1. Welcome! January 23rd, 2017 Monday
Do Now
Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat
Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph.
Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

2. Monday January 23, 2017 Betsy Ross was born on January 1 1752
Monday January 23, 2017 Betsy Ross was born on January She was the eight in a line of 17 children soon after marrying John Ross, the two newlyweds started a sewing business. When America and england went to war, John Ross join the army. Soon after that he was killed in an ammunition explosion. A few months later, according to legend, george Washington axed Betsy to use her expurt sewing skills to create the first american flag.

3. ACT Practice: Verb Tense Agreement
Trade your homework with a partner
Grab a marker, colored pencil, highlighter, ect. from your tower (something colored)
Write your name at the bottom of your partner’s paper

4. ACT Practice: Verb Tense Agreement
General guideline: Do not shift from one tense to another if the time frame for each action or state is the same.
Examples:
1. The instructor explains the diagram to students who asked questions during the lecture.
CORRECTED: The instructor explains the diagram to students who ask questions during the lecture.
2. About noon the sky darkened, a breeze sprang up, and a low rumble announces the approaching storm.
CORRECTED: About noon the sky darkened, a breeze sprang up, and a low rumble announced the approaching storm.

5. ACT Practice: Verb Tense Agreement
General guideline: Do shift tense to indicate a change in time frame from one action or state to another.
Examples:
1. The children love their new tree house, which they built themselves.
2. Before they even began deliberations, many jury members had reached a verdict.
3. Workers are installing extra loudspeakers because the music in tonight's concert will need amplification.

6. ACT Practice: Verb Tense Agreement
Perfect Tenses: In general, the use of perfect tenses is determined by their relationship to the tense of the primary narration.
Past primary narration corresponds to Past Perfect (had + past participle) for earlier time frames
I ran before I had made dinner. OR I had made dinner before I ran.
Present primary narration corresponds to Present Perfect (has or have + past participle) for earlier time frames
I run before I have made dinner. OR I have made dinner before I run.
Future primary narration corresponds to Future Perfect (will have + past participle) for earlier time frames
I run before I will have made dinner. OR I will have made dinner before I run.

7. Verb Tense Agreement
1. If the club limited its membership, it will have to raise its dues.
limited (past) would have to raise (past perfect)
limits (present) will have to raise (present perfect)
2. As Barbara puts in her contact lenses, the telephone rang.
puts (present) rings (present)
put (past) rang (past)
3. Thousands of people will see the art exhibit by the time it closes.
will have seen (future perfect) closes (present: suggesting future)

8. Verb Tense Agreement
4. By the time negotiations began, many pessimists have expressed doubt about them. began (past) had expressed (past perfect)
begin (present) have expressed (present perfect)
5. After Captain Cook visited Alaska on this third voyage, he is killed by Hawaiian islanders in had visited (past perfect) was killed (past)
has visited (present perfect) is killed (present)
6. I was terribly disappointed with my grade because I studied very hard.
was (past) had studied (past perfect)

9. Verb Tense Agreement
7. The moderator asks for questions as soon as the speaker has finished.
8. Everyone hopes the plan would work.
9. Harry wants to show his friends the photos he took last summer.

10. Verb Tense Agreement
10. Scientists predict that the sun will die in the distant future.
11. The boy insisted that he has paid for the candy bars.
12. The doctor suggested bed rest for the patient, who suffers from a bad cold.

11. Anglo Saxon Presentations!
If your group has still not gone, you will present tomorrow during class. Make sure you all refresh yourselves on your presentations 
If a member of your group is not here again, you will have to present anyway. Sorry, we have to move on!
For the rest of you, make sure you still have your presentation notes – we will finish them and turn them in tomorrow.

12. Journal Heading
Now, it’s time to read!  Get out a new sheet of paper and write the heading below:
Name
1/23/17
CP10: World Lit
The Battle With Grendel

13. The Battle with Grendel
Recall: Describe Beowulf’s plan to defeat Grendel.
Recall: What cannot hurt Grendel? Why?
Make a Judgement: Do you think Beowulf could have done something to avoid the death of his man? Or was the death unavoidable? Why? Explain your reasoning.
Compare and Contrast Grendel and Beowulf’s characters during their battle. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? Find at least one similarity and one difference, and back up your response with textual evidence.
Identify at least one kenning in this section and write it down. What quality does it emphasize about the character?
Infer: Why did Beowulf hang Grendel’s arm from the rafters of Herot? What do you think the arm symbolizes? Explain your reasoning.

14. ACT Prep: Subject/Verb Agreement
Once you finish with your Beowulf questions, try out the ACT verb consistency practice 2. If you don’t understand anything, or need something reworded, I’d be happy to explain it to you in a different way please let me know.
After you read through the notes, begin working on the practice on the back (parts 1 and 2). Compare with a partner when you’re finished – if you both can’t agree on an answer, let me know 