Mission 17 and Beowulf 021224

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Roadmap

Testweek test

Block 2

Start Mission 17

English literature  - Beowulf 

Test week

Oral skills - Reading skills 

Writing skills -  break

Grades block 2

Write a poem  - portfolio 

Watching and listening -  15%

Literature  -  10%

Language skills - block 3

Mission 17

Lesson goal:

You familiarise yourself with the vocab of Mission 17. 

Mission 17

Vocabulary 

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Controversial issues 

Mission 17

ex. 1: 

translate the words in bold using the context or a dictionary

ex. 2: 

fill in the translation of the correct words 

Homophones

Homo = similar

phone =  sound

spelt differently, with a different meaning. 

Do

Ex. 1, 2 and 3

Check

Homework - Wednesday

Study the vocab MS 17

Finish assignments 

Lesson goal

In class, you familiarise yourself with part of the content of the epic poem 'Beowulf'

By the end of this class you understand its place in history and its significance. 

Periods of British Literature

Renaissance = also called 'Early Modern Period'

Beowulf

Beowulf

Story is told by an omniscient narrator with a Christian perspective on a pagan world

Anglo-Saxons:

the descendants of three different Germanic peoples—the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. 

Beowulf

Setting:

Early 6th Century

Present-day Denmark and Sweden

What went on before

Hrothgar - Heorot

Grendel

Hygelac - King of the Geats, uncle to Beowulf

Beowulf - prince of the Geats

Underline/highlight unknown words

Discuss

Create meaning

Homework

Read Beowulf excerpt

Study the theory

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