For the final week of the quarter, our senior class will be working on developing a resume for Beowulf as well as one for themselves.  

On Monday:

• Students will be in the computer lab and completing research on OWL @ Purdue.
• Students will go to OWL @ Purdue and do the Resume Research Activity
  
• Students will also look over Writing Effective High School Resumes Handout
  
• Students will also look over a Great Example of a High School Student Resume 
  

On Tuesday:

• Students will complete the Beowulf Planning Activity 
  
• Students will begin formatting Beowulf's Resume 
  
• Resume is due Thursday
  

Wednesday:

• Students will work on their Resume in the computer lab.
  
• HW:  Finish Resume
  

Thursday:  

• Beowulf Resume is due
  
• Complete Personal Resume Reflection Activity
  
• Begin working on Personal Resume
  

Friday:

• Independent Reading and/or working on Personal Resume 
  
• Personal Resume is due Wednesday.  
  

Examples of Great Resumes
Example of Chronological Resume
Example of Functional Resume

Examples of Bad Resumes with Teacher Notes:
Bad Sample 1
Bad Sample 2
Bad Sample 3

In-Class:

In-Class:

• Teacher went through what was on their Anglo-Saxon Literature test
  
• Teacher went through a study game
  

Homework:
Study for test tomorrow

In-Class:

• Teacher was absent today
• Students went through 1a-5b
• Students made a study guide for their test on Thursday

HW:
Study for test

In-Class:

• Students turned in reflection papers (10 points)
  
• Students worked on 1a-5b on p.141
  
• Students completed Poetic Analysis of Beowulf handout
  

Homework:

• Finish 1a-5b
• Finish Poetic Analysis handout
• Independent Reading Book due on Wednesday (bring in physical book)
• Anglo-Saxon Literature Test on Thursday

Sorry, Mrs. Hirzel has been a little behind in updating her website.  Here is what we did last week as a class.  

• Teacher lectured using the Beowulf PowerPoint
• Students read The Prologue,  Canto 1 and 2 individually
• Teachers and students looked at Grendel PowerPoint to view different interpretations of Grendel
• Students watched a clip of the most modern interpretation of Grendel from the 2007 version of Beowulf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWmiv9uIXQk
• Students were asked to draw Grendel (10 pts)
• Students and Teacher read the rest of Beowulf  out loud in textbook as a class.
• Students completed Blue Box Questions for all parts of the poem (either individually or in groups)
  
• Over the weekend, students were asked to write a reflection on a quote found in Beowulf.  
• Students also must have their Independent Reading Book brought in by Wednesday.

In-Class:

• Students completed Beowulf Reading Check Quiz
  
• Students went to the library to research and choose independent reading books
  

Homework:
Look over and familiarize yourself with the family trees on page 114

In-Class:

In-Class:

• Went over "The Wife's Lament" questions on p.105 and Anglo Saxon Riddles questions on p.110
  
• Began working on Anglo-Saxon Creative Writing Assignment
  

Homework:

• Due tomorrow, students must write two Anglo-Saxon riddles that creatively personify objects.  They must be 6-8 sentences each.
  

In-Class:

• Students will work in groups and go over 1a-3b of "The Wife's Lament" and Anglo-Saxon Riddles
  
• Students will work in groups over 4a-5b for both selections
  
• Teacher will help students in small groups and help with comprehension and analysis of texts
  

HW:

• Finish 4a-5b if necessary