11/6/13
In Class:
Journal-- What role have reading, writing, speaking, and listening [literacy] played in your life?
Reviewed and discussed Beowulf reading, specifically focusing on kennings, 'wergild,' and the celebration of Beowulf's victory as it applies to Anglo-Saxon cultural tradition (e.g., gift-giving, oral poetry, etc.).
kenning: a compounding of two nouns to create an implied or metaphorical meaning, e.g., sky-roamer, shadow-walker, or slaughter-wolves. Very common in Old English poetry.
wergild: essentially, a blood-debt--the price paid for killing a member of another tribe. See also lex alammanorum.
Independently, each student wrote a diary entry from Beowulf's perspective as of line 1250.
Exit ticket: Create a kenning describing this class.
Homework:
Read Beowulf through line 1650.
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