Lesson Plan

Course: ELA Topic: Epic Hero Teacher's Name: Miss Klobuchar Grade: 11th Unit: "Beowulf" Time: 61 minutes

Rationale: This lesson will introduce the characteristics of an epic hero to students. ntroducin! them now" at the be!innin! of the poem" will allow students to reco!ni#e these characteristics while readin! "Beowulf" in class. The epic hero and the concept of an epic are central to learnin! when readin! an epic poem such as "Beowulf." This lesson is important" because these characteristics will ideall$ stic% with the students as the$ continue their education. Hopefull$ the$ will be able to appl$ these ideas to other wor%s in&ol&in! epic heroes. This lesson will ta%e place as part of a lar!er unit on "Beowulf." ncluded in this lesson plan is also &ocabular$ lesson '( re&iew and warm)up. *ommon *ore +tandards, **++.ELA)Literac$.-L.11)1..1 *ite stron! and thorou!h te/tual e&idence to support anal$sis of what the te/t sa$s e/plicitl$ as well as inferences drawn from the te/t" includin! determinin! where the te/t lea&es matters uncertain. **++.ELA)Literac$.-L.11)1... 0etermine two or more themes or central ideas of a te/t and anal$#e their de&elopment o&er the course of the te/t" includin! how the$ interact and build on one another to produce a comple/ account1 pro&ide an ob2ecti&e summar$ of the te/t. **++.ELA)Literac$.-L.11)1..3 0etermine the meanin! of words and phrases as the$ are used in the te/t" includin! fi!urati&e and connotati&e meanin!s1 anal$#e the impact of specific word choices on meanin! and tone" includin! words with multiple meanin!s or lan!ua!e that is particularl$ fresh" en!a!in!" or beautiful. 4 nclude +ha%espeare as well as other authors.5 Objectives: 6pon completion of this lesson" students will be able to, 1. dentif$ an epic hero in a te/t" and e/plain wh$ said character can be considered an epic hero. .. List the characteristics of an epic hero7epic poem. (. Ac8uire an e/panded &ocabular$ of ad2ecti&es to describe a hero. aterials: 9hite board 0r$ erase mar%ers "Hero" ad2ecti&es handout Literature boo% 4teacher:s edition5 Procedure: Anticipator$ +et 4;5 ) -e&iew &ocabular$ '( words without usin! notes. ) *ollect Article of the 9ee% from Monda$ and &ocabular$ e/ercises B and 0" hand out <ocabular$ in Action4< A=5 sheets. Acti&it$ >ne 41;5 ) 9or% on < A=" ()6 words. ) Teacher will !rade and hand bac% Article of the 9ee% assi!nment and &ocabular$ B and 0 durin! this time.

?o o&er answers for &ocabular$ e/ercises B and 0.

Acti&it$ Two 4..5 ) Hand out "Hero" assi!nment and e/plain the directions. ) Ha&e students pair up with one other student. ) +tudents will be allowed around 1@ minutes to come up with as man$ words as possible to describe a hero. 4Aote, Lunch will be in the middle of Acti&it$ Two5 Acti&it$ Three 4@5 ) -econ&ene to!ether and use round robin techni8ue to !et ad2ecti&es for e&er$ letter of the alphabet to describe a hero. ) Teacher will pro&ide e/amples if students could not thin% of an$. Acti&it$ Bour 41C5 ) Teacher will list and describe the characteristics of an epic hero for students. ) f time allows" teacher will facilitate a discussion about the elements of an epic hero seen so far in "Beowulf." !ssi"nments and Reminders: Homewor% for this lesson could be to read throu!h the first 1(C lines of "Beowulf" and hi!hli!ht characteristics of an epic hero. Howe&er" homewor% will probabl$ be &ocabular$ stud$7handouts. !ssessment: will use some informal assessment techni8ues 4e.!." "hands if $ou are confused"" "red7$ellow7!reen"5 durin! the lesson to see if m$ students are understandin! or not. The formal assessment will be in the form of the "Hero" wor%sheet" as well as the studentsD four s8uare notes at the end of the lesson. EBour s8uare notes are bein! ta%en durin! the readin! of the poemE