Whole Class Discussion

Yesterday, we finished our reading from Burton Raffel’s translation of Beowulf. So now let’s take the first part of class today to do a little review and work on this week’s A-List Academic Word = Integrate – To make whole by combining the different parts into one: to join or make something part of a larger unit. Combine – Incorporate – Synthesize

1. How do each of the different parts from Beowulf fit into our larger study of The Hero’s Journey? (This is an opportunity for you to integrate each section of the poem into the bigger monomyth model)
   1. The Wrath of Grendel
   2. The Coming of Beowulf
   3. The Battle with Grendel
   4. The Monster’s Lair
   5. The Battle With Grendel’s Mother
   6. The Last Battle
   7. The Spoils
   8. The Farewell

Word Analysis: Latin Root – sol –

Grammar and Style Lesson: Appositives and Appositive Phrases

As an exit ticket today – Make a comment on this blog post in which you write a description of Grendel, using two appositive phrases that have not already been used.