Mount Carmel Academy
Lesson Plans
ALLEN REID
ENGLISH IV AP
September 22-26, 2014
TEKS: See Daily Objectives
ACADEMIC Vocabulary
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Characteristics of an Epic
Alliteration
Keening
Oral poets
Mood
Spawn
Moors
Tone
Lair
affliction
Heathen
Reparation
Mail Shirt
Purge
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Gorge
Cain
Shrouds
Talon
Infamous
Sinews
Vane
Loathsome
Livid
Bolted
Monday September 22, 2014
Summer reading test.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Focus: Refer to the first passage in Beowulf. Describe the mood of the monster. Write a
paragraph discussing how this description might serve as a foreshadowing of events to
come.
1. Objectives: TEKS 2C Each student will be able to do the following:
 Relate the Characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the
historical, social, and economic ideas of its time. Evaluate the changes in
sound, form, figurative language, and dramatic structure across literary
time periods. TEKS 1 D Analyze and explain how the English language
has been developed and been influenced by other languages.
1. Instruction: Read and discuss pages 42-45. Notice the Alliteration lines 1-2. What
mood does the alliteration convey? How might the idea that the monster is
impatient foreshadow future events? What is the tone of lines 44-49?
2. Assess Mastery / Higher Order Thinking: What words and details convey this
tone? Note the description in lines 23-29 of the supernatural creatures that are
again and again defeated. What universal theme might these lines suggest? What
does the Kenning “Hells-forged hands in line 64 suggest about Grendel?
Homework: In lines 64-81, What words and phrases does the poet use to
establish Grendel as a fearful Monster? How effective is the Poet in conveying
Grendel’s assault on the Danes? Write 2 paragraphs over these questions?
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3. Focus: Explore symbolism inside Beowulf. For example, what does Grendel, his,
mother, and later, the Dragon represent?
2. Objectives: TEKS 2C Each student will be able to do the following:
 Relate the Characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the
historical, social, and economic ideas of its time. Evaluate the changes in
sound, form, figurative language, and dramatic structure across literary
time periods. TEKS 1 D Analyze and explain how the English language
has been developed and been influenced by other languages.
Instructions: Read pages 46-48.
4. Assess Mastery / Higher Order Thinking: How does the pet describe Halfdane’s
son? From lines 120-123, what characteristics do you think the fourteen men that
Beowulf chose to accompany him had in common? Homework: Write three
paragraphs answering the following questions (6-8 sentences) Summarize Why
does Beowulf come to see Hrothgar? Interpret: What impressions of Beowulf
does the poet convey through Beowulf’s opening remarks to Hrothgar?
Evaluate: What is the effect of having of having Beowulf describe his own great
deeds?
Wednesday, September 24
Focus: Write a paragraph describing the characteristics of a Hero that Beowulf
possess?
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Objective: The students will be able to do the following: Relate the
Characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social,
and economic ideas of its time. Evaluate the changes in sound, form,
figurative language, and dramatic structure across literary time periods.
TEKS 1 D Analyze and explain how the English language has been
developed and been influenced by other languages.
Instructions: Read pages 49-52 in class. ? In lines 319-322, why might the poet
have used the figurative phrase “opened a path for his evil soul” rather than
simply write “slay or wound”?
Assess Mastery / Higher Order Thinking: Where do Monsters lurk Read lines 293-300.
What impression of the battle does the alliteration help convey?
Thursday, September 25, 2014
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Focus: read lines 319-322, why might the poet have used the fugurative
phrase “open a path for his evil soul” rather than simply write slay or
wound?
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Objective: The students will be able to do the following: Relate the
Characters, setting, and theme of a literary work to the historical, social,
and economic ideas of its time. Evaluate the changes in sound, form,
figurative language, and dramatic structure across literary time periods.
TEKS 1 D Analyze and explain how the English language has been
developed and been influenced by other languages.
Instruction: Read pages 53-54 in class. What imagery does the poet use to bring
the narrative to life? How important is Beowulf to the fate of Denmark?
1. Assess Mastery / Higher Order Thinking: Answer the following questions in
class: (on page 54.) 1-4.
Friday, September 26`
Focus: What are your thoughts on Beowulf’s actions at this point in the Narrative?
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Objective: The students will be able to do the following: Objective: The
students will be able to do the following: Relate the Characters, setting,
and theme of a literary work to the historical, social, and economic ideas
of its time. Evaluate the changes in sound, form, figurative language, and
dramatic structure across literary time periods. TEKS 1 D Analyze and
explain how the English language has been developed and been influenced
by other languages.
Instructions: Read pages 55-56 in class. Use critical reading techniques to look for words
in the text that point towards mood. What foreshadowing do you see? Locate textual
evidence that led you to make an accurate prediction about the plot.
Assess Mastery / Higher Order Thinking: What mood is conveyed by the image on page
55? Who has “reversed / the bright vane of [the Danes ] Luck? Why does Grendel’s
mother take and kill one of the Danes? Explain the significance of the single victim?