We started off reading Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel. Vicious. He yanked his arm off! Like pulling a chicken leg off. POP!
After we read, Riley showed us The Mead Hll Intruder, and then we worked on the Open Mind Diagram. The instructions and a template are in LMS. Basically, you have to have these objects inside the mind:
- three images to symbolize Beowulf
- four “brainstorms” per picture that describe Beowulf
- Two quotes that prove that he is epic.
Make sure you cite your quotes correctly. It will look something like this:
“Blah blah blah. This is my quote right here” (Raffel lines 123-124).
You will put in the lines from where you found your quote.
After that, Riley explained the Metaphorical Analysis.
You will create ten metaphors for ten objects from Beowulf. There is n example for Hamlet in LMS, and if you look at the dropbox, you can see Riley’s personal example for Beowulf where she compares him to espresso.
Choose metaphors – don’t make the mistake that Beowulf is like a soldier – he technically is a soldier. If you call Riley a girl, that’s not a metaphor, that’s the truth. Think of weird comparisons – like plants, or inanimate objects.
Don’t compare Herot to a building or a palace – that’s what it *is*!
