In Class:
Overview and PowerPoint Presentation on Beowulf Intro and Characters, as well as the literary terms: alliteration, caesura, epic, epic hero, and kenning.
Please be sure to know these terms as they will be mentioned periodically throughout the year.
Worksheet:
Alliteration and Kennings: Taking the Burden Off the Bard (NOT HOMEWORK)
Homework:
Quickwrite on page 20 in text: (about one page typed or neatly handwritten)
This (Beowulf) is a story about a hero from the British past who faces violence, horror, and death to save a people in mortal danger.
Take a moment to write about a contemporary hero, real or fictional. Describe him or her and then answer these questions.
•What sort of evil or oppression does your hero confront?
•What motivates your hero?
•For whom does your hero confront evil?
•What virtues does your hero represent?
