DIRECTION – be specific 1 main detail about Grendel and 1 main detail about “Beowulf”.

SCHEDULE for 10/2 – 10/5 COMPUTER LAB ROOM 413 ON THOSE DAYS TONIGHT: Complete Thesis Statement and Outline Wednesday – Intro typed up (show in class) Thursday – work on 1st Body Paragraph in class Friday – 1st Body typed up (show in class) and work on 2nd Body Paragraph Monday 10/8 – 1st Draft of whole paper due. Peer Editing in class Wed 10/10 – Final Draft due

YOUR JOB TODAY! CHOOSE A PROMPT/ TOPIC THINK OF A MAIN IDEA(S) TO WORK WITH INVOLVING TONE AND POINT OF VIEW AND THEIR IMPACT ON BOTH NOVELS START TO WORK ON YOUR OUTLINE AND THESIS STATEMENT PORTIONS OF THE PACKET