Week 4 Day 5, Friday, February 21, 2020

CLT PAPER DUE . . . finally!

NEW BEOWULF GROUPS:                                

Golden Beowulfs

Grendel Blues

Blue Mamas

  Orange Dragons: 

Hrothgar Greens

 

Hist Eng Lang & BEOWULF

  To view/print the Beowulf Assignment Packet in WORD format (click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-3,Grendel ) or for the pdf version, click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-…. Click HERE  if you need any hand-outs from the packet (NOTE:  it has the old cover assignment sheet on the top.  Just scroll past those pages to get to the hand-outs you need.)

Can you read this runic mssage?

IF YOU CAN . . .

 

How to write your name in runes! Click here:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runesright.html

Click HERE for a copy of the Runic Writing Hand-out!  

 

FOR FUN, try these links:

1. • “The Stories of Beowulf Told to Children” by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

   • Check out this video–the VIKING WARRIOR!  (you’ll love this one!) http://vimeo.com/18011143

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13cES7MMd8&feature=related

   Old English “The Lord’s Prayer”

   http://www.pastperfect.org.uk/sites/yeavering/archive/prayerclip.html

   youtube.Old English “The Lord’s Prayer”

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl-OZ3bre

   Readings From Beowulf

   http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Beowulf.Readings.html

   The Lay of the Last Survivor

   http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Survivor.html

   Old English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overview

   including a reading of the parable of the Prodigal Son

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLJGTYkEKLI&feature=related

   Middle English: Languages of the World: Introductory Overview including a reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrnXgVTTrCI&feature=channel

   Swedish: Languages of the World: Introductory Overview

   differences between Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8gXxGAvsto&feature=related

LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL LATIN RENDITION OF “PATER NOSTER”!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik2tKcpUWPQ

 Continue to update your salmonAS/Medieval Pretest as you should now know a lot more of the answers after taking these terrific notes!  Click 2013 Pretest on AngloMedieval Period if you need a copy of the quiz.  NOTE:  this will be graded for accuracy when we hand it in.

Today’s allusion:

Deus ex machina

Today’s Quotes of the Day:

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

Today’s Words of the Day:

malapropism

euphonic

plethora

poignant

Words for linguistic errors:

• • spoonerism
  • malapropism
  • Freudian slip
  • eggcorn

                    mondegreen

Group Check-in:

1. Weekend?
   
2. What lessons did you learn from the CLT paper?

Class Plan:

1. ALLUSION OF THE DAY / WORDS / HW
   
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS–next paper!
3. Debrief the paper–Taylor Mali, Dave Barry, Plagiarism on Arcadia website
4. COLOR POEMS–Green meets Blue, Going to Lit
5. Explain PR1

HOMEWORK COLLECTED TODAY:

1. Works Cited fix-it
2. MLA notes
3. any old packets
4. the CLT paper

HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND:

1. DUE MONDAY! Do PR #1 (min. of 1 side).  You MUST type (double space) this journal.  Don’t forget to put your CODE on top–not your name (For example, if your code is 2R, make up a “handle” such as 2-Reggae or 2-Responsible or 2-Ready to Leave, etc.)  Remember that you are required to type (double space) your journal.  Give your PR 1 a creative title other than “PR 1.”  You are to type a minimum of one page on a topic (anything!) that you would like someone to respond to.  Be sure you do not give away anything that would make someone guess who you are.  Write about a situation you’d like feedback on, something you have a passion for, rant about something, praise something, etc., etc. You may make a special request (not for an individual, however).  For example, you might request a “blue” response or NOT for a certain individual to receive the PR. Of utmost importance, then, is to keep your identity anonymous!

2. DUE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24!  Do Beowulf ASSIGNMENT C   First, read PART ONE–pp. 3-89    NOTE: To view/print the Beowulf Assignment Packet in WORD foformat (click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-3,Grendel ) or for the pdf version, click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-…. Click the link below to hear the prologue in Old English: http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readings/Prologue.html

   Remember that part 1 of BEOWULF should be read every other page in MODERN ENGLISH (not Old English, of course–Ha ha!

    

     DUE MONDAY, FEB. 24. Beowulf PART ONE HOMEWORK (LABEL, PLEASE!)–3 sides required altogether.  If you need a copy of the Beowulf/Grendel HW Scoresheet (45 points), click 2020 Beowulf & Grendel HW assignment list.   NOTE:  If you would like a WORD template to use to format this HW, click 2012-BEOWULF HOMEWORK-part-1-TEMPLATE-1.       SIDE 1: TAKE NOTES!  After reading the chapter called “The Middle Ages” (from Norton Anthology of English Literature. This article is printed on BLUE pages and is right in your Beowulf packet.), take one side minimum of BACKGROUND NOTES on the Anglo-Saxon Heroic Ideal.

    SIDE 2: SET UP A BATTLE CHART—list the key elements of battle #1 with GRENDEL.  Eventually, you will look specifically for comparisons and contrasts between the battles once the second battle and third battle take place.  Some say the battles mirror the three stages of life—adolescence, middle age, and old age.  You will be trying to look for elements of each battle which relate to the stages of life.  Also, you will be looking for elements which characterize Beowulf’s personality as well as Anglo-Saxon values.  ONLY DO THE FIRST COLUMN NOW LIKE THIS:

   Beowulf vs. Grendel	Beowulf vs. Mom	Beowulf vs. Dragon
   1.  no weapons 2.  etc.	1. magic sword 2. etc.	1. Hrunting 2. etc.

   SIDE 3: Beowulf part 1:  Quotes and Lays

   a.  ANALYZE A SIGNIFICANT QUOTE:

   Your first task is also to focus on one significant quote in part 1.

   Look over quotes 1-19 (or find your own quotes from part one), and choose the ONE quote that you think is MOST significant for part one.

   Write the quotation in its entirety on your journal entry (along with its page number) and underneath it, comment on  each of the following:

   a.        the quote’s context

   b.        its possible meaning and relevance to part 1

   c.        possible larger meaning for us today or you personally

   b.  ANALYZE A SIGNIFICANT LAY:

   Your second  task is also to focus on one lay in part 1.
   

   EACH GROUP IS ASSIGNED A DIFFERENT LAY.

   For the lay your group is assigned (see below), discuss the significance of  the lay to Beowulf (the character) or any of the other characters AND/OR to the plot or themes you are seeing surface  in the story.  Why was the lay included?  How necessary is it?                                                                        

   Golden Beowulfs: The Lay of Breca” pp. 35-39

   Grendel Blues:  “The Lay of Siegmund and Hermod” pp.  59-61

   Mommies:  “The Lay of Finnsburg”  pp. 71-81

     Orange Dragons: “The Lay of Finnsburg” pp. 71-81. 

   Hrothgar Greens:  YOUR CHOICE–“The Lay of Breca” or “The Lay of Siegmund and Hermod”

3.   DO WA 9 — BEOWULF: NAMES & HEROES (2 sides–one side on “names” and one side minimum on “heroes”)       Start by looking through the tan Beowulf packet to see what’s there.  If you didn’t get the packet in class today, to view/print the Beowulf Assignment Packet in WORD format (click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-3,Grendel ) or for the pdf version, click 2012 BEOWULF NEW ASSIGNMENTS & WA’s–Names,Heroes,Parts 1-…                                                                                                                                 SIDE ONE: “NAMES”  (min. of 1 side)                                   Names were a big deal during the Anglo-Saxon times and in Beowulf.  Begin by reading through the yellow packet of articles on names (“Take what you like and leave the rest!” CLICK HERE IF YOU NEED THE YELLOW NAMES PACKET!   Choose one or more of the articles that interest you and “inspire” you to think about this concept of names.  Is it also true still in our society today that NAMES are a BIG DEAL?    Where did you get your name?  (Be sure to ask your parents and write the story down in the first part of the journal) What weight has your name been given through-out your life?  Has your name ever brought you privilege or the cause of a negative situation?  What name would you rather have?  Do you have a nickname?  How/why did that come about?  Will you change your name after marriage?  What do you think of the increasingly popular option of a woman (man?) retaining her (his) childhood family name?  What about double or hyphenated last names?  “What’s in a name, anyway?”  Now, taking all of this into consideration, the articles you just read on names, and your own ideas on the topic of names, write at least a one-sided page response on the names issue for your WA.  Make sure you identify the name of the article you are reacting to before your actual reaction to each specific article.   NAMES STUFF FOR FUN!   Check out this website on names:         www.behindthename.com  CELEBRATE YOUR NAME DAY!  In Sweden, you celebrate your birthday and a separate day, called a “namnsdag” or “NAME DAY.” Read more about this:  http://stjarnhimlen.se/ndag/namedays.htmlTo find what day to celebrate your “NAME DAY,” go to http://stjarnhimlen.se/ndag/ndag_alf.html    Find how to write your name in runes!  Click on this website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runesright.html   an article on NAMES: http://reference.aol.com/article/_a/fewer-girls-named-katrina-since/20070518131109990001  Find how to write your name in runes: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/runesright.html  Info on names from the Social Security Office!  Check these out to learn more about names! http://www6.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20080510/Baby.Names/print soc security office   http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ http://www.socialsecurity.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi  http://www.socialsecurity.gov/pressoffice/pr/baby-names2007-pr.htm by year http://www.socialsecurity.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi popular names for twins  http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/babynames/twins.html  video on names  http://www.comcast.net/a/             http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHX-SjgQvQ&feature=related

   

   SIDE TWO: “HEROES”  (min. of 1 side)   
   

   CLICK HERE IF YOU NEED THE HEROES PACKET!  One of the most popular topics regarding Beowulf is  the concept of “heroism” and whether Beowulf, the character, measures up to the Anglo-Saxon definition, a modern definition, and, ultimately, your personal definition.  This packet of articles helps tremendously in reviewing the concepts out there in our world today regarding a “MODERN HERO.”  So, again, read the articles carefully. For this side of the  journal entry, you might read and comment on ONE of the following (choose from articles a-d):        Wally’s picks:         a. “Learning the Power and the Point of Communication” on the reverse side of the salmon cover sheet       b.  “What Makes a Hero?”     by Paul Levy      c.    “How to Be Great!” from Psychology Today       d.  “Heroes for Our Age” by Peter Gibbon

   AND.   e.    any other article from this packet (or another cool article you find on your own about a “hero”–be sure to attach a copy of this article or give its URS in  your journal) 

   What to write about?   Taking these articles into consideration and your own ideas about what a hero is, address all or any of the following:  Talk about your own as well as what you think our society’s perceptions of a hero are.  In addition, reflect on what you think the early English people thought of when defining a hero.  Think about who your heroes were  (and why) as you were growing up and how those people might have faded from your memory.  What heroes do you have now (or would like to have)?  What heroes would you wish for your children to have?  What heroes do you think they will have (regardless of your input)?                                             Wally’s FAVORITE IDEA:   Take Professor Chiodo’s suggestion (as mentioned in Dale Dauten’s article on the reverse side of the Heroes Packet cover) and turn what you have written into a letter to actually send to your personal “hero” (or someone you admire most if the word “hero” sounds too weird/powerful/trendy.) If you decide to actually do this, you may type the letter and count it as the second part of this journal!  Just make a copy or show Wally, and I will give you a stamp and count it!     

   What better gift to give a special person your senior year??????

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4. BEOWULF BONUS +3 COUPON ASSIGNMENTS (You may do one!).

   • Due MONDAY, March 2nd.

   1.  CHOICE 1   Journal Entry: “WANTED”

      After reading part 1 in Beowulf, do this entry.  You do not have to do both choice A and B.  Choose the one below in which you are most interested.

      •  CHOICE A   Write a want ad or write/design a job description poster for the monster-slayer Hrothgar might have advertised for in order to restore peace in his kingdom.

      •  CHOICE B   Design the resume and/or the completed job application that you think Beowulf would have turned in if necessary to do such a job or a job like killing Grendel.

      (HINT!  Quality/creativity are highly encouraged.)

      NOTE   This does not have to be a traditional full-page of writing.  You may choose to illustrate, use graphics, write a poem, song, etc.  This would be a good time to see what your computer can create.

      NOTE   To make sure both choices are covered, be sure to discuss ahead of time who wants to do which choice so your group has at least one of each choice represented.

      CHOICE 2  BEOWULF VS. __________: Another Point of View

      Choose either the second or third battle and rewrite the battle from either Grendel’s mom’s or the dragon’s  point of view .  Really try to imagine what might be going on inside their heads.  Have fun with this one!  Parody is welcome.  Don’t spare the gore!

      ———> IMPORTANT NOTE:  WRITE THE BATTLE IN FIRST PERSON! 

      CHOICE 3   Journal Entry: SOME POETRY CONNECTIONS TO BEOWULF

      1. Read these poems which can be connected to Beowulf:  Shelley’s “Ozymandias” (on p. 638 in our black LBT text), Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (on p. 531–intro; 532-536–poem in our black LBT text), and Wilbur’s “Beowulf” (if your teacher gives you a copy of this last one).

      2. Now respond to the ideas in TWO of these three poems and how each connects to Beowulf and/or Beowulf.

                                                                                                        CHOICE 4  Create The Game of Beowulf         Knowing what you know of popular board games  and  the story of Beowulf, create a board game that would re-enact the story’s events, characters, and themes.  Actually create the rules, board, playing pieces, etc. YOU MAY COLLABORATE AND PRODUCE THIS GAME WITH ONE OTHER STUDENT IN OUR CLASS IF YOU WANT.

   2. CHOICE 5  Create a Beowulf  SOUNDTRACK for the upcoming new movie of Beowulf coming out in a few years (not really)! You might choose to do a Spotify list instead and share it with Wally or burn a CD with 8-10 songs–each depicting a different part of the story.  Create a playlist with the titles of each song and explain why you chose each song for the part of the “movie.”  You can also create the CD “jacket art” to go along with the CD.
      

   3.  

      OPTIONAL! 

      AS IF YOU REALLY NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO DO (HAHAHAHA), BEGIN FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF/BRAINSTORMING IDEAS FOR THE

      LIT. ANALYSIS PAPER.

      The Lit. Analysis paper is based on your choice of a.) comparison / contrast of 2 summer novels or b.) one summer novel and either Beowulf or Grendel.  Due date is mid March.

      1. The Lit. Analysis paper is based on your choice of a.) comparison / contrast of 2 summer novels or b.) one summer novel and either Beowulf or Grendel.  Due date is mid March.

         Outline due a week before the paper is due.   Paper due mid March.   Click 2020 AP LIT ANALYSIS PAPER MASTERfor the 2019 Lit. Analysis paper packet.   The Lit. Analysis paper is based on 2 Paired Summer Works or 1 summer novel and Beowulf or Grendel.  NOTE:  you do NOT have to highlight anything in the paper.   If you use any supplementary sources, you WILL need to bring those/print-outs of those sources.   A topic outline is required!  Be sure to consult pages MSF 6-11 in the Survival Manual for how to do an outline.  You may either do a single-spaced or a double-spaced outline. For outline formatting, see the EPHS Survival Manual.             SAMPLE OUTLINES AND FIRST PAGES OF LIT. ANALYSIS PAPERS:

         1. 1.  Sample A–Beardsley  (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYS A POINT BY POINT STYLE BY STEVE BEARDSLEY_001.

            2.  Sample B–Li (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS B BLOCK STYLE by HE LI_001.

            3.  Sample C–Paulus (point by point organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS C POINT BY POINT STYLE BY BRIAN PAULUS_001.

            2.  Sample D–Farrell (block style organization example) Click AP LIT ANALYSIS D BLOCK STYLE BY ANN FARRELL_001.  NOTE:  Ann Farrell’s paper was done before MLA version 7 was in effect, so there are some errors in italicizing titles.