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Objective: to introduce ourselves to Old English October 4, 2017 Objective: to introduce ourselves to Old English Opening: get textbooks situated Work Period: Brief background, Old English activities (The Bee Movie, The Lord’s Prayer) Closing: “Telephone” game
Homework None!
iPads for Beowulf
Brief History of OE Earliest form of recorded language Germanic roots because Anglo-Saxons originated in Germany before coming to England and pushing out Celtic-speaking inhabitants Each letter is pronounced, there are no silent letters Prononciations are different than what we know today (prior to great vowel shift, so vowels had different sounds) Examples of vowel pronunciations: fōt (Old English ) —— foot (Modern English) cēne (Old English ) —— keen (Modern English) hū (Old English ) —— how (Modern English) Beowulf is the most famous work written in Old English
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The Lord’s Prayer
Telephone!