Ms. Debbie Thomas
Mr. Jarod Kenney
English 12
Marion Senior High School
Periods 1, 3A, 3B, and 5
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4, 2013
Topics: British history,
Anglo-Saxon literature,
Beowulf
Textbook pages 2-64
Monday
September 30
Activity: Typing Lord of the Flies essays in the computer lab.
Tuesday
October 1
Activity: Typing Lord of the Flies essays in the computer lab.
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4, 2013
Wednesday
October 2
Topics: British history,
Anglo-Saxon literature,
Beowulf
Textbook pages 2-64
Objectives: To apply knowledge of the literary form of the elegy to a creative writing
assignment to further understanding of form, purpose, and audience.
Activities:
1. Bellringer: Write about a time when you lost something or someone. How did
you feel? Did you do something specific to alleviate the bad feelings?
2. Review vocabulary words.
3. Review elegy, relating it to the three Anglo-Saxon texts read.
4. Discuss “The Wife’s Lament.”
5. Creative writing: students will create their own elegiac poems. Each must
contain one (1) example of each of the following: alliteration, allusion, kenning, and
caesura.
Homework: Finish, proofread, revise, and edit elegies.
Assessment: Students’ poems.
Thursday
October 3
SOLs covered: 12.4b, 12.4f, 12.6a, 12.6d 12.7a, 12.7b
Objectives: To review the literary form of elegy; to check for understanding of
Anglo-Saxon vocabulary; to explain the literary form of epic and its conventions.
Activities:
1. Bellringer: Think of a movie/book where a hero of good fights the forces of evil
to save the world. What makes the hero a hero (list traits)? What makes the villain the
villain (list traits)?
2. Take up and discuss student-created elegiac poems.
3. Review Anglo-Saxon poetry vocabulary.
4. Anglo-Saxon poetry vocabulary quiz.
5. Discuss epic and Beowulf vocabulary.
6. Read pages 34-35
Homework: read page 68-69, answer questions 1-3.
Assessment: Anglo-Saxon poetry vocabulary quiz
Friday
October 4
SOLs covered: 12.4b, 12.4e
Objectives: To review the conventions of the literary form of the epic; to apply
knowledge of the epic as well as of Anglo-Saxon English life through the reading of
Beowulf.
Activities:
1. Hand back vocabulary quizzes.
2. Discuss Heaney commentary and HW questions on pages 68-69
3. Review conventions of the epic and accompanying vocabulary.
4. Begin reading “The Wrath of Grendel.”
Homework: Finish reading “The Wrath of Grendel”
Assessment: HW questions on page 69.
SOLs covered: 12.4b, 12.4e
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4, 2013
Monday
October 7
Topics: British history,
Anglo-Saxon literature,
Beowulf
Textbook pages 2-64
Objectives: To apply knowledge of the literary form of the epic through the reading
of Beowulf.
Activities:
1. Bellringer: What traits/characteristics/attributes make a monster?
2. Discuss “The Wrath of Grendel”
3. Read and discuss “The Coming of Beowulf”
Homework: Finish reading “The Battle with Grendel.” Answer the following
questions: 1) How does Grendel change after Beowulf arrives? 2) Describe the fight
between Beowulf and Grendel. 3) Compare and contrast the Danes and the Geats
[traits of true warriors]. 4) How is Grendel defeated?
Assessment: Homework questions
Tuesday
October 8
SOLs covered: 12.4b, 12.4e
Objectives: To apply knowledge of the literary form of the epic through the reading
of Beowulf.
Activities:
1. “The Battle with Grendel” quiz. (Same questions as homework.)
2. Discuss “The Battle with Grendel”
3. Read “The Monsters’ Lair” and “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother.”
Homework: Sketch-to-stretch activity: from textual description and your own
imaginations, draw Grendel and Grendel’s Mother.
Assessment: Daily quiz; HW assignment
SOLs covered: 12.4b, 12.4e
Block 2
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4
Monday
September 30
Topics: British History
(1066-1485); Bede’s
History of the English
Church and People Peoples,
and Chaucer’s The
Canterbury Tales
Textbook pages 81-155
Objectives: To discuss the history of the English people from 1066-1485; to discuss
the conventions of The Canterbury Tales.
Activities:
1. Finish Anglo-Saxon literature tests.
2. Read pages 8, 10, 12, 90-91, 92-93
3. British History Part 2 powerpoint presentation with questions.
4. Work on Anglo-Saxon literature project write-up
Homework: read pages 90-94; have Anglo-Saxon literature project write-up written to
be typed in class.
Assessment: Anglo-Saxon literature test
SOLs covered: 12.4a, 12.4b, 12.4c, 12.4e, 12.3b
Tuesday
October 1
Objectives: To discuss the history of the English people from 1066-1485; to discuss
the conventions of The Canterbury Tales.
Activities:
1. Bellringer: Why would an author choose to write about characters from
different social classes and professions?
2. Finish British History Part 2 powerpoint presentation with questions.
3. Read and discuss pages 90-93
4. Work on Anglo-Saxon literature project write-up.
Homework: read pages 94; have Anglo-Saxon literature project write-up written to
type in class.
Assessment: Anglo-Saxon literature test
SOLs covered: 12.4a, 12.4b, 12.4c, 12.4e, 12.3b
Dates: Sept 30-Oct 4
Wednesday
October 2
Topics: British History
(1066-1485); Bede’s
History of the English
Church and People Peoples,
and Chaucer’s The
Canterbury Tales
Textbook pages 81-155
Objectives: To explore the methodology behind Chaucer’s creation of The
Canterbury Tales; to discuss the complexity which is society; to take notes on
relevant vocabulary.
Activities:
1. Bellringer: What types of people make up our society today? (Professions, class,
stereotypes, etc.)
2. Discuss page 90-93
3. Group assignment (by rows) (half of class)
-Box on page 91, info on page 94
-Brainstorm on board: different kinds of people in society (profession, class,
stereotype, etc.) Bellringer activity.
-Each person in group chooses type of person, creates character, describes
character, and writes about what type of story that person would tell.
4. Type Anglo-Saxon literature project write-up (half of class)
Homework: Read page 94; work on Anglo-Saxon literature projects; prepare for
presentations.
Assessment: Group assignment and discussion.
Thursday
October 3
SOLs covered: 12.1f, 12.4a, 12.4b, 12.4e
Objectives: To present students’ Anglo-Saxon literature unit projects; to apply
historical and literary context
Activities:
1. Anglo-Saxon literature project presentations
2. The Canterbury Tales vocabulary.
3. Read and discuss The Canterbury Tales (to page 100 or so)
Homework: Complete character sheet for characters read about so far.
Assessment: Presentations and character sheets.
SOLs covered: 12.1a, 12.1b, 12.1c, 12.1e, 12.4b, 12.4d, 12.4e
Friday
October 4
Objectives:
Activities:
1. Anglo-Saxon literature project presentations
2. Read and discuss The Canterbury Tales (pages 97-103)
Homework: Read 100-105 and complete character sheets for new characters
Assessment: Presentations and character sheets.
SOLs covered: 12.1a, 12.1b, 12.1c, 12.1e, 12.4a, 12.4b, 12.4c, 12.4d, 12.4e