Tuesday

 Today we are going to discuss projects for PART II, read some of Beowulf, and work on dialectical journals.

 

Beowulf: Part 2 – 105 points

Projects:

1) Take the first part of Beowulf and create one of the following a Comic (using comic life maker), a movie, a power point, or a readers theater (with blocking, different voices/postures for characters, atmosphere, etc).
2) Also include in the project - 3 from each category (characters, literary terms, motifs and/or themes). The rest of the above should be posted on your blog.


Grade Breakdown:

1 – 60 points for a correct and complete (meaning you don’t leave out any important details) recount of Part 2 of Beowulf in the format of your choice.

2 – 45 points: 5 points for each of the 9 elements (3 from each) in section 2.



PART 2 (lines 1250 to 2300): 

Things to know:
Characters:
Grendel
Beowulf
Hrothogar
Fitela
Sigmund
Wulgar
Heremod
Finn
Hnaef
Hengest
Wealtheow
Unferth
Shield
Halfdane
Beow

Literary Terms and Examples of Literary Terms:
Kenning (3 examples)
Litotes (2 examples)
Flytes (1 example)
Apositive (1 example)
Alliteration (1 example)
Censura (definition)
Symbol (2 examples)
Allusion (3 examples)
Epic Boast (1 example)
Epic Hero (definition and how Beowulf fits it)

Motifs and Themes:
Exile
Kin Killing
Ambush
Wergild and Wyrd
The Role of Kings
The Role of Woman
The Role of Warriors
Paganism vs. Christianity



My rants on how i hate Fielding 

He makes me Run 
He wont fail me even though i try to 
He make me like school more than i should 
Logan is a monkey

by Logan Weber (written after running "Mile Repeats" - and written for AP Lit)