Beowulf+Unit

(This is more for me than for the students at this point.)
 * Beowulf Unit Overview** by Carey Matthews, Asheville High School

Here are my day-by-day lesson plans which state my goals for this unit as related to NC SCOS.

media type="custom" key="6518933" For this voki, I might recite "Caedmon's Hymn" for the students to use for practice, I might post encouraging messages for my students, I might post short explanations of how to do assignments, or I might remind students of deadlines.

The following unit structure is from my final project for the LearnNC adolescent literacy class I completed in June. I decided to take my final project for that class and incorporate the tools I learned at the Friday Institute so that my unit plan reflects my learning in both classes. (What this particular text has to teach) || **Text Structure** (Aspects of the external and/or internal text structure that might require explanation) || **Vocabulary or Conceptual Knowledge** (Specific vocabulary or related concepts may need teaching) || **Assignments/Comprehension Strategies** (Strategies for building motivation as well as cognitive comprehension strategies that will address what you have identified in the previous columns.) || § Old English epic poem § Epic hero § Reflection of values of the time § Transition from Paganism to Christianity § Quest archetype || § organized by battles (Grendel, Grendel’s mother, the dragon) § Alliteration § Caesura § Performance piece || § Kenning § Allusion § Quest archetype § Epic hero § Comitatus § Beowulf vocab || § $2 summary of background info § Learn how to “read” & speak Old English by memorizing “Caedmon’s Hymn” & practicing it daily (students LOVE doing this!) -learn Old English!!! -view "Caedmon's Hymn" -listen to "Caedmon's Hymn" & other Old English works § Literary terms: review, introduce, identify, create Moodle glossary § Activate schema by asking what it means to be a hero (have students submit their ideas to a discussion board and create a wordle to show common ideas), who is their hero, have you ever been heroic, do heroes ever have to make sacrifices? § Listen to recording/watch performance of Beowulf to hear the performance rhythm -listen here -watch a performance of the opening lines of Beowulf below media type="youtube" key="Y13cES7MMd8" height="385" width="480" § Self-assess vocab knowledge; use in conversation & explications; use in essays, test, project § Categorize vocab based on connotation scale (neg, neutral, pos) & generate words for the other categories. For example, one of our words is gorge. Which connotation category would that go into? What would mean the same thing by in a neutral way? Is there a positive connotation? § Re-categorize words based on hero/coward § Think Aloud § Literary terms glogs media type="custom" key="6519007" § QARs § Teach & practice explications with Cornell Notes explication sheet § Practice quest archetype with //Shrek// & apply to //Beowulf;// journal entry with Penzu.com: Apply the quest to your favorite character from a movie, novel, or history. [] § Mini-graphic novel for visual media type="custom" key="6518967" By [|cmatt204] | [|View this Toon at ToonDoo] | [|Create your own Toon] § Soundtrack w/ explanation of connection § Enrichment: Anglo-Saxon culture ||
 * **Content Knowledge**
 * **Work: //Beowulf//**
 * What to do next:** **Review for Unit Test**
 * What to do next:** **Review for Unit Test**