V4, week 5 (2021)

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This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

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V4, week 5

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Today
How are you?
Literature in general
Beowulf - Epic Poem
Your literature assignment

Grammar this term
Homework time

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How do you feel today?
-1100

Slide 3 - Poll

Literature

Slide 4 - Mind map

Importance of literature

Slide 5 - Mind map

Literary timeline
Old/middle English
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Romanticism
Realism (naturalism)
Modernism
Post-modernism


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Literary movements
From longer, singular movements to multiple movements at the same time
  
Literature (art in general) is created in reaction to other things
The influence of technology


Literature as a means to express your (people’s) journey and voice
Teaches us about many many things

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Our focus is on Beowulf 6th century. What was its literary movement?
A
Romanticism
B
Realism
C
Old English
D
Renaissance

Slide 8 - Quiz

First epic poem, what is an Epic?

Slide 9 - Open question

Beowulf: fun facts
- Old!! Anglo-Saxon literature
- Author: unknown
- When written: unknown
- Before the printing press
- Only one manuscript
- Inspiration for modern writers/filmmakers/etc.
- HERO: Beowulf who fights 3 monsters

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So far so clear?
😒🙁😐🙂😃

Slide 11 - Poll

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Slide 12 - Video

What takes place in 'The real world'
A
Status Quo / call to adventure / Assistance / departure - crossing threshold
B
Trials / approach / Crisis /Treasure / result
C
Return / new life /resolution

Slide 13 - Quiz

Hero's journey assignment of your journal:

What do the steps mean? Explain by giving examples of a story of a hero you know 
(Star Wars... Harry Potter)
Status Quo
Call to adventure
Assistance
Departure
Trials
Approach
Crisis
Treasure
Result
Return
New life
Resolution

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The assignment:
Your presentation will include:
- A summary of your part of the text
- An explanation of the monomyth as seen in your part of the story
- Connect a cultural/historical theme to the text
- An analysis of your part of the text through several literary concepts
- Short (1-2 min) performance (or film) by you of a part of your text

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Cultural/historical themes
1. The Heroic Code
2. Modern heroes in comparison to Beowulf
3. Real-world placement of the story
4. Women in the story/women during the time the story was written
5. Anglo-Saxon riddles


6. Manuscripts
7. The Epic poem
8. Good vs evil
9. Loyalty and Hierarchy
10. Battle, winning and defeat
11. Different types of Kings

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The literary concepts
Suspense
= Tension, excitement, movement in the story
Narration
=The way in which a story is told
Location and time
= Where and when the story takes place, and why that is important to the story

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How to go about grammar....
Choose from the different tasks 
'THE GRAMMAR ASSIGNMENT' (on the SPELO)
Plan to work on this task for the coming 2-3 weeks.
Present what you did in week 7

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Time for homework:
Complete the document: group members + theme + chapter
Work on pg. 4-7 of your Beowulf journal
Decide on your grammar task!

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