Literature: independent watching lesson

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Literature: independent watching lesson

Watch 3 videos. 

Make notes so you can answer the questions in the LessonUp. 

(and prepare for your watching+listening test at the same time!)

1. The Anglo-Saxons gave us words for simple everyday things.

1. true
2. false

2. How many days of our week are named after Anglo-Saxon Gods?

1. 5
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

3. How many Vikings words were added to the English language?

1. around 100
2. around 1000
3. around 2000
4. around 5000

4. French was used for:

1. religious matters
2. official business
3. everyday language

mutton

beef

pork

Follow the link on the next slide. 

www.ted.com

1. How can we trace the language from the present day back to its ancient roots?

1. By undoing the changes in the evolved language.
2. By reading old manuscripts.
3. By digging up old artifacts.
4. By asking very old people.

2. Modern English shares many similar words with Latin-derived romance languages, like French and Spanish.

1. True
2. False

3. What happened to the English language from 1066 onwards?

1. German vocabulary was added.
2. French and Latin vocabulary was added.
3. Viking vocabulary was added.
4. Frisian vocabulary was added.

4. To which language family does Old English belong?

1. Norman
2. Danish
3. Frisian
4. Germanic

5. German words starting with "p," systematically shifted to a "....." sound.

1. pt
2. br
3. ph
4. st

6. English words with "sk," like "skirt," and "skull," are direct borrowings of ...

1. Germanic
2. Old Norse
3. Latin
4. Celtic

This is the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European family that includes nearly all languages historically spoken in Europe, as well as large parts of Southern and Western Asia.

1. Proto-Afro-European
2. Proto-Indo-European

0

500 AD

1000 AD

Drag and drop the correct spot on the timeline.

< 0

48 AD

410 AD

793 AD

1066 AD

ROMANS

ANGLO-SAXONS

NORMANS

VIKINGS

CELTS

	900.000 BC - AD 43	AD 43 - AD 410	5th century
era
inhabitants
language

Put everything in the correct place

Anglo-Saxon

Celtic Britons

Common Brittonic

Early Medieval Period

Germanic tribes

Latin

prehistory

Roman Empire

Roman England

Canterbury Tales

Beowulf

Shakespeare's language

Old English

Middle English

Early Modern English

In Beowulf the most important value is

1. loyalty
2. revenge
3. courage
4. honour

What is a Heorot?

1. a mead-hall
2. a weapon
3. a castle
4. a dance

Who is angered by the feasting and attacks the soldiers?

1. Hrothgar
2. Sheafson
3. Grendel
4. Beowulf

How does Beowulf defeat Grendel?

1. with a magic sword
2. by attacking it with an army
3. with his bare hands
4. he uses magical powers

Where does Beowulf finds the magic sword?

1. in a cave
2. under water
3. locked in a cabinet
4. in a stone

What kills Beowulf in the end?

1. a unicorn
2. a dragon
3. a demon
4. an underwater monster

What is true about the sword that killed Grendel's mother?

1. It was forged by giants.
2. It dissolved after decapitating
3. The hilt contained botg biblical and pagan elements.
4. made of Damascus steel

Why was the dragon angry?

Who helps Beowulf with the dragon?

1. Wiglaf
2. Heorot
3. Hrothgar
4. Unferth

How many battles are there in the story?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

The hero of the story 

The monster that must be defeated 

The name of the king Beowulf sets out to help

The second monster that Beowulf has to fight

The name of the mead hall that is being terrorised by the monster

The third monster that Beowulf has to fight

Heorot

Beowulf

Grendel

Grendel's mother

Hrothgar

A nameless dragon

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and loop up the Old English roots of the following words:

man, wife, child, son, daughter, make, use, love, family, work, come, go,