ENGLISH III NOVEMBER 13, 2013 MR. HOUGHTELING “IT’S A WHAT’S DIFFERENT, WHAT’S THE SAME? WEDNESDAY!”

AGENDA Collect the Imagery Response Reviewing/Refining the CLOZE 3 passage. The Battles Three different ones. Beowulf: Compare/contrast with video clip.

Quotation Type of Imagery Explanation 1 “his eyes / Gleamed in the darkness, burned with a gruesome / Light” ( ). 2 “Grendel…cut / His body to bits with powerful jaws, / Drank the blood from his veins and bolted / Him down, hands and feet” ( ). 3 “But Higlac’s follower…fastened those claws / In his fists till they cracked, clutched Grendel / Closer” ( ). 4 “The high hall rang, its roof boards swayed, / And Danes shook with terror. …Herot trembled…Its benches rattled, fell / To the floor, gold-covered boards grating / As Grendel and Beowulf battled across them” ( ). 5 “[Grendel] twisted in pain, / And the bleeding sinews deep in his shoulder / Snapped, muscle and bone split and broke” ( ).

QuotationType of ImageryExplanation 5 “[Grendel] twisted in pain, / And the bleeding sinews deep in his shoulder / Snapped, muscle and bone split and broke” ( ). Kinesthetic Auditory Tactile Kinetic The use of kinesthetic imagery— “the bleeding sinews…snapped, muscle and bone split and broke”— helps to describe the intense pain that Grendel is suffering.

AGENDA Collect the Imagery Response Reviewing/Refining the CLOZE 3 passage. The Battles Three different ones. Beowulf: Compare/contrast with video clip.

After swimming for 1. ______ to reach the bottom of the lake, Beowulf is captured by Grendel’s mother. On the way to the she-wolf’s cave, Beowulf is attacked by sea monsters, but the ring-woven mail he is wearing protects him from their 2. _____ and teeth. Inside the cave, which is actually a huge 3. ______, Beowulf and Grendel’s mother engage in combat. Realizing that his sword is useless against the monster’s 4. ______, Beowulf relies only on the 5. ______ of his hands. Grendel’s mother crushes Beowulf’s 6. ______ and pins him down on his 7. ______. Intending to kill the warrior with a 8. ______, the monster is thwarted by the strength of Beowulf’s 9. _____. Back on his feet, Beowulf spies a massive sword created by 10. ______ and swings it at the water witch, 11. ______ her head off. His heart still angry, Beowulf strikes off the head of the 12. ______ (adjective) Grendel, his lifeless body jerking one last time. From the shore, watching the lake surge with 13. ______, the old warriors believe that Beowulf is 14. ______ and head home. Only the Geats stayed, mourning the loss of their heroic comrade. But Beowulf lives; he swims to land carrying Grendel’s head and the beautiful 15. ______ of the giants’ sword and greets his friends. The Geats leave the wretched lake, 16. ______ of them carrying Grendel’s head, the others Beowulf’s mail shirt. Beowulf meets with Hrothgar at Herot, showing Hrothgar’s queen, 17. ______, and the rest of the Danes Grendel’s head. “It was a weird and wonderful sight.”

AGENDA Collect the Imagery Response Reviewing/Refining the CLOZE 3 passage. The Battles Three different ones. Beowulf: Compare/contrast with video clip.

THE BATTLES / THREE DIFFERENT ONES The Battle with GrendelThe Battle with Grendel’s Mother The Battle with the Fire-Dragon quick and easy occurred at night- time Beowulf lost a fellow Geat Beowulf used no weapons nor armor Beowulf ripped Grendel’s arm off with his bare hands Long, tiring, and difficult

“BEOWULF, THE GREAT GEATISH HERO” ta6v0GnPW4

HOMEWORK Complete the Study Guide Questions for “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother.”