eowulf
eowulf
Beowulf music video- http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#p/u/47/yiBaSqO7n9U
Photo courtesy of the new movie (in production) "Beowulf and Grendel".
(Beowulf in Hrothgar's hall)
Main Characters:
Aeshere
Beowulf
Brecca
Grendel
Grendel's Mother
Hrothgar
Hygelac
The Dragon/Fire Drake
The Runaway Slave
Unferth
Wealtheow
Wiglaf
Beowulf: A New Telling
By Robert Nye
Reading and Plotchart Assignment Schedule: Updated for 09/10 school year
Note/reminder to students and parents- The dates represent the day students will have (1) carefully read the section and (2) finished the plotchart (lit. notes) work by the time they come to class. There is always the possibility of a pop quiz over this material on or after these dates. Your books must be brought to class and home again each day. There will be 5/five bookchecks (worth 5 points apiece) before the final test. Please, come to class prepared to succeed.
Chapter I- 8/24
Chapter II- 8/26
Chapter III- 8/27
Chapter IV- 8/29* (Yes, I know that this is a weekend day.)
Chapter V- 8/31
Chapter VI- 9/2
Chapter VII- 9/3
Chapter VIII-9/5 * (Yes, I know that this is a weekend day.)
Chapter IX- 9/7
Chapter X- 9/9
Group Quiz (click here)
Chapter XI- 9/10
Chapter XII- 9/12 * (Yes, I know that this is a weekend day.)
Chapter XIII- 9/15
Chapter XIV- 9/16
Chapter V- 9/17
Chapter VI- 9/18
Plotcharts due- 9/30 (moved from Mon. 9/21)
Final Test- Wed. , 9/30 (moved from Tues., 9/22) [Closed note, closed book test.]
http://home.earthlink.net/~tarrach_alfson/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/armor.pdf (Beowulf's arms and armour)
http://www.studyguide.org/beowulf.htm
http://lnstar.com/literature/beowulf/
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/english016/beowulf/beowulf.html
http://legends.dm.net/beowulf/
http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/main.html
http://www.library.unr.edu/subjects/guides/beowulf.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf