ENGLISH 4 OCTOBER 11, 2012

                                                                                                                                          

                                                                       ENGLISH 4

                                          A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH AND PEOPLE

                                                                 OCTOBER 11, 2012

OBJECTIVE: BY THE END OUR STUDIES OF THE ANGLO – SAXON

                                            PERIOD, SWAT EVALUATE THE PHILOSOPHICAL,

                                           POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, ETHICAL AND SOCIAL 

                                           INFLUENCES OF THIS PERIOD THROUGH LITERARY

                                           ANALYSIS.

DO NOW:  HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DREAM THAT HAS CAUSED YOU TO

                   CHANGE SOME THINGS IN YOUR LIFE?  HAVE YOU EVER HAD

                   A DREAM THAT SEEMED SO REAL?  IF SO, DISCUSS IT IN ONE

                   WELL DEVELOPED PARAGRAPH.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION: READ “A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CURCH AND

                                                          PEOPLE” ON PAGES 84 TO 85 AND ANSWER

                                                          THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. WHAT WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER OF CAEDMON’S MANY POEMS?
2. EXAMINE PAGE 87.  ACCORDING TO THE WRITER WHAT WAS GIVEN

TO CAEDMON AS A GIFT FROM GOD?

3. EXAMINE PAGE 86.  WHAT WERE SOME OF THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT CAEDMON SUNF OF?
4. EXAMINE PAGE 85.  DURING THIS TIME AT ANGLO-SAXON FEASTS, GUESTS WOULD SING POETRY TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF A HARP.  WHY DO YOU THINK CAEDMON LEAVES THE FEAST?
5. WHO ORDERED CAEDMON TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE EVENTS OF SACRED HISTORY?
6. EXPLAIN IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN CAEDMON’S DREAMS.
7. WHAT WAS THE ACTION THAT HAPPENED AFTER CAEDMON WENT TO HIS SUPERIOR, THE REEVE?
8. EXAMINE PAGE 85 AGAIN.  ANALYZE AND INTERPRET CAEDMON’S VERSES AS HE PRAISES GOD.  WHAT IS CAEDMON SAYING TO GOD?
9. EXAMINE PAGE 85.  WHEN CAEDMON AWOKE EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
10. EXAMINE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE  85.  WHAT DOES THE WRITER SAY TO US ABOUT TRANSLATIONS?

                                                                                                                         

                                                          

GUIDED PRACTICE: (READING INFORMATIONAL TEXTS) :  GIVEN WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT AGLO-SAXON RELIGION AND BARDS HOW DO YOU THINK CAEDMON WOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED BY BEOWULF?  HOW WOULD CEADMON  BEEN TREATED BY GRENDLE?  EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  ASWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONSS:

1.      WHAT ASPECT OF DAILY LIFE IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND ARE SHOWN IN BEDE’S HISTORY?

2.      ACCORDING TO BEDE WHAT WAS CAEDMON’S GIFT?

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: THE STORY OF CAEDMON IS AN ACCOUNT OF LOWLINESS EXALTED.  DESCRIBE CAEDMON’S SOCIAL STANDING AND DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE BEFORE AND AFTER HE RECIEVES HIS GIFTS FROM GOD.  CITE PASSAGES FROM THE SELECTION TO SUPPORT YOUR RESPONSE.

EXIT TICKET: WHAT RELIGIOUS PURPOSE DID CAEDMON’S POEMS HAVE?  HOW WERE THEY USEFUL FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION?  CITE EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT.