"The Fairie Queene" by Edmund Spencer,a Renaissance epic.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/fqintro.html
OUTLOOK week 9/8-9/12
Monday
9/8
The Epic__ Notes
Beowulf Purple Workbook
9/9
Beowulf Grammar Handout
Workbook pages 6-10
9/10
Assignment: write a letter to a friend talking
about a modern day monster or hero.
or
Draw one of the scenes from Beowulf
we have read.
or
Write a poem or rap about a hero or monster
Silent Reading (bring Novel to read)
reading Log#2
Workbook
9/11
Beowulf
The Battle with Grendel
Workbook
9/12
Career Day
Everest College
TEST ON TUESDAY
INCLUDES
HISTORICAL BACKGROUD
THE EPIC AND THE EPIC HERO\BEOWULF
This is a link to some definitions on the epic from one of my favorite literary sites on the web
http://www.victorianweb.org/genre/epic2.html