On a sheet of paper, respond to the following question in at least a paragraph. Where were you at this time last year? Describe yourself and how you have changed since last year. (Think deeper than…well, I used to have long hair, but now it’s short.) Welcome

Agenda Syllabus Graduation Project Getting to Know You Activity Student Survey Reflection

Graduation Project Lab Day tomorrow Cover Page Title Page Resumé Table of contents Academic Advisor Form Due January 31 Product Approval Form Due February 7

Getting to Know You Think – look over the questions. Pick one or two you want to talk about. Think about how you would answer it. Pair - with someone sitting next to you, discuss the questions you picked and talk about them. Share – with the class

Student Survey Go to my webpage Click on English IV in the left column Click on the survey link Answer the questions completely and honestly

What Type of Learner are You?  Visual  Auditory  Read-Write  Kinesthetic

Visual They tend to be fast talkers. They exhibit impatience and have a tendency to interrupt. They use words and phrases that evoke visual images. They learn by seeing and visualizing. Auditory They speak slowly and tend to be natural listeners. They think in a linear manner. They prefer to have things explained to them verbally rather than to read written information. They learn by listening and verbalizing. Kinesthetic They tend to be slow talkers. They tend to be slow to make decisions. They use all their senses to engage in learning. They learn by doing and solving real-life problems. They like hands-on approaches to things and learn through trial and error. Read-Write They prefer for information to be displayed in writing, such as lists of ideas. They emphasize text-based input and output. They enjoy reading and writing in all forms.

Reflection Where will you be at this time next year? Describe how you think your life will be different. If you don’t think it will be different, explain why.

What are your goals for this class this semester? What is your plan to accomplish these goals? Who is going to support you? January 24

Agenda Table of Contents Title Page Cover Page Resumé

January 27 What is a hero?

Agenda Hero Reaction Guide Anglo History Context academic vocab Reading Beowulf – pg 42 Academic Vocab T-chart to interpret and analyze text Epic Hero graphic organizer to support claims in analysis Final Reflection

Anglo-Saxons – What you need to know Romans leave Britain Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Bloody conflicts, ignorance, violence, barbarism Angle-land Fatalistic and grim world view Vikings invade The appeal of Christianity

Anglo-Saxon Virtues Bravery Loyalty Generosity Friendship

Academic Vocab Alliteration Caesura Assonance Scops Dichotomy Kenning Epic poetry Epic Hero

Alliteration Repetition of stressed sounds, particularly consonants from the beginning of words or syllables. …hoping to kill anyone he could trap on this trip to high Herot. …the struggling great bodies beating at its beautiful walls … …gold-covered boards grating as Grendel and Beowulf battled across them.

Caesura A pause dividing each line, with each part having two accented syllables to help maintain the rhythm of the line A powerful monster, living down In the darkness, growled in pain, impatient As day after day the music rang Loud in that hall, the harp’s rejoicing

Assonance … lying in waiting, hidden in mist, invisibly following them … And wondering what the bravest of warriors could do. And sometimes they sacrificed to the … sung of the ancient beginnings of us all, recalling the Almighty making the earth …

Scops Poet singers

Dichotomy Opposites on the same spectrum Light/Dark Male/Female Good/Evil

Kenning Metaphor - figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily means one thing is applied to another thing to suggest a likeness between the two Compound – raven-haired, ring-marked Possessive – heaven’s high arch, her evil skin Prepositional – frozen with fear, winters of grief, running to his doom

Epic Long narrative poem Praised heroic warriors Recited by scops Instilled cultural pride History lesson Moral sermon

Epic Hero Glorified On a Quest Ethical Strong

Epic Hero?

Beowulf – What you need to know Oldest surviving epic poem 750? Written in Old EnglishOld English Originally untitled Originally chanted Author unknown

Beowulf Cheat Sheet Herot – mead-hall King Hrothgar – king of the Danes Grendel - monster Healfdane – Hrothgar’s father Higlac – Beowulf’s uncle, king of the Geats Wulfgar - herald Edgetho – Beowulf’s father Wiglaf – Beowulf’s wing man

T-Chart Academic VocabExample Alliteration Caesura Assonance Dichotomy Kenning

January 28 What does evil mean to you? Write your own definition of the word and provide some examples of real-life monsters.

Agenda Reading Beowulf – pg 50 Academic Vocab T-chart to interpret and analyze text Epic Hero graphic organizer to support claims in analysis Working in groups to create visual representation of Beowulf scenes to represent setting, mood, and imagery Final Reflection Homework: Cover page, title page, table of contents, and resumé

Exit Slip Summarize what you will take away from class today in one short sentence – 10 words or less.