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After reading Beowulf, students will demonstrate their understanding of how the hero represents Anglo-Saxon virtues and culture. Students will be able to read and analyze with an awareness of monomyth theory and will be able to apply a narrative story arc to their own personal narrative for college admissions.
Annotated BEWOULF by Burton Raffel
Skills & Standards Instruction
Media (RI.IKI.7) Theme (RL.IKI.9) Connotation/Denotation (L.VAU.5)
Word Patterns & Relationships (RL.CS.4) Point of View (SL.CC.3) Story Elements (RI.KID.2)
Integrate & Evaluate information presented in diverse media
Literary Analysis Writing
Collaborative Conversations
Textual Evidence
Theme
Story Elements
Word Patterns & Relationships
Point of view
Organizing Narrative Writing
Narrative Techniques
Terminology & Vocabulary
Anglo-Saxons-a native inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest
Epic-a legendary poem typically about a hero or a culture's foundation
Kenning-a compound expression in Old English and Old Norse poetry with metaphorical meaning, e.g. oar-steed = ship.
Comitatus- Allegiance to the king at all cost.
Alliteration-Repetition of beginning consonant sounds
Caesura-a long pause in poetry //
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