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 sentence "Word, phrases, skipped through my mind" is an example of what?
2. The statement "My AP English teacher doesn't yell, he projects" is an example of what?
3. What type of literary criticism focuses on female characters, such Dounia and Sonia in Crime and Punishment?
4. Epic poems typically have invocations to the muses, begin in medias res, have long lists of people and events, and contain vast amounts of repetition. All of these things are known as what?
5. The passage "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour" provides an example of what literary device?
B. Begin 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 sentence "Word, phrases, skipped through my mind" is an example of what?
2. The statement "My AP English teacher doesn't yell, he projects" is an example of what?
3. What type of literary criticism focuses on female characters, such Dounia and Sonia in Crime and Punishment?
4. Epic poems typically have invocations to the muses, begin in medias res, have long lists of people and events, and contain vast amounts of repetition. All of these things are known as what?
5. The passage "Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour" provides an example of what literary device?
B. Begin reading Beowulf.
C. Closing: Review what we have read thus far.