Beowulf Activities: Annotation, Written Boast, and Oral Boast Presention

Beowulf Annotation, Written Boast and Oral Presentation is suitable for all grades 6 -8, and 9 -12. This is a straightforward, five-day, three-part lesson that serves as an exceptional, and FUN Unit Ender to Beowulf. Please See our PREVIEW for this fantastic edition to your unit.

Students will:
• annotate Beowulf’s Boast in order to learn the main structural devices and features of Anglo-Saxon writing.

• annotate a Student Sample Boast In order to further reinforce and practice the features and devices required

• apply this new understanding towards writing a modern-day, personal boast,

• complete an oral presentation of their own boasts during “Mead Hall” day.

INCLUDED:
• Lesson Plan Suggestions

• Directions for student and teacher

• Requirements for The Written Boast, and the Oral Presentation

• Rubric for grading

• Beowulf’s Mead Hall Boast – for annotation

• A sample student Boast – for annotation

• An ANSWER KEY for each of the above

• Definition sheet for all major terms, with examples, where appropriate

• A Checklist for notation

• How to have a Mead Hall Day – Advice sheet with links.


What We LOVE:
A fully complete, scaffolded 5-day lesson, with Lesson Plan Suggestions.
Scaffolded plan that gently elevates students’ abilities, from learning, through the application stage.

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