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IV – 9/11/2012

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Today, we started class with a word prediction. There is also a PDF with the words in LMS – in the drop box, write a one sentence prediction of what you think is going to happen today.

We then read The Monster’s Lair and the Battle with Grendel’s Mother.

Then, we took on the role as a real estate agent and wrote a listing for Grendel’s Mother’s swamp. Make it positive! Try to find at least 4-5 things from the text that you can spin to a positive for potential buyers. Remember – you get a comission from this listing, so make it good!

Afterwards, we worked on the Metaphorical Response. Please make sure that if you have questions, look at the examples, the drop box, and talk to Riley. The hard part is just thinking of bizarre things.

Also, Riley leveled people – so if you weren’t here, you need to get your pirate booty!

9/12/11

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We started out sneezing today about underestimation. Grendel (and Unferth, too) underestimated Beowulf when he went to attack the monster. We talked in class about how teachers can underestimate students, especially students whose first language is not English. Riley once had an algebra teacher who sent students who spoke Spanish to the special ed. teacher. No lyin’.

We then read two sections: The Monster’s Lair which described where Grendel’s Mother lived and The Battle with Grendel’s Mother, in which Beowulf attacks Grendel’s Mother.

Riley was all crazy, acting things out. But the best part was when Beowulf received INTERVENTION (help) from the giant’s sword hanging on the wall. She talked about how she was writing a paper, and no ordinary pen or pencil could make do – she needed an EPIC weapon to help her defeat that paper. But the pencil is so mighty that no ordinary student can lift it – only an EPIC CAPTAIN like Riley could even hope to use it. Sorry, Oscar. That’s why you can’t write with the pencil. 🙂

The assignment for the day was to write up a real estate listing for Grendel’s Mother’s swamp. After she died, there was no one to inheirit the property, so we are acting like real estate agents to sell the property. Hopefully, we can get a HUGE COMISSION on the land to help fix out ship. Instructions and help are in LMS.