2. Warfare as a means of law and order
Anglo Saxon Life
Warfare as a means of law and order
Single-family homesteads (wooden building enclosed in fences for protection)
Lord-vassal relationship (loyalty)
Farming tools

3. Mead hall= central meeting place for village
Mead halls & feasts
Mead= honey wine
Mead hall= central meeting place for village
Anglo-Saxon drinking horn

4. Anglo-Saxon Storytelling
-Oral Tradition-
celebratory storytelling & song
-Themes of fighting, vengeance, battles
-Heroic tradition
-A form of immortality

5. Oral Tradition= entertainment
-Uses language more creatively for an audience -focused on sound -focused on description (imagery)

6. Anglo-Saxon storytelling & song
Bards/Scops- skilled storytellers
Highly revered talent
Poetic, memorized

7. How to read this poetry-
, ; . 1. Pay attention to punctuation Don’t stop at the end of lines 2. Look for action words (verbs)- separate description & action 3. Pay attention to literary devices like- alliteration, kennings, & rhythm 4. Visualize it the action

8. England’s Middle Ages 1066-1485

9. Feudal System Military, Economic, & Political form of power
-For safety and for defense, people in the Middle Ages formed small communities around a central lord or master. Most people lived on a manor, which consisted of the castle, the church, the village, and the surrounding farm land. These manors were isolated, with occasional visits from peddlers, knights, and pilgrims on their way to the Crusades.

10. Knights- Followed Code of Chivalry-
Mercy -Towards the poor and oppressed.
Punish evil-doers.
Humility
Honor
Sacrifice
Fear of God
Faithfulness
Courage
Utmost graciousness and courtesy to ladies

11. Anglo-Saxon & Middle Ages Storytelling Festival

12. TASKS: TEST Day 1-2 Read and annotate the text together
Skill Guide (Vocab, Themes, Author’s Structure)
Plan discussion questions
Day 3- Put events into a modern script (description, action, dialogue)
Practice acting it out, rehearse
Day 4- Perform your story for the class (props, costumes, etc.)
Lead a Discussion of Themes
Create a pre-performance thought question
Create 3 follow-up discussion questions
TEST

13. Beowulf: a heroic tale of man vs. monsters

14. Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
pg A tale of battle & chivalry… with a twist!

15. Federigo’s Falcon
pg A tale of loss and love…with a twist!

16. The Wife of Bath’s Tale
pg What women really want…with a twist!