***PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT NOTE:
After reading through each of your Beowulf blog posts, I have discovered several incidents of plagiarism. I am disappointed and intend to address those incidents via the Academic Integrity Committee when we begin school. Please be sure the words you are posting on the blog and subsequent assignments are your own. Remember, these initial blog posts are a way for me to begin to get to know you academically; a plagiarized post demonstrates dishonesty and lack of commitment to the course.
Assignment #1: Beowulf Analysis
Average Grade: 72%
The most successful responses analyzed the Anglo-Saxon culture and lifestyle in complete, or nearly complete, detail. The prompt instructed you to analyze what the reader learns about Anglo-Saxon culture and lifestyle by reading the poem (not a novel, by the way). Strong responses analyzed the role of religion, warfare, fate, reputation, loyalty to the king, the practice of revenge, etc. and not the role of the hero.
The least successful responses did not address the prompt or did so in a very limited way. The prompt did not instruct you to argue whether or not Beowulf is an epic hero. Nor did the prompt instruct you to analyze the traits of an epic hero.
Good luck with the Grendel prompt!
Assignment #2: Grendel
Due Date: Tuesday, August 21 by 5:00 P.M. (10% off each day late/Zero after Thursday, 8/23 at 5:00 P.M.)
Points Value: 100
Write a well-organized, detailed response to the following questions. Provide textual support from both Beowulf and Grendel to strengthen your response. No more than two hundred words, please!
1. Why would John Gardner choose to retell Beowulf from the monster’s point of view? What is to be gained from such a shift?
2. How does Grendel’s telling of his own story affect your response to him? How is this response different from the way you thought of him in Beowulf?
RUBRIC: Scale of 1-5; 1 = poor; 2 = average; 3 = very good; 4 = excellent; 5 = outstanding
Originality/Creativity (the first student to post a response may earn more points in this category)
Critical Thought & Intellectual depth
Use of textual evidence (direct quote and/or paraphrase)
Efficacy of Analysis
Organization & Development
Conventional English & Level of Sophistication
Avoid being penalized for providing more summary than analysis. Also, proofread your work!
After reading through each of your Beowulf blog posts, I have discovered several incidents of plagiarism. I am disappointed and intend to address those incidents via the Academic Integrity Committee when we begin school. Please be sure the words you are posting on the blog and subsequent assignments are your own. Remember, these initial blog posts are a way for me to begin to get to know you academically; a plagiarized post demonstrates dishonesty and lack of commitment to the course.
Assignment #1: Beowulf Analysis
Average Grade: 72%
The most successful responses analyzed the Anglo-Saxon culture and lifestyle in complete, or nearly complete, detail. The prompt instructed you to analyze what the reader learns about Anglo-Saxon culture and lifestyle by reading the poem (not a novel, by the way). Strong responses analyzed the role of religion, warfare, fate, reputation, loyalty to the king, the practice of revenge, etc. and not the role of the hero.
The least successful responses did not address the prompt or did so in a very limited way. The prompt did not instruct you to argue whether or not Beowulf is an epic hero. Nor did the prompt instruct you to analyze the traits of an epic hero.
Good luck with the Grendel prompt!
Assignment #2: Grendel
Due Date: Tuesday, August 21 by 5:00 P.M. (10% off each day late/Zero after Thursday, 8/23 at 5:00 P.M.)
Points Value: 100
Write a well-organized, detailed response to the following questions. Provide textual support from both Beowulf and Grendel to strengthen your response. No more than two hundred words, please!
1. Why would John Gardner choose to retell Beowulf from the monster’s point of view? What is to be gained from such a shift?
2. How does Grendel’s telling of his own story affect your response to him? How is this response different from the way you thought of him in Beowulf?
RUBRIC: Scale of 1-5; 1 = poor; 2 = average; 3 = very good; 4 = excellent; 5 = outstanding
Originality/Creativity (the first student to post a response may earn more points in this category)
Critical Thought & Intellectual depth
Use of textual evidence (direct quote and/or paraphrase)
Efficacy of Analysis
Organization & Development
Conventional English & Level of Sophistication
Avoid being penalized for providing more summary than analysis. Also, proofread your work!
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