Essential Questions:
What is the significance of oral tradition?
What are the characteristics of an epic and how does Beowulf conform to
these characteristics?
How do the themes in Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon period in history?
A. Opening Assignment: AP FLASHCARDS
1. Chaucer's passage, "He feathered Pertelote in wanton play / And trod
her twenty times ere prime of day," nicely describes a rooster's sexual
relations with a hen. This is an example of what?
2. What is anaphora?
3. What is iambic pentameter?
B. Finish reading Beowulf.
C. Kennings and Alliteration practice
D. Dichotomies found in Beowulf.
E. Closing: Work on these assignments.
What is the significance of oral tradition?
What are the characteristics of an epic and how does Beowulf conform to
these characteristics?
How do the themes in Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon period in history?
A. Opening Assignment: AP FLASHCARDS
1. Chaucer's passage, "He feathered Pertelote in wanton play / And trod
her twenty times ere prime of day," nicely describes a rooster's sexual
relations with a hen. This is an example of what?
2. What is anaphora?
3. What is iambic pentameter?
B. Finish reading Beowulf.
C. Kennings and Alliteration practice
D. Dichotomies found in Beowulf.
E. Closing: Work on these assignments.