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The Seafarer

The Seafarer. Day 1. Agenda. Warm up Beowulf -- Closing Thoughts Essay Discussion The Seafarer Exit . Beowulf Essay. On Tuesday, you will be assigned your first 3-page analytical essay. I will be discussing specifics and you will receive a rubric and prompt. More to come.

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The Seafarer

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  1. The Seafarer Day 1

  2. Agenda • Warm up • Beowulf -- Closing Thoughts • Essay Discussion • The Seafarer • Exit

  3. Beowulf Essay • On Tuesday, you will be assigned your first 3-page analytical essay. I will be discussing specifics and you will receive a rubric and prompt. • More to come. • Due date will be Wed. October 10, 2012

  4. Essential Question • How do people deal with a sense of loss or alienation?

  5. Warm Up • How have you dealt with a situation in which you lost something or someone or were alienated?

  6. Background • Composed by an anonymous poet like Beowulf. • Discovered in The Exeter Book Manuscripts in 11th Century • Uncertain if it was meant to stand alone or part of a larger work • Anglo-Saxon Lyric Poetry

  7. Elegy • A mournful contemplative poem • “Complaint” Poem

  8. Dark Ages • Time of great turmoil • Uncertain time • Anglo-Saxons wrote about their woes to help make sense of the world and hardshipt

  9. Homework • Correct Beowulf Quiz • Future test will be on the Anglo-Saxon Unit • Questions 1-9, p. 17 • Summary of The Seafarer

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