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Warm-Up HAVE YOUR HOMEWORK OUT (LIFE IN 999/GRENDEL) Why are people greedy? Was there any time when you were greedy? Write about a time when you, someone.

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Page 1: Warm-Up HAVE YOUR HOMEWORK OUT (LIFE IN 999/GRENDEL) Why are people greedy? Was there any time when you were greedy? Write about a time when you, someone.

The Last Battle

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Warm-UpHAVE YOUR HOMEWORK OUT (LIFE IN 999/GRENDEL)

Why are people greedy? Was there any time when you were greedy? Write about a time when you, someone you know, or a person in history was greedy. What happened? Did any good come out of it?

Share your thoughts with a partner before you write.

Write at least 5 sentences.

Include a semicolon in 1 of your sentences.

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HOMEWORK Lets go over it!

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Prediction Why do you think this is called the last battle?

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Comprehension Question

Why do you think Beowulf returned Grendel’s head to Hrothgar?

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Literary Term Caesura: Line breaks in poetry

Why do you think the shop uses line breaks?

Note: Look at lines 666-667

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Kennings Look through likes 666-678. Write the kennings that

you find on your white boards. Note: I found 3!

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Comprehension Question

Why does Beowulf say that he will wear armor into battle? Do you think that there is only one reason?

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Comprehension Question

Why do you think that Beowulf wants to go into battle alone?

What has he done in the past?

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CONNECTING TEXTS: Page 904

In the poem “Ulysses,” another archetypal epic hero is explored (Odysseus). Odysseus was a king of Ithaca. He fought in the Trojan war and created the Trojan horse that the Greeks used to take over the city of Troy. It took him 10 years to get back home. He saved his men from Cyclops and a host of other misfortunes.

Read over Ulysses and fill out the worksheet. What do they have in common?

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Fate For the Anglo-Saxons wyrd meant fate. A hero could

postpone his death through bravery but fate would win out eventually.

How does fate play a part in this battle?

Where else was fate referred to in the poem?

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Comprehension Question

What happened to Beowulf’s men? Why did they do it?

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Comprehension Question

Why did Wiglaf stay?

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Comitatus According to Anglo-Saxon code, warriors must

defend their lords to the death. Leaders also rewarded followers in gold and riches and expected loyalty in return.

What does this say about Beowulf’s warriors?

Where else have we seen hints of the “Comitatus” code?

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Act it Out! I need a volunteer to be Wiglaf and read lines 763-

790

How does Wiglaf use logic to convince the warriors to stay!

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Comprehension Question

Why does Beowulf want to see the treasure?

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Barrow & Pyre

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Comprehension Question

Why would they bury Beowulf with the treasure?

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Similar & Differences Between

Grendel/Dragon Battle? With a partner, talk about the similarities and

differences of the battle with Grendel and the Battle with the Dragon.

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Favorites Draw your favorite scene in the poem so far on the

story board. In at least 1 sentence, explain why the scene is significant.

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Closing: Vocabulary Turn to page 53.

Many of our words came from the Anglo Saxons.

List examples of prefixes and suffixes not listed along with definition (3).

Create one word with a word you already know combining with one of the Anglo-Saxon pre-fixes and suffixes.