Lesson Plan in English 9

June 19, 2019

I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

1. Explain kennings, and then choose three kennings in the tic-tac-toe board to
explain.
2. Analyze and support given statements from the text that had been discussed.
3. Fill out the Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences of Beowulf and
Grendel.

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Kennings, The Battle With Grendel

Materials: Book, Visual aids, Laptop, TV

III. Lesson Proper

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Routinary Activities

Everybody stand up and let us pray.

Anyone who wants to lead the prayer? Heavenly father…
Good morning Class! Good morning teacher!
Is there any absent today? None ma’am.
Wow! That’s good! Everybody will be part of
another exciting day of learning. Is everybody ready
to think, have fun and learn? Yes ma’am.

B. Activity

Attack those Words

Beowulf is admired for the richness of its poetry.
About a third of the words in Beowulf are words
known as Kennings. Kennings combine two words
to create an evocative and imaginative alternative
word.

Form groups of four. Explain the Kennings in this

tic-tac-toe board. Choose three Kennings in a row to
explain. You must all do those in the center. 1. battle-sweat, slaughter dew – blood/bloodshed
2. evil-doer, life-evil – dragon, sinner
3. horrible hermit, devil from hell, sin-stained demon
– someone who chooses to live in solitary
4. battle-dress, mail-shirt, fighting gear – armor,
shield
5. dragon-slayer, war trooper’s leader, chief of the
strangers – a person that successfully slayed a
dragon, head of a group of warriors fighting
wars, a person so mysterious or a wanderer
6. ring giver, gold giver – king, lord
As you read the poem, list down more examples of 7. wave floater, swirling surf – ship
Kennings or word derivations from Beowulf to add 8. light of battle – sword
to your vocabulary list. 9. whale road, whale’s way, swan road – sea/ocean
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Read the epic poem “Beowulf” which deals with war
and adventure. It is said to be the greatest poem ever
written in a modern European language four
centuries before the Norman Conquest. Beowulf
shows an interplay of Christian and pagan beliefs.
The original writer remains unknown. It has been
said that Burton Raffel’s translation from the original
Old English is the most celebrated and most read by
students and general readers alike.

C. Analysis
Get one-fourth pad paper, and let us have some quiz
bee type activity. Write Yes or No to the given
statement that I will flash on the power point 1. Yes
presentation. Be sure to support your answer with 2. Yes
details from the text. 3. Yes
1. Grendel was a greedy monster. 4. No
2. He was considered the foul enemy of God. 5. Yes
3. Beowulf and Grendel had enormous strength. 6. Yes
4. The weapons of the warriors could easily kill the 7. No
monster. 8. Yes
5. Grendel was afraid of Hrothgar. 9. Yes
6. Grendel swallowed his victims. 10. Yes
7. The Danes were not allowed to celebrate the
defeat of Grendel.
8. Grendel was able to escape from Beowulf’s hands.
9. Hrothgar gave Beowulf gifts.
10. Beowulf was considered the hero of Heorot.

D. Abstraction
Based on the poem, how do you imagine the entities
in the poem? With your group describe each by
drawing based on what is said in the text and based
on how you imagined each.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

D. Application

Find a partner and fill out the Venn Diagram to show

the similarities and differences of Beowulf and
Grendel.

E. Assignment

After getting to know the two major characters

Beowulf and Grendel, get to know the poem better.
On your notebook, answer Task 7 p. 40-41 of your
book.

Prepared by: Checked by:

Reychelle Ann F. Quinto Marivi D. Ladines

Teacher Teacher-in-Charge