TODAY IN CLASS
First and 5th began with looking closely at the cartoon drawings.  Some were spot on, and there was creativity and cleverness to be seen, but way too many did not take the very plainly written words seriously enough.  #22:  four men to carry Grendel's head, two on each side of a spear jammed straight through his head.  #23:  Beowulf alone carries the head into Herot, holding it by the hair, and the remains of the giant's sword in his other hand.

In 3rd, we were making up for the time lost yesterday to the senior meeting, and are just ready to look at some of the drawings.

So taking time to read carefully and simply paying attention are important skills.

FOR TOMORROW
You should have read through 33 for today, but this assignment only focusses on 25-30.  ( I realize that I skipped past 24; we'll take a brief look at it at the beginning of class.) I showed you in class what I'll hand out tomorrow, and I'm not collecting what you do for tomorrow.  BUT--you'll be MUCH better off for the next assignment and for next week's assessments if you do the following:

For each section (25-28), lay out several bullet points that summarize specific sections. Include the line numbers for each broad section.  For sections 29-30, you can simply summarize the section without bullet points, unless you really want them.

For Monday, you'll be doing the same thing with Sections 31-43, only you will do this to hand in.  You'll need to include line numbers to get credit, though I will specify a few sections for which it will be okay to summarize as a whole.  SO, doing a good job on tonight's practice, and then checking your own clarity and completeness tomorrow, is the way to prepare for the next step.