BeowulfWeek One – Inference Focus

(Pages 13 – 28)

Tuesday 5th January 2021Vocabulary

1) What does each word mean? Discuss.

2) Complete your ‘Vocabulary Definitions’ task.

3) Write a sentence for each word that is shaded in gold.

Grapple

Piteous

Marauding

Prosperity

Merciless

Frenzy

Fervently

Unceasingly

Tuesday 5th January 2021‘Find and Copy’

1) Find and copy a word on page 20 that means ‘block or defend’.

2) Find and copy a word on page 20 that means ‘an expression of grief or sorrow’.

3) Find and copy a phrase on page 24 that shows the coastguard is uncertain what to think of the armed men that have arrived.

4) Find and copy four examples of figurative language on page 22 which describe the atmosphere and emotions at Heorot.

Wednesday 6th January 2021Tune In, Tune Out

Read and Discuss

Summarise

Thursday 7th January 2021Inference Focus

1) Explain the effect that the author is trying to create for the reader in the first page. Why would they be doing this?

2) Why did Hrothgar decide to have a mead-hall built?

3) What did Grendel hate and why?

4) How do you know that the Grendel has done something awful? Use evidence to support your answer.

5) How did Beowulf feel about heading to Heorot to fight the Grendel?

6) How does Wulfgar feel about the arrival of an army of men? How do you know?

Friday 7th January 2021Inference Focus

1) Explain how you think Hrothgar will feel about the arrival of Beowulf and his man. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

2) Explain what the quote below suggests about the state of affairs in Heorot …

“All the world knows of the piteous misfortune that has befallen this land, of that marauding monster Grendel and all of his murderous massacres.”

How Hrothgar will feel Evidence/quote to support your opinion