British Literature Lessons/Handouts
"And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, and asleep in dull cold marble, where no mention of me must be hear of, say, I taught thee." Shakespeare, Henry VIII“
A NOTE on Lessons: The plan now is to make these Main Lesson Pages a jumping off point - each lesson will have it's own link. If you are a Registered User,you will, in addition to the handouts and descriptions, be able to hear audio of the lessons being used, and in some cases video as well - though this feature is far down the line in terms of imlementation. In any case, handouts and their descriptors will be public.
The Anglo-Saxons Part 1
Beowulf Begins - Lo! (Around the Campfire)
Beowulf Day 2 pages 21-27 A Class Discussion
Beowulf Day 3 pages 27-35 "I Could not Leave Him" Heroes of 9/11 and Beowulf - Group Work & Video
Beowulf Day 4 pages 35-41 A Class Discussion
Beowulf Day 5 Handout and and pages 42-49 Beowulf and the Fire Dragon
Putting on the Beowulf - Acting out the Final part of the story
Grendel by John Gardner
A book mark for reading
Poems before Grendel
Chapter 1 (reading)
Chapters 2 & 3 (reading)
Grendel - Men & Monsters Group Work
Chapter 4 (reading)
Chapter 5 (reading)
Grendel - Life is an Accident Group Work
Chapter 6 (reading)
Chapters 7 & 8 (reading)
Grendel - Freeing Baby Grendel Group Work
Chapter 9 (reading)
Grendel A Vertext for Chapters 8 & 9
Chapter 10 (reading)
Grendel - The Death of the Shaper Group work
Grendel 11 & 12 (reading)
Grendel - Vertext of the Ending with Handout
the above - done as Group Work
High Noon Movie Questions
Grendel & Beowulf Exam
The Anglo-Saxons Part 2
Intro and Poems from the Exeter Group (reading)
The Venerable Bede Group Work
Celtic Intro & Poems (reading handout)
Celtic Poems and AS Riddles
One More Anglo-Saxon Poem and another Celtic one as well
The Seafarer - A Class performance and Discussion
The Wanderer
My Heart Leaps Up - An Anglo-Saxon Illuminated Text Project
My Heart Leaps Up assignment
Illuminated Texts - Power Point Tutorials
Illulminated Texts - Keynote Tutorials
Illuminated Texts - Some outstanding examples