Essential Questions:
1. What is the significance of oral tradition?
2. What are the characteristics of an epic and how does Beowulf conform to these characteristics?
3. How do the themes in Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon period in history?
A. Opening Assignment: AP FLASHCARDS
On a notecard, complete the following practice exercises
1. The passage "The rain night had ushered in a misty morning--half frost, half drizzle--and temporary brooks crossed our path, gurgling from the uplands" contain which figurative devices?
2. Will Loman is the protagonist in Death of a Salesman, but as a character he is a failure; therefore, he is an example of what?
3. The passage "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun," from Romeo and Juliet, contains which figurative device?
4. The passage "He is not ugly" is an example of what?
5. What type of criticism would argue that an analysis of plot, character development, setting, tone, diction, images, and themes would ultimately reveal the meaning of the novel Atonement?
B. Continue reading Beowulf.
C. Closing: Review what we have read thus far.
1. What is the significance of oral tradition?
2. What are the characteristics of an epic and how does Beowulf conform to these characteristics?
3. How do the themes in Beowulf relate to the Anglo-Saxon period in history?
A. Opening Assignment: AP FLASHCARDS
On a notecard, complete the following practice exercises
1. The passage "The rain night had ushered in a misty morning--half frost, half drizzle--and temporary brooks crossed our path, gurgling from the uplands" contain which figurative devices?
2. Will Loman is the protagonist in Death of a Salesman, but as a character he is a failure; therefore, he is an example of what?
3. The passage "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun," from Romeo and Juliet, contains which figurative device?
4. The passage "He is not ugly" is an example of what?
5. What type of criticism would argue that an analysis of plot, character development, setting, tone, diction, images, and themes would ultimately reveal the meaning of the novel Atonement?
B. Continue reading Beowulf.
C. Closing: Review what we have read thus far.