Week 2: English IV Heroes and Monsters

Monday

8/25: DO NOW What is a hero? Do you know anyone personally that you would consider a hero? Explain. Now, list at least ten characteristics a hero should have. (Please do this on your Google Doc that you saved in the folder you shared with me. Make sure to put today’s date first and on it’s own line.) 8/25/14 A hero is a person who . . . .

"Do your utmost. A good name, a glorified example, and fame after death are all you can win in this world. It is the courage to strive - not success which ultimately reveals and ennobles the true hero."

I CAN. . . Identify the qualities of a hero. Define an epic poem Recognize the stages of a hero’s journey Identify an example of a hero’s journey

8/25 Schedule Do Now Does the World Need Heroes? A Host of Heroes What Makes a Hero? The Hero’s Journey

A Host of Heroes What Makes a Hero?

The Hero’s Journey This: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/The- Hero%27s-Journey.php Then this: Practice the Hero’s Journey handout Finally, this: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/inter actives/herosjourney/

Homework DUE TOMORROW Ask 5 people of various ages to name three heroes. Write down their answers, their names, and their ages. Read the intro and Chapter 1 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Annotate both, using the notes you took on annotation as a guide. Finish the Epic Hero Cycle handout.

Exit Ticket What do you know about epic heroes? (Do this without looking at your handouts.)

Tuesday

8/26 DO NOW What is courage? Give some examples of behavior you think is courageous. How would most people today define courage? Do you think this differs from how people defined it five hundred years ago? Explain.

8/26 Schedule Do Now Prologue (OE) Homework: charts, articles for discussion, turn in journey Hand out Beowulf books The Hero’s Journey—revisit (story dice) How to Read Literature Like a Professor: Prologue and Ch. 1 (think, pair, share, four-square questions, notes)

I CAN. . . Identify the qualities of a hero. Define an epic poem Recognize the stages of a hero’s journey Identify an example of a hero’s journey

Your Hero’s Journey Roll the story die. Write down what you get (or take a picture). Go to:http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/in teractives/herosjourney/ Use the story die to create your hero and their journey. Write it out in a Google doc, following the prompts given.

HtRLLaP Prologue and Ch. 1 Think-Pair-Share Think about what this reading may have to do with the epic poem we are getting ready to read. Write down your answer. When I tell you, pair up with a partner and share your answers with each other. Make note of what is the same and different about what you each said.

HtRLLaP Prologue and Ch. 1 Four Square With the same partner, come up with three questions about the reading. Make sure they are questions that get at the heart of the reading, what you want to know, and what you think is important. Group up with the assigned other pair (there should be four of you now) and pick the two best questions from your six. We will use these in the class discussion.

HtRLLaP Prologue and Ch. 1 Group Discussion and Notes Ask your questions to the group. We will collaborate together to answer them and figure out what is most important in this text. Once we have reach a consensus about what is important, mark it on your texts and TAKE NOTES!!!!!!

Wednesday

8/27 DO NOW What does it mean to be loyal? Write about a time you were loyal to someone or someone was loyal to you. What was the outcome of that loyalty?

8/27 Schedule Do Now Hand out Beowulf books Epic Hero, Epic Poetry (Cornell Notes) Beo who? What’s the big deal? (Cornell Notes) History of English in 10 minutes Your Hero’s Journey—hero’s journey cycle, story dice, additions HW: read the Introduction to Beowulf

Cornell Notes Get out some paper and set up your Cornell Notes now.

Epic “An extended narrative poem recounting actions, travels, adventures, and heroic episodes . . . written in a high style (with enobled diction, for example).” (VirtualSalt)

Characteristics of Epic Heroes Noble Birth Capable of deeds of great strength and courage Great Warrior Travels over vast setting National heroism Humility Faces supernatural foes and/or receives supernatural help (http://www.dentonisd.org/cms/lib/TX21000245/Centricity/Domain/882/Characteristics%20of%20Epic%20Heroes.pdf)

Characteristics of the Classical Epic The protagonist is “larger than life,” a legend or national hero The virtues and failings of the hero are presented The hero’s super-human strength is revealed through battle Is set in several nations, the entire world, or the universe. Gods or lesser deities play a role in the outcome All of the adventures form a “whole” and relate to a central theme The storyline helps explain the history of a people or nation

The Machinery of an Epic The theme is stated at the beginning of the poem A deity or muse is invoked Story begins in the middle Catalogs (of participants, goods, or sacrifices, etc.) Histories and descriptions of important items (swords, jewelry, ships) Epic simile (long simile) (VirtualSalt)

The Machinery of an Epic Frequent use of epithets (“Aeneas the true,” rosy-fingered Dawn,” “tall-masted ship”) Use of patronymics (calling son by father’s name—”Anchises’ son”) Long, formal speeches by important characters Journey to underworld Use of the number three (attempts are made three times, etc.) Previous episodes in story are later recounted (VirtualSalt)

Epic Examples Homer, Iliad Homer, Odyssey Virgil, Aeneid Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered Milton, Paradise Lost (VirtualSalt)

Beo Who? What’s the Big Deal Setting: 6th Century (500 CE), Southern Sweden/Denmark Viking peoples Passed down from generation to generation orally Written down in about 1000 CE The foundation of British/American literature Only 30,000 lines of text survive from the Anglo Saxon period, 4,000 of those are the story of Beowulf Old English (here’s an example)

The History of English in 10 Minutes Chapter One Chapter Two (LiveBinder)

Your Hero’s Journey Map out/outline your own hero and hero’s cycle using story die thrown yesterday (due tomorrow). Also include: Name and describe your hero (should be symbolic of what s/he stands for) Unusual birth Supernatural helper Talisman or special weapon Reconciliation with father-like figure

Thursday

8/28 DO NOW Why is reputation important? What factors influence a person’s reputation? Can your reputation be different with different groups? Give a person example to support your answer.

8/28 Schedule Do Now Oral Tale: Storytelling in the classroom—Your Hero’s Journey Cornell Notes: Intro and Ch 1 of HtRLLaP (model, classroom talk) Beowulf prologue—read and discuss Homework: Read and annotate Beowulf Ch. 1-4Hand out Beowulf books

Oral Tale Practice telling your hero’s journey story once or twice in your head. Pair up with the partner you have been assigned. Using your story map/notes, tell your partner your story (making sure your body language indicates your attention). Listen to them tell their story.

How to Determine What You Need to Write in Your Notes Pull out your notes. Make sure you have marked what you think is important enough to write in your notes. Set up Cornell Notes Class discussion and instructor modeling of how to determine what’s important enough to write down.

Prologue: Beowulf Listen to me read the prologue to Beowulf. Pay attention to the way in which I read the lines. Do I pause at the end of every line? Do I read until I come to a piece of punctuation? What is the prologue about? Who is Shild and why might he be important to the story (he is not a main character; in fact, he is very rarely mentioned).

Homework Read Chapters 1-4 in Beowulf

Friday

8/29 DO NOW What does it mean to be generous? Why is generosity important? Write about both the most generous person you know and the least generous person you know. Identify three specific ways that you could be more generous.

8/29 Schedule Do Now Review Teams: Epic Hero Cycle, Mechanics of an Epic, Characteristics of Epic Heroes Anglo Saxons Video: Cornell Notes (20 interesting, important things) Check Reading Annotation: Formulate Questions Pull concepts from How to Read Literature Like a Professor: Prologue and Ch. 1

I CAN. . . Summarize the events in Beowulf (Prologue-Ch 4) Use outside sources to deepen my understanding of the epic poem Apply the Hero’s Journey, the mechanics of an epic, the epic hero’s characteristics, and the concepts in the reading from HtRLLaP to Beowulf in order to analyze the text.

Anglo Saxons Actively watch