Beowulf Graphic Novel

January 17, 2018

Standard: 

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.2

Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

E.Q:  Identify and analyze central ideas to determine the theme.

Starter:

Create a Daily Writing Concern for the TPEQEA paragraph from yesterday.

Write this on the TPEQEA feedback rubric.

Vocabulary: 

Word: Theme

Part of Speech: Noun

Dictionary definition: the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

Your Definition: 

Activity: Identify a theme from your favorite book.

Activity: 

1.  Peer Edit 

Find a partner and complete the TPEQEA rubric. 

Make sure to complete the comment box and provide feedback on the DWC.

2.  Beowulf Graphic Novel

In groups of 2-3 people read through Book One of Beowulf.

Pay attention to the images and how they tell a story.

3.  Graphic Organizer

Main Topic

Book One

Branches

Summary

(3-5 sentences)

Topic (3)

(Written as a point sentence)

Main Idea (1)

(Quote to support idea)

Theme
(Quote and Elaboration)

Closure: 

How does the graphic novel compare to the traditional poem?