FIGHT WITH GRENDEL
DAILY SCHEDULE
 Finish up Grammar 1 Lesson on Run-ons
 Writing Warm-up/ discussion
 Review
 Battle With Grendel
 Grendel Activity
WARM-UP
 Write about a time when you did a heroic deed (or a big favor for
someone). What was it? Why did you do it? How did you feel?
 Write a paragraph about your experience. These will be
graded for completion and collected. Make sure you have at
least 3 lines and 4 sentences. Check your papers for run-on
sentences! (3 minutes)
BEOWULF IS ABOUT TO GO
INTO BATTLE. . .
Beowulf ’s
Beliefs
THE BATTLE WITH
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL
Grendel comes out of the bogs
bearing God’s hatred.
Recap: Why does God hate Grendel?
HEROT
ALLITERATION
 What is alliteration?
 Alliteration: repetition of consonant sounds next to or near one
another (the path was plain ll. 226)
 Helped to make the story more compelling
 Can you find alliteration in 285-304? List them on white boards
with line numbers.  Note: I found 9!!
KENNINGS
 As you find kennings, write them on your white board for the rest
of the class! We will go over them at the end!
COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 1
What is foreshadowing?
What does the foreshadowing mean
in lines 416-418?
COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 2
Why would Beowulf allow Grendel to eat one of
his men?
COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 2
Why does Grendel want to flee? What does that
say about him?
COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 3
Grendel realizes that he is fighting with God.
What do you think he thought about that? Did his
views change?
GRENDEL DIES IN HIS
HOME
LIFE AND DEATH OF
GRENDEL
 Series of highs and lows
 Demonstrate knowledge on worksheet with line numbers and
short description
EXIT TICKET/ HOMEWORK
 Exit Ticket
• What kennings did you find? List 2
 Homework
• Finish questions
• Life and death of Grendel Assignment