We get to meet Beowulf today! Same thing as before: it takes me less than 20 minutes for me to teach this section. Answer the questions as a group, and then work on the Boast Prewriting: you can find this in Beowulf > Beo-Boast. This really helps me when you are struggling with writing your boast.

Today is our day to answer the discussion board questions. Some things that I noticed from last week’s posts that you need to watch out for:

• Answer all parts of the questions – if it’s a two parter, you can embed the two answers, butt make sure they are both answered.
• Many of the answers lack specificity – PROVE it with examples!
• Don’t assume the audience has any background with your novel/example. Some of my best responses have come from students who wrote using YA novels – because they KNEW that I probably have not read the stories. You don’t have to give me an entire plot summary, but I need to have enough background knowledge so that your answer makes sense. Use the author as a model!