cup? What is his reaction to the catastrophe his *diary entry country faces because of his theft? What will his *imitating style life be like now that his theft has caused the dragon to terrorize the Geats? Skills *read with expression Writing Practice Have students re-read *act out the epic – and his farewell to his Beowolf’s final boast followers. Ask them to identify the tone of the Spiral Review boasts (proud, courageous, bold) and list some *rhythm of the words and phrases that help set this tone *metaphor *active reading (i.e., I seek fame still; if the face dragon… dares me; I mean to stand). Have students think *summarize about a challenge that face in their lives and *support comprehension write a poem that boasts, in a style similar to *visualize declamations, about how they will *read with expression Beowulf’s meet the challenge. Encourage them to use *antagonists figures of speech, poetic form, heroic language, *graphic organizers as does the Beowulf poet. *archetypes *reading comprehension Respond Through Writing TEK 12.5, page 55 test tips – *possessive pronouns Graphic Novel -- from *question The Collected Beowulf – *flashback page 66 *analyze symbolism TEKS– 12.3, 12.5, 12.9D, 12.21RC-12.A *text structure *symbolism Writing Practice Retell *descriptive details – Discuss the contents of page 68 with the *cultural context students. Ask them to describe what happens and what mood is conveyed. Discuss use Graphic Novel -- The Hind’s of light and shadow, as well as viewing angle. Collected Beowulf page – Ask: 66 Which character is this page really about? (Beowulf) (no) Have Is he shown on the page? students rewrite this page in text-only format. Reading Skills and Tell them to try to capture the mood and feeling Strategies of the page, and not just the event that it depicts. Vocabulary Epic Death of from Skills/Practice The – “The Humbaba” Anonymous page 62 *decode alternate Gilgamesh – – spellings TEKS 12.2A, 12.3 – Spiral Review *establish sequence *retell *inverted word order *created words *alliteration *archaic words
cup? What is his reaction to the catastrophe his country faces because of his theft? What will his life be like now that his theft has caused the dragon to terrorize the Geats? Writing Practice – Have students re-read Beowolf’s final boast and his farewell to his followers. Ask them to identify the tone of the boasts (proud, courageous, bold) and list some of the words and phrases that help set this tone (i.e., I seek fame still; if the dragon… dares face me; I mean to stand). Have students think about a challenge that face in their lives and write a poem that boasts, in a style similar to Beowulf’s declamations, about how they will meet the challenge. Encourage them to use figures of speech, poetic form, heroic language, as does the Beowulf poet. Respond Through Writing – TEK 12.5, page 55 Graphic Novel -- from The Collected Beowulf – page 66 TEKS– 12.3, 12.5, 12.9D, 12.21RC-12.A Writing Practice – Retell Discuss the contents of page 68 with the students. Ask them to describe what happens and what mood is conveyed. Discuss Hind’s use of light and shadow, as well as viewing angle. Ask: Which character is this page really about? (Beowulf) Is he shown on the page? (no) Have students rewrite this page in text-only format. Tell them to try to capture the mood and feeling of the page, and not just the event that it depicts. Epic – “The Death of Humbaba” from The Gilgamesh – Anonymous – page 62 TEKS – 12.2A, 12.3 *diary entry *imitating style Skills *read with expression *act out the epic Spiral Review *rhythm *metaphor *active reading *summarize *support comprehension *visualize *read with expression *antagonists *graphic organizers *archetypes *reading comprehension test tips *possessive pronouns *question *flashback *analyze symbolism *text structure *symbolism *descriptive details *cultural context Graphic Novel -- The Collected Beowulf – page 66 Reading Skills and Strategies Vocabulary Skills/Practice *decode alternate spellings Spiral Review *establish sequence *retell *inverted word order *created words *alliteration *archaic words
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