In Class:
Journal-- For what or whom would you fight to the death? Why?
Brief review quiz on material from Week One.
Distributed missing work reports. Please let me know if you think your grade or missing work report is inaccurate.
Reviewed "Bede's Account of the Conversion of King Edwin," specifically focusing on the sparrow conceit and the complexity of the king-thane relationship.
metaphor: a poetic or figurative comparison of two unlike things.
conceit: an extended metaphor (e.g., banking in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech)
Read and discussed "The Battle of Maldon" including background information on Northey Island, the likely location of this event. (See right)
Read and listened to Byrhtnoth's formal challenge in Old English, then discussed the concept and practice of "words vs. deeds" in Anglo-Saxon England.
Exit ticket: Describe Germanic heroic tradition.
Homework:
Make a creative/artistic depiction of the concept of "words and deeds."
Catch up on any missing work.
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