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15 September 2026

B - The one when you spoke Old English.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What does language teach us about culture?

Learners spoke their assigned lines from the Prologue from Beowulf. (You were fantastic!) I played a sample and learners discussed how closely they pronounced the Old English.


We watched an excerpt of a brief summary of Beowulf, then reviewed the characteristics of Anglo-Saxon poetry.


Learners began reading and annotating "The Coming of Grendel." They also took note of passages that exposed Anglo-Saxon ideals: allegiance to lord and king, love of glory as the ruling motive for a noble life, acceptance of the inevitability of death.

I asked learners to watch Antigone on Thursday, with a literary lens, as an archetypal bridge particularly when it comes to the hero's journey, community obligation, and fate.

READ: "The Coming of Grendel," "The Coming of Beowulf," "Unferth's Taunt," Antigone

PRACTISE: 

  • Annotate the excerpts from Beowulf
  • Create a graphic organizer noting examples of Anglo-Saxon ideals
  • Create a graphic organizer comparing how Antigone and Beowulf define heroics, community obligations, and fate
NEXT CLASS: Anglo-Saxon ideals, hero, obligation, fate

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