Here's what we did in class today:
1- Finished working on Paradise Lost readings (yellow packet).
2- Finished outlining the Beowulf/Paradise Lost essay..then went over answers as a class.
3- Students brainstorm and pick the top ten characteristics of the ancient heroes.
4- Listen to a guest speaker- a modern day hero- share her story.
5-Go back to list heroic characteristics and ask students if they can find elements of those in the guest's story.
6- Ask Guest speaker questions they might have about her life, her challenges, her experiences.
Homework: Research and type of 10 interesting things about William Shakespeare that you didn't already know.
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