LO: Understanding how to analyse and improving analytical skills

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Why does my nose grow?

Definition: To closely examine and work out what something is.

Summary pages 10-21

• Beowulf and the Geats enter Heorot and talk with Hrothgar. Beowulf explains he is there to kill Grendel.

• Hrothgar invites Beowulf and his warriors to a big feast.

• Unferth tries to wind Beowulf up and says he cannot beat Grendel, but Beowulf claims he can!

• Hrothgar shows Beowulf and the Geats to the hall where they will rest for the night.

• While everyone – but Beowulf - is sleeping, Grendel enters and horrifically attacks a brave Geat.

• Beowulf leaps up, attacks Grendel and rips off his arm.

• Everyone quickly wakes up once they hear Grendel’s roar.

• Beowulf and The Geats celebrate by hanging Grendels arm on the door.

Understanding Analysis:Who knows what analysis is/is

confident to analyse?

Beowulf crouched on the edge of the bench, intent, almost angry.

Model the annotation on p.4

Meaning: to stoop or bend low.

Implies that Beowulf is so angry that men have been killed by a monster, he wants to act and help them straight away.

P.4 Beowulf has been listening to the storyteller tell them about Grendel killing the Danes

Meaning: sharply focused determined and intense

This indicates that Beowulf is so determined on seeking revenge, he seems angry

He is raring to go

In guided groups, analyse the quotations below. You can use the teacher help sheet with the questions or you can challenge yourselves and go it alone.

I will then! Beowulf leaped up in front of the Geats and heard himself shouting.

‘I’m here to pit myself against this monster. I mean to put an end to Grendel.’

Then the warriors were eager to begin their journey. They turned their backs on mothers and fathers, on wives and children; they springheeled over the shingle and embarked.

Would you follow Beowulf into battle?

Beowulf is clearly a good leader and I would follow him into battle as...

Beowulf is foolish to want to fight a monster. I wouldn’t want to follow him into battle as...

Who knows what analysis is?

Write yourself a target for what you need to do when you analyse texts in future

How did you develop your analytical skills today?

Optional homework: you have an outline of Beowulf. Inside the image write down any words that describe Beowulf’s character. E.g. Brave

Challenge yourself: Outside of the image, write down the other characters’ thoughts and opinions of Beowulf