Model+Page+Anglo+Saxon+Poetry

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=Anglo Saxon Unit Vocabulary= Your wiki assignment is to work collaboratively with a team and create a wiki page for the vocabulary words listed below. I have created a page for each team to use as their posting site. Be sure and use the discussion pages to share why you change or contemplate changing or adding to the work of others.

Use the example provided for the word "wyrd." The assignment has three steps: 1.) provide an understandable defintion for the word; 2). share something unique about the word's use in context and illustrate that context use; 3). find and post uses of the word, commonplace or obscure, just as long as they are examples with working links. Team Clubs Team Spades Team Hearts Team Diamonds

Wyrd
The Anglo Saxon word for "fate," wyrd means to be uncontrolled by the individual and destined by forces beyond human authority. Fate is oftentimes depicted as a woman. In her song, "Fate Stay with Me"--Alanis Morissette [|asks fate] to make her a star. According to Wikipedia, [|fate] is much like destiny and cannot be avoided because it has been predetermined to happen and out of human control.

=The Anglo Saxons: Unit Notes=

Collaborative Project
1. As a group, you will be given an episodic set of lines from the text of //Beowulf.// 2. Read the section and summarize the episode. This is a summary, not a paraphrasal. 3. Identify epic conventions in your section. Refer to the rubric to determine how many conventions to identify 4. Identify the presence of Christian and / or pagan references in the selection 5. Identify literary devices in the section: kennings, allusions, symbolism, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, etc. 6. Make two sociological observations about AS times based on your reading: dress, customs, values, etc. 7. Draw a conclusion about Anglo Saxon life and support your conclusion with direct quotations from the text. 8. Compose your ideas into a script creating an end product of either a video clip or podcast to be placed on this site. Posted here is the scoring rubric: Example Podcast:

=Qualities of the Epic Hero= = =

Collaborative Essay: Written or Video Text
The Eternal Battle of Good and Evil: the oral tradition revisited in film

Having read an excerpt of the primary epic text, __Beowulf,__ and literary criticism by Rollin analyzing the function of modern romance, I would now like you to do some thinking on your own. Consider modern pop culture heroes, Superman, SpiderMan, Batman, and others. To them, apply Rollin’s theory that “’escapism’ pop romance ….[is a] confirmation or reaffirmation of our value system” just as epic poetry was for the early British people as it passed down histories, laws, and cultural tradition.

Then, compare three aspects of the two texts: //Beowulf// and your chosen [|pop film], agreeing or disagreeing with Rollins’ view but you may not waiver. Clicking on pop film will take you to a film database that may provide you both with ideas for subject matter and clips for analysis and use in your essay. Possible areas for comparison are the qualities of the protagonist and antagonist, the nature of the setting, motifs as they become symbols or represent cultural values, conflicts met by the characters, or the nature of the character foils. Be sure to do your best writing and connect the three ideas through logical thought and progression.

The body of the essay must use either a block or side by side format. You must develop three characteristics for each of the three aspects. For example, you may choose to compare the protagonists and in doing so, choose to compare their physical appearances, lineage and their diction or language. If you compare protagonists as one aspect, you will need to compare two additionally aspects and provide three characteristics to develop as details.

Each body paragraph must have at least one quotation using in-text (parenthetical) documentation. Your quotations may come from the texts of the epic, the essay or the movies themselves. You will be working in teams of three, so use the discussion board to plan your essay. I will be watching to see that you work together as a team. Post your final paper or storyboard on this wiki.

=Unit Test: Essay Portion= Independent work. You will be provided fifty lines from the epic poem __Beowulf__. After you have actively read the episode, you will write an essay that incorporates all aspects listed below. Your writing should be in good essay form. You should write an introduction with a thesis statement. I prefer the thesis statement to be the final sentence in paragraph one. Do not itemize the requirements listed above; rather, blend them to create a well-written essay. Impress me. You will have the entire hour. Some suggestions: The unit test will take two class periods and the essay grade will represent 50% of the unit test grade. The second 50% of the test score will come from the objective portion of the test. That will be based on primarily on information and concepts as idenitified in the unit PowerPoints.
 * conclude to what point in the action this excerpt belongs
 * paraphrase the text
 * identify an epic convention
 * identify and analyze pagan and Christian ideas
 * identify and analyze a literary device
 * draw a conclusion about Anglo-Saxon life (sociological idea)
 * states the theme of this excerpt
 * In the introduction, identify from what point in the epic the excerpt comes
 * Use either the literary device in identifying the Christian concept revealed in the excerpt
 * Use the epic convention to introduce the paraphrasal
 * Conclude the sociological paragraph with the statement of theme
 * State the theme in the conclusion