Warm Up 10.5.11
• Today we will read “The Battle with Grendel”…
• What do you think will happen?
• Predict the outcome with details.
• 2-4 sentences
• Make sure you have a book and your packet.
Beowulf part III
Viewing Art
• When away from the
safety of their home,
Vikings relied on the
dragon for protection
and good fortune.
• Why do you think
Vikings and other
cultures in the Middle
Ages believed in beasts
such as dragons?
Viewing Art
• They believed in beasts such as Dragons, in
myths and legends, to explain life’s various
phenomena.
• They did not have science and technology to
explain the unknown.
• Today, we no longer need myths and legends
to serve the same purpose. Or do we?
Activity
• The poem uses many long sentences, with
clauses separated by commas.
• The poet uses long, rolling sentences for
dramatic effect.
• ACTIVITY: Rewrite the first sentence of “Battle
with Grendel” breaking it down into 2-3
shorter sentences.
ACTIVITIES WHILE YOU READ….
• As you read:
Answer all of the following questions at the bottom
of the pages:
-R : Reading Strategy
-BI: Big Idea
-L: Literary Element
Keep your answer in your notes.
Group Work: Translate your lines!!!
(p30-34)!
75 words minimum
• Group 1: 269-300
• Group 2: 301-330
• Group 3: 331-360
• Group 4: 361-390
• Group 5: 391-420
Answer any Reading Strategy, Literary Element, or Big
Idea questions in your section.
Make sure that you are prepared to present your section
to the class: reading text and the translation.
Reading Strategy: Lines 293-295
• What future event in the story do these lines
foreshadow?
“But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw
the broken bones of his last human supper.”
Explain….
Reading Strategy: Lines 293-295
• What future event in the story do these lines
forshadow?
“But fate, that night, intended Grendel to gnaw the
broken bones of his last human supper.”
Explain….
He will kill at least one Geat warrior. One last time.
He will soon die.
Literary Element p31
• How does Beowulf differ from other warriors
whom Grendel has attacked?
Literary Element p31
• How does Beowulf differ from other warriors
whom Grendel has attacked?
Unlike the other warriors, Beowulf is awake and
prepared to fight.
Big Idea: Epic Warrior, end of page 31
• What motivates Beowulf in his time of need?
Big Idea: Epic Warrior, end of page 31
• What motivates Beowulf in his time of need?
Answer:
He remembers his boast and his vow to
Hrothgar to destroy Grendel strengthens
Beowulf’s resolve to prevent the monster
from escaping.
****Writers Technique: lines 301-304
• What does the poet mean when he says
“death and Grendel’s teeth came together,
snapping life shut”?
Put into your own words…..
***Writers Technique: lines 301-304
• What does the poet mean when he says
“death and Grendel’s teeth came together,
snapping life shut”?
Put into your own words…..
When Grendel’s teeth close on the warrior, the
warriors life snaps shut, too.
At the end of p32
• What events have occurred since Grendel
entered Herot this night?
Reading Strategy: end of p32
• What events have occurred since Grendel
entered Herot this night?
Grendel ripped apart a sleeping warrior and
devoured him and then grabbed Beowulf, who
was already awake and ready for the attack.
Beowulf seized Grendel’s claw with his
powerful grip and refused to let go. The battle
that ensued battered Hrothgars’s Hall – Herot.
Warm Up – October 12, 2011
• What does Beowulf do with Grendel’s arm
after their “Epic” fight?
Describe in 2-4 sentences.
PS – Did you turn in your BOAST?
Big Idea: Epic Warrior
• What heroic traits do Beowulf’s warriors
show?
Big Idea: Epic Warrior
• What heroic traits do Beowulf’s warriors
show?
• They know how deadly Grendel is , but they
attack him anyway because he is engaged in
battle with their leader. (LOYALTY)
Literary Element: p 33 lines 393-395
• Why does Beowulf hang Grendel’s arm in the
rafters?
Literary Element: p 33 lines 393-395
• Why does Beowulf hang Grendel’s arm in the
rafters?
Beowulf is proud. He wants to show his conquest
over Grendel-the victory of good over evil-and
the freedom he has brought to the Danes.
Reading Strategy: p34 lines 417-420
• Summarize what happens the morning after
Beowulf’s triumph.
Reading Strategy: p34 lines 417-420
• Summarize what happens the morning after
Beowulf’s triumph.
Warriors throng to Herot, tracing Grendel’s
footprints to the bloody lake where he died.
Later they retell the story of the battle,
extolling Beowulf’s valor.