1. “It’s a man-vs.-beast Monday!”
British Literature
“It’s a man-vs.-beast Monday!”
December 10, 2007
Mr. Houghteling

2. Agenda Take the PowerPoint review quiz Read “The Battle with Grendel.”
Do not talk.
Respond to the question, picture, or comment on the screen and write down your answer.
Read “The Battle with Grendel.”
Look for kennings and alliteration, and follow the plot!

3. 1. King of the Danes

4. 2. “That demon, that fiend”

5. 3. “greater and stronger than anyone anywhere in this world”

6. 4. “The best of all mead-halls”

7. 5. “Beowulf chose the mightiest men he could find…fourteen in all”

8. Pass your papers to the front!

9. Beowulf CLOZE 1 “Grendel” 1. Grendel. 2. scop 3. Cain. 4. mead hall 5
Beowulf CLOZE 1 “Grendel” 1. Grendel 2. scop 3. Cain mead hall 5. Danes lair weeps throne

10. Beowulf CLOZE 2 “Beowulf” 1. Geats. 2. Hrothgar 3. Grendel. 4. best 5
Beowulf CLOZE 2 “Beowulf” 1. Geats Hrothgar 3. Grendel best 5. wisest Wulfgar 7. giants sea 9. request Higlac 11. shield armor 13. Wulfings Hathlaf 15. mead

11. “The Battle with Grendel”
Pages
Follow the plot.
Try to think back to some elements that had been foreshadowed.
Look for examples of kennings and alliteration.

12. Prepare for tomorrow’s open-book quiz on “The Battle with Grendel.”
HOMEWORK
Reread pages
Prepare for tomorrow’s open-book quiz on “The Battle with Grendel.”