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Slide into learning with fun slides. Slide. English IV 2.11 Grendel. 2.11 Objectives. Analyze a text for author’s purpose Intro to Grendel Read and discuss for analysis Due: Grendel ch. 1 questions (tracker: GRENDEL 1) Upcoming: Beowulf test tomorrow . . .

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  1. Slide into learning with fun slides. Slide. English IV 2.11 Grendel

  2. 2.11 Objectives • Analyze a text for author’s purpose • Intro to Grendel • Read and discuss for analysis • Due: Grendelch. 1 questions (tracker: GRENDEL 1) • Upcoming: • Beowulf test tomorrow . . . • Outlines for speeches due 2.21

  3. “The Dream of the Rood” • Read the poem. • Answer the questions as you go through the poem. • We will discuss in 10 minutes. • Be sure you’re writing your responses on the poem and annotating with purpose.

  4. Grendelintro • Read this letter Gardner wrote in response to some essays some children wrote him at some point. • Answer the questions. • Then we’ll discuss. • You have 20 minutes.

  5. Grendelgroups • Chapter 1: Aries, the Ram. • 1. What does Grendel's relationship with nature -- the ram, the sky, grass, the doe, the baby bird, owls, and wolves -- reveal about his own personality? • 2. Quote the various phrases Grendel uses to describe himself. What do they reveal about his self-image and how it was developed? • 3. What is the significance of the scene wherein Grendel challenges the "dark chasms"? • 4. What does Grendel mean when he speaks of "playing cat and mouse with the universe"? What does it mean to "see all life without observing it"? • 5. Describe Grendel's mother and his relationship with her. • 6. From Grendel's point of view, what is man?

  6. CLOSE and HW • Read through ch. 3. • Create five higher level questions. • Create five MC lower level questions. • Close: Read through this critical response to “Rood.” Create a constructed response.

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