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Monday, September 28 Sit in student-selected groups. Follow along with your group. Students should take individual notes and participate in the discussion. If you do not finish, this is NOT homework. We will discuss as a class tomorrow. By the end of tomorrow, you must declare which type of quiz you would like to take-Objective with no notes or Written with use of notes. Sign up on the podium. If you do not sign up, you will have to take whichever I have extra copies of.

Tuesday, September 29 WNB#7: Copy. Identify. Imitate Copy the following lines from “ Book 24: A Grace Given in Sorrow” Skip lines. Priam, The great King of Troy, passed by the others, knelt down, Took in his arms Achilles’ knees, and kissed the hands of wrath That killed his son.

Identify the Sentence Structure Using a two different highlighter, highlight and label the parts. Priam, the great King of Troy, passed by the others,knelt down, Took in his arms Achilles’ knees, and kissed the hands of wrath That killed his son. Structure: Subject, appositive phrase, parallel verbs, abstract noun and that clause

Imitate relying on your knowledge of Beowulf, replace Priam with Hrothgar, Beowulf or Wiglaf and imitate the sentence. Original Priam,/ the great King of Troy, passed by the others, knelt down,/ Took in his arms Achilles’ knees, and kissed the hands of wrath/That killed his son. Sample Imitation Grendel’s Mother, the returning terror of Herot, slithered by the men, reached down, took in her mouth Hrothgar’s friend, and reignited the vengeance in the hero that killed her son.

Tuesday, September 29 Whole Class Discussion of "A Grace Given in Sorrow“ Viewing, if time permits Declare quiz type for tomorrow, prepare accordingly: ObjectiveOpen Note Know all characters from the three excerpts (and Paris and Queen Helen, including gods and goddesses, epic characteristics. Format: Matching, Multiple Choice, True/False and one OER Be able to provide/ identify the following: characteristics of an epic hero, epithet, divine intervention, allusions to other myths, universal theme. Details of the epic: people, gods, goddesses, time period (Trojan War) Format: Fill in the blank with examples, one OER.