1. Bellringer—IMAGERY—9 minutes Explain the IMAGERY that is conjured by two of the following descriptions or kennings: 1.“twelve winters of grief” (35.62) 2.“sorrow heaped at his door/ by hell- forged hands” (35.63-64) 3.“shadow of death” (35.74) 4.“shepherd of evil” (41.273)

2. English III “It’s a Weeping Warrior Wednesday!” October 23, 2013 Mr. Houghteling

3. Bellringer—IMAGERY—9 minutes Explain the IMAGERY that is conjured by two of the following descriptions or kennings: 1.“twelve winters of grief” (35.62) 2.“sorrow heaped at his door/ by hell- forged hands” (35.63-64) 3.“shadow of death” (35.74) 4.“shepherd of evil” (41.273)

4. AGENDA Bellringer—IMAGERY The Beowulf Study Guide Identify KENNINGS, ALLITERATION, and IMAGERY as they appear in pages 33-35. Meeting Beowulf (pages 36-39).

5. Imagery Man visual auditory tactile gustatory olfactory thermal kinetic kinesthetic synesthesia

6. Reading Journal / Notes Every day we read Beowulf, you should have on your desk a notebook or notepaper onto which you will create notes about the reading. We will highlight certain things as we read; your job is to write these down and study them as we progress throughout the epic.

7. The Beowulf Study Guide In addition, after every reading, you should figure out and answer all of the questions from the study guide. This study guide helps you understand the poem as well as keep you accountable for the readings.

8. CLOZE Passage 1 1.Grendel6. 30 2.scop7. lair 3.Cain8. wept 4.mead-hall9. 12 5.Danes10. throne

9. Study Guide Answers 1.descendants of Cain

10. Study Guide Answers 2. Grendel will continue killing!

11. Study Guide Answers 3. Grendel’s killing represents that evil or hate is winning the battle of good vs. evil.

12. Study Guide Answers 4. Hrothgar’s sad news was heard all over the world.

13. Study Guide Answers 5. Grendel’s hands are the hardest, the toughest, the deadliest because they were formed in the fires of hell.

14. Study Guide Answers 6. Grendel will always be evil; he cannot be saved.

15. Study Guide Answers 7. The Danes

16. Study Guide Answers 8. Grendel HATES the Danes.

17. Study Guide Answers 9. Evil

18. Study Guide Answers 10. Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification are all types of figurative language. Find some!

19. Study Guide Answers 11. (35.90-91) (35.88)

20. Homework 5-Column Vocabulary Sheet for Beowulf. The Kenning Game is tomorrow!