As you walk in…

1. As you walk in… • Have on your desk… • Literature book • Writing utensil

2. Literary Map of The British Isles

3. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Canterbury, England From the Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

4. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Haworth, England Where the Brontë sisters are from. Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights

5. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Dunsinane, Scotland Where Shakespeare set MacBeth

6. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Grasmere, England Home of Wordsworth

7. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Stratford-upon-Avon, England Home of Shakespeare

8. Unit One: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods Doneraile, Ireland Home of Spenser

9. Timeline- Literature • 750– When Beowulf was probably composed. • 1000– Surviving Beowulf written out by monks. • 1375– Sir Gaiwan and the Green Knight is composed. • 1387– Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales.

10. Timeline- Literature • 750– When Beowulf was probably composed. • Riddles • Mead halls • Scops

11. Anglo-Saxon Riddle • Anglo Saxon riddle • My home is not quiet but I am not loud. The lord has meant us to journey together. I am faster than he and sometimes stronger, But he keeps on going for longer. Sometimes I rest but he runs on. For as long as I am alive I live in him. If we part from one another It is I who will die.

12. Anglo-Saxon Riddle • Anglo Saxon riddle • My home is not quiet but I am not loud. The lord has meant us to journey together. I am faster than he and sometimes stronger, But he keeps on going for longer. Sometimes I rest but he runs on. For as long as I am alive I live in him. If we part from one another It is I who will die. • A fish in the river!

13. Anglo-Saxon Riddle • Anglo Saxon riddle • When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry.

14. Anglo-Saxon Riddle • Anglo Saxon riddle • When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry. • An onion!

15. Timeline- Literature • 750– When Beowulf was probably composed. • 1000– Surviving Beowulf written out by monks. • 1375– Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is composed. • 1387– Chaucer begins The Canterbury Tales.

16. Timeline- Events • 449– Date of Anglo-Saxon invasion. • 597– Christianity begins to spread among the Anglo Saxons. • 793– Vikings begin first of many raids on the Anglo Saxons. • 1166– Henry II declares judge-and-jury system throughout England.

17. Timeline- Events • 1215– King John signs the Magna Carta. • 1282– England conquers Wales. • 1337– 100 year war begins with France. • 1430– Modern English develops from Middle English. • 1477– First book published at printing press by Caxton.

18. Beowulf

19. Beowulf- Introduction • Europe enters chaotic period of political unrest and economic and cultural decline. • The tribes, Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, settled on the island of Britain. • Angles, Saxons, and Jutes = Anglo-Saxon Civilization • Beowulf takes place in Europe between the Danes (Denmark) and Geats (Sweden).

20. Beowulf-Introduction • We do not know the author. • Beowulf is a great warrior who crosses the sea to aid the Danes (Denmark) and later returns to Sweden to succeed his uncle Hygelac’s throne. • The people in the story are not Christian yet.

21. Beowulf- Introduction • What did these people do for fun? • They would gather in huge mead halls, large wooden buildings, where they feasted, drank mead (alcohol), and told stories. • The stories were told by scops, and the stories were told as epic poetry.

22. Beowulf- Introduction Hey Beowulf!

23. Journal- 1 page • What is courage? How do most people define courage?

24. Reminder • Bring your literature book and study guide to class every day this week.