Day 3
Standards
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2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus on
Informational Materials) Students read and
understand grade-level-appropriate material. They
analyze the organizational patterns, arguments,
and positions advanced. 2.4 Make warranted and
reasonable assertions about the author's
arguments by using elements of the text to defend
and clarify interpretations. 2.5 Analyze an author's
implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and
beliefs about a subject.
Writing 3.6 Analyze the way in which authors
through the centuries have used archetypes drawn
from myth and tradition in literature, film, political
speeches, and religious writings (e.g., how the
archetypes of banishment from an ideal world may
be used to interpret Shakespeare's tragedy
Macbeth). 3.7 Analyze recognized works of world
literature from a variety of authors:
a. Contrast the major literary forms, techniques,
and characteristics of the major literary periods
(e.g., Homeric Greece, medieval, romantic,
neoclassic, modern).
b. Relate literary works and authors to the major
themes and issues of their eras.
c. Evaluate the philosophical, political, religious,
ethical, and social influences of the historical
period that shaped the characters, plots, and
settings.
Objectives
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compare and contrast
identify and utilize
read and respond
analyze
describe and predict
Reading Check
• Discuss and or summarize the last reading
with a partner. Make sure you are on the same
page as to what you understand from the
reading.
– The Wrath of Grendel
– The Coming of Beowulf
Monstrous Art
• Look at the picture of Grendel on pg. 38 in your
textbook. On a piece of paper answer the
following:
– 1. Is this what you pictured Grendel to look like while
you were reading? Why or why not?
– 2. Which details in the drawing are mentioned in the
poem?
– 3. Which details are implied, but not specifically
stated in the poem?
– 4. What moment in the narrative is suggested by this
drawing?
Critical Thinking
• On the same piece of paper answer the following:
– 1. Contrast the description of Herot with the dwelling
of the monster Grendel found in the first four lines of
the poem.
– 2. Based on these differences in dwellings, briefly
discuss the contrasts you would expect to find
between the personalities of the inhabitants of these
different dwellings. Does this fit with the poem’s
descriptions?
– 3. Read lines 82-85 and describe how these lines set
up the fact that the battle to come isn’t just a battle
between a hero and a monster, but a battle between
good and evil.
Vocabulary Notes
• The Latin root -sol– What does the word solace mean?
– Latin root -sol- comes from solari, which means “to
console or comfort, to soothe.”
• How does this fit with the definition of our word solace?
– Meaning built on prefixes and suffixes
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– disconsolate: someone who lacks (dis) that which gives solace (sol)
– inconsolable: not (in) able to be comforted (sol)
– Note! Latin has many other words that contain -sol- so it is
always important to double check unfamiliar word
meanings.
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solus: alone
solvere: to loosen
solidus: solid
sol: sun
• What are some words you can think of that go with these
meanings?
Monster Mash
• Read the Monsters article from
Encyclopedia.com and respond to the
following on the same piece of paper from
before…
– Why are people obsessed with monsters?
– What are some other monsters you can think of
that weren’t mentioned in the article?
– What makes a monster?
Monsters?!?!?!
Truth or Fiction
Part 2: The Battle with Grendel &The
Monster’s Lair sections
Study Questions
16. How do the “renamings” of Grendel in line 325 emphasize the weighty
significance of the battle that is about to begin?
17.What advantage does Beowulf have in his fight with Grendel?
18. Which details from the description of the battle between Beowulf and
Grendel add realism and which add epic grandness?
19. How does Beowulf’s battle with Grendel end?
20. What did Beowulf use to defeat Grendel?
21. Describe, ever so briefly, the battle between Beowulf and Grendel.
22. How do Beowulf’s men help him?
23. What does Beowulf get from Grendel that is proof he has defeated him?
24. Where does Grendel go to die?
25. How does Hrothgar describe where the two creatures have been seen and
where they live?
26. How does this description appeal to the archetypal sites of fear we have
discussed?
27. Who does Hrothgar say is their only help?
28. How does this declaration add to the establishment of the epic hero?
29. How will Beowulf be rewarded if he wins?
30. What does Beowulf agree to do?
Epic Hero/Monster Project
• Choose whether you would like to create a new
Epic Hero or Epic Monster for our society. Create
a visual image of your hero/monster and give
your hero/monster an EPIC description.
– Can NOT be on lined paper, should be neat and easy
to see.
– Can create your visual any way you like: draw, collage,
pictures, etc.
– Description MUST use epic language, be at least 2
paragraphs, describe your hero/monster physically,
mentally, and any powers they possess and also why
they are an epic hero/monster for our society.