BOOK REPORTS Book reports are an important tool to help teach students how to narrow down the details of the literature they read and effectively summarize the characters and main events. When students use a book report form in a "pre-essay" format, it begins to build the student's concept of essay writing for the future. … Continue reading ELEMENTARY ~ Book Report Forms
Beowulf Essay Responses: Write a short essay discussing how the character, Beowulf, illustrates the three parts of the Old English heroic ideal. (Begin by introducing the three parts of the heroic ideal.) Be sure to discuss the reciprocal relationship implied by comitatus and how Beowulf illustrated this both as warrior to Hrothgar, and as King of the Geats to his own warriors. (See Lecture Notes and Literature in … Continue reading BEOWULF ESSAY
beowulf-part-ii Beowulf: Part II Unferth’s Taunt Unferth spoke, Ecglaf’s son, 220 Who sat at Hrothgar’s feet, spoke harshly And sharp (vexed by Beowulf’s adventure, By their visitor’s courage, and angry that anyone In Denmark or anywhere on earth had ever Acquired glory and fame greater 225 Than his own): Jealous Unferth tells of a youthful … Continue reading BEOWULF ~PART II TEXT
The Journey Essay READ: "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman REFLECT: What about Thoreau’s journey into the woods at Walden Pond to “live deliberately”? Or Walt Whitman’s “perpetual journey” in his Song of Myself? Let’s take a look... From Walden, Chapter Two: “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” Henry David Thoreau [16] I … Continue reading Essay: The Journey
Choose one of the quotes featured in this posting, or another one that stood out to you from the book and write an essay, explaining the quote’s meaning, application, and how it could effect (to bring about) change. Make your essay at least one page, typed, following formatting guidelines.
ANALYZING THEME: People who hide their wrongdoings do not escape the results of sin. Write a five-paragraph essay in which you discuss how this statement is true for the novel you have just completed. This is your Thesis Statement. You will add specifics to this, but it must be the main part of your thesis statement. See … Continue reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ Analyzing Theme Essay
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