Beowulf

Looking for interesting journal prompts? How about a series of photos? Or are you making up a story about a stranger encountered on the street? Or making up the story behind a song? This assignment sheet details five fresh ideas for...

Whether new to teaching Beowulf or an experience pro, you'll find much to like in a richly detailed unit plan that asks readers to consider how the epic represents the difficulty in defining good and evil but also reflects the changing...

After reading about Beowulf's battle with Grendel's mother, class members demonstrate their understanding of kennings by finding examples of the three types, identifying the allusion in the noun phrase, and crafting their own kennings.

The first thirty-seven questions on this assessment check for knowledge of the events in Beowulf. The short answer prompt asks readers to identify five characteristics of an epic and to give examples from Beowulf in support. Finally,...

As part of a study of Old English and/or Nordic epic poetry, class members examine examples of kennings and then craft their own poem with kennings.

In this comprehension worksheet covering Act I, Scenes I-II of "Macbeth", students complete 8 short answer questions spanning several levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about John Gardner's Grendel. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive literature worksheet, students respond to 8 short answer and essay questions about John Gardner's Grendel. Students may check some of their answers online.

Students read the epic, Beowulf and examine the nature of good and evil. They compile a list of questions about loyalty tests and take turns asking and answering them. they create Beowulf comic strips and research other epic tales.

Students explore how to tell a story through dance. In this dance lesson, students watch Swan Lake and choose a story of their own to show through dance.