Welcome! January 17th, 2018 Wednesday Do Now Get out your weekly Bell Ringer sheet and begin working on Wednesday’s assignment. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to discuss the prompt with your group. Make sure you stay on task!  Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

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Beowulf Introduction Now that we have a good amount of background knowledge on Anglo Saxons, we’re going to begin our exploration of Beowulf. I’m going to give you some background knowledge (some of it new, some of it a review from your presentations) that will help you understand the epic as we read. During this brief lecture, you will be expected to take notes. Go ahead and get out a sheet of paper and write the header below: Name 1/17/18 CP10 Beowulf Intro

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The Wrath of Grendel Now, it’s time to read!  Get out your copy of Beowulf and follow along. Side note: this copy will be yours to keep throughout the unit. Feel free to annotate as we read – it will make studying for our unit test much easier. Note: we’ll stop after the first stanza and complete a quick activity!

Grendel’s Family Tree Alliteration: Fill in Grendel’s family tree by making up fitting, creative, and alliterative names based on the description given in the text. Analyze Word Choice: Why does the author choose the word “spawned” rather than born? What connotations does this word have? Analyzing Theme: Explain how the author’s inclusion of this family tree adds to the themes of good vs evil found in this epic.

The Wrath of Grendel (continued) Let’s finish the section. Remember, keep annotating when you spot something important!

The Warrior Gene Grendel is described as coming from a long line of menacing monsters. Though it is never the goal to pass on negative family traits, many scientists believe there is a “warrior” gene that explains why some people are more prone to being abusive, hot tempered, and prone to rage. On my website, you’ll find the link to two articles: NPR’s “Can Your Genes Make You A Murderer” and “Pity the Poor Murderer, His Genes Made Him Do It” by Nigel Barber in Psychology Today. Read the two articles and respond to the three reading questions on your “Warrior Gene” handout. Use the back of the page to respond to #3.