Week 1

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Lesson 1

Tekst 3 Can we trust the forecasts?

5 A

6 D

7 C

8 A

9 E

Tekst 4 Take a bow-wow

10 They take (alinea 4)

11 C 12 A 13 A

14 1 wel 2 niet 3 niet 4 niet

15 C

Beowulf

Beowulf

Beowulf is set in a period when Christianity had yet to become established all across Western Europe.

Nevertheless, there are many references to God in the poem.

Can you suggest why this might be?

01:13

Where does the story take place?

02:23

What's the name of the monster that must be defeated?

02:53

What's the name of the second monster that Beowulf has to fight?

1. Grendel's sister
2. Grendel's grandma
3. Grendel's mother
4. Grendel's father

03:35

Who is the third rival?

04:29

What are the themes of Beowulf?

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

What do we need to know?

1. Set in pagan Scandinavia in the 6th century

2. Written by an anonymous author

3. Beowulf has to defeat three monsters: Grendel, Grendel's mother & a dragon

Please write that down!

Anglo-Saxon chronicles

Chronicles

- literary genre

- annualised record of events

Please write that down!

Anglo-Saxon chronicles

-independently written

- not 100% reliable

- writters' identities unknown

Please write that down!

Anglo-Saxon Riddles

- made use of comparisons and metaphors

- vague and ambiguous for modern readers

- conform to rules of Old English poetry

- subjects such as tools, weapons, animals, food,

drink & natural phenomena

Please write that down!

Anglo-Saxon Riddle

Hushed is my garb when I tread on the ground

or sojourn in creeks, or the shallows stir up.

Over men's homes there heave me sometimes

my trappings, and this tumultuous wind,

and widely the might of the welkin me then

bears over mankind. These adronments of mine

loudly resound and melody make

lustily sing, when I am not lying

on flood and on field - a waydfaring sprite

Homework

Read the book and answer the questions on p.9

Lesson 2

Learning goals

I know the difference between formal and informal letter

I know the structure of a formal letter

Open p.28

Look through the words

 Read examples

Check the meaning of the words

Ask the teacher for help if needed

Let's practice!

Take a sheet of paper and a pen

Define the words below:

1. understatement 

2. odd

3. silence

Make meaningful sentences with at least 7 extra words

remarkable - silence

to utter - gossip

proverb - eloquent

* it can be used in both formal and informal settings BUT when it comes to formal writing better avoid it. 

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Homework

Rewrite the text on slide 37