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2/3/2015 – A

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We read Unferth’s challenge and watched Strindberg and Helium cartoons. You can watch these cartoons in BB – under the Foil Folder in Beowulf. Helium is Stringberg’s foil – he is so happy and cheerful that he makes Strindberg seem even more depressed.
I *did* forget to show the epic rap battle today, so Daniel is helping me out and reminding me to show it tomorrow.

Instructions for the Foil Flip Doll:

Cut the dude and the two bibs out.

Put the main character on the front flap and write a really good description of him or her.

Do the same with the second character.

On the last flap, put a definition of  foil and explain why these two are foils.

____ is so ____ that he makes ___ seem even more ___.

I have a huge pile of examples that former students have done in case you get *really* stuck, but try to think of your own.

2/3/14

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Today, we watched an epic rap battle between Dr. Seuss and Shakespeare. This was similar to the “battle” between Beowulf and Unferth. When rappers today have “beef” and battle it out in their music, this comes from the Anglo-Saxon tradition of flyting. Seriously. Check it out on Wikipedia!

We read Unferth’s challenge and watched Strindberg and Helium cartoons. You can watch these cartoons in BB – under the Foil Folder in Beowulf. Helium is Stringberg’s foil – he is so happy and cheerful that he makes Strindberg seem even more depressed.

Instructions for the Foil Flip Doll:

Cut the dude and the two bibs out.

Put the main character on the front flap and write a really good description of him or her.

Do the same with the second character.

On the last flap, put a definition of  foil and explain why these two are foils.

____ is so ____ that he makes ___ seem even more ___.

We have a sub tomorrow, so make sure that you have your house foldable and your Foil Flip Doll. If you weren’t here today and need help, please get with a reputable student who can explain the assignment. I tried to put all dolls and “bibs” in your folders so that you have all the material that you need.

2/1/2013

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Today, we watched an epic rap battle between Dr. Seuss and Shakespeare. This was similar to the “battle” between Beowulf and Unferth. Actually, this is called flyting – and it is very similar to freestyle rap that we see nowadays.

We read Unferth’s challenge and watched Strindberg and Helium cartoons. Helium is Stringberg’s foil – he is so happy and cheerful that he makes Strindberg seem even more depressed.

There is a Dropbox in Beowulf where I ask you tell me who you you are going to use so I can approve it.

Instructions for the Foil Flip Doll:

Cut the dude and the two bibs out.

Put the main character on the front flap and write a really good description of him or her.

Do the same with the second character.

On the last flap, put a definition of foil and explain why these two are foils.

____ is so ____ that he makes ___ seem even more ___.

1/28/2012

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Sneeze #4 happened today! We sneezed about control. Just FYI – Riley is a bit of a control freak. She is not a fan of fate.

Today, we read The Coming of Beowulf and sections 6 and 7 about Unferth. Basically, Beowulf came to help out King Hrothgar of the Danes because Grendel has been attacking his people for twelve years. Everyone recognizes that he is hard core, except Unferth. Unferth puts him on blast, telling him that he heard that Beowulf lost a swimming contest and that if he lost a swimming contest , how could he possibly defeat Grendel?!?!

 Beowulf came back and said that he *WAS* hardcore, that he killed nine monsters that is mroe important than winning some swimming contest.

We then watched these weird cartoons – Strindberg and Helium and figured out what a literary foil is, and then Riley gave us one last assignment that will be due next Friday: A Foil Flip Doll.

Basically you get a doll and two “bibs” – cut them out.

Character #2 + a description.

 

Flip the last bib up and this information should be present:

Top: a definition of a literary foil in your own words. Bottom bid – an explanation of how Character #2 is Character #1’s literary foil.

CHARCTER #2 is so ________ he/she makes CHARACTRER #1 seem even more _________________.