British Lit--Wednesday, September 17

Objective: What is an Epic?

Students turned in papers and took the 30 Book Challenge Check-in Quiz. A2 Gets a Pizza Party!

1- We read page 2 and discussed the characteristics of an Epic--Students broke into groups and analyzed the movie of their choice (Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars) and found evidence that the ten characteristics were present in these epic films.

2- We watched a clip from the film "Brave" 9:30-14:00. As students watched, they wrote down answers to the following questions: What was important to these people? What did they value? Describe their way of life.

• believed in tradition
• storytelling
• fighting/battle was part of their lives
• "legends are lessons weaved with truth"

3- Introduced Beowulf and discussed how it is written by an Unknown author. Discussed how Epic poems were used for both Entertainment and Education.

Discussed Stock Epithets and Kennings--see packet.

Homework: Read pages 5-11 from poem and annotate for the following questions: How do the Anglo-Saxons characterize Evil? --> Look for characterization of Grendel. How do they characterize Good? --> Look for characterization of Beowulf.

If you were absent, see me for packet. There is nothing to be made up from this day.