Objectives:
After this class, students will be able to:
1. draw on personal experience to describe a hero in their lives.
2. describe the features of the Anglo-Saxon time period.
3. describe the qualities of an epic hero.
Agenda:
1. Warm-up: In their notebooks, students will answer the following question: Who is your personal hero and why? 1/2 page
Ms. Kingsbury will solicit answers from the students.
2. Brainstorm: In preparation for the Hero Unit featuring Beowulf, students should answer the following questions in their notebooks:
a. Describe what life was like 1000 years ago. What did people wear, what did they eat, where did they live, how did they spend their days?
b. Describe the life of a rich person living in California today. What do they wear, eat, and how do they spend their days?
c. What do you know about alcohol?
Ms. Kingsbury will solicit answers from students.
In class this week, we will read Bay Wolf by Neil Gaiman. This is the modern day parody version of the ancient epic poem of Beowulf. By brainstorming ideas about the past and present, students will be able to see how the time periods are different and yet similar.
3. Notes: Students should have the following notes in their notebooks:
a. the longest epic poem written in Old English is called Beowulf. Beowulf is an ancient epic hero who saves his distant relatives from a monster/troll named Grendel. In the story, Grendel kills all the people who go to the village tavern. The people keep going, however, because drinking is enjoyable, and their lives are miserable! Beowulf comes to the village to save the people and kill Grendel.
b. An epic hero is of the highest quality: loyal, selfless, sacrificing, physical strength, highest ethics, archetype.
c. Features of the Anglo-Saxon time period (449-1066 AD): Britain/Ireland, animist religion, Stonehenge, magic, drinking, bards/stories, rise of the Christian religion.
Ms. Kingsbury will discuss each portion of the notes for today.
Today's Vocabulary: brainstorm, Beowulf, epic poem, epic hero, Anglo-Saxon, archetype, animist
Homework: There is no homework assigned for tonight.
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