Here’s a link to the original project Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School) – Rethinking British Literature (plymouthcreate.net) and here’s why I’m still very excited about it. I made this assignment originally as a concept to be used in the high school that I’ll be interning at next semester. It started as only a simple, crude… Read more Returning to Beowulf (Final)
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Burnt Out Butterflies
Burnt Out Butterflies Fly of tired eyes Minds strong and inaccessible yet Severed thought, deep bud Grown, scratched, broken from the earth The vastness of her majesty presented A Garden of Gardeners Unified by our horrid majesty Each flower singed by acid rain The brain is needed for pain And each here aimed growth in… Read more Burnt Out Butterflies
Some Background Knowledge for Paradise Lost
I’ve read a few of the posts from other students and I’ve found that several of my fellow students don’t have the background knowledge needed to really understand what’s going on in the book. And this is certainly a hard read if you don’t have the religious background knowledge. So while I’ve already posted this… Read more Some Background Knowledge for Paradise Lost
Medieval Literature’s Incomplete Bestiary
Dragon This beast can take form in a few different ways. The first dragon was a vile offspring of a man, descended from Cane, and a large serpent with whom he had taken a certain fondness to. The descendant was already close enough in virtue to the slimy thing that bedding it came naturally to… Read more Medieval Literature’s Incomplete Bestiary
The King and I
I don’t usually respond to weekly readings like this but I’m going to have to disagree with Adams on this one. I actually love the movie The King. And not for the reasons that Adams would probably expect someone to enjoy this piece so much. Contextually, I didn’t watch this movie thinking of it as… Read more The King and I
Self Hate and ableism
I want to take a moment to expand on the quote that we looked at in class for our model post. Then as thyself to lepers hast assigned, With hyssop, Lord, thy hyssop, purge me so:And that shall cleanse the lepry of my mind. Make over me thy mercy’s streams to flow, So shall my… Read more Self Hate and ableism
All nerds are awful terrible racists
Here’s something you didn’t expect, nerds are awful, terrible racists. “No way! I’m a nerd!” I hear you say. Well, sucks to be you, racist. Yeah, I’m gonna talk about the Hodes article. D&D is a staple of nerd culture, getting together with other social outcasts and dressing up as characters that you made up… Read more All nerds are awful terrible racists
Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)
The Assignment This activity involves the entire classroom, the class will be split up into a number of equally sized groups. Each person will be assigned a section of the novel. Please keep your section to yourself as telling other classmates will ruin the surprise later. Once you’ve received your section, you will work on… Read more Beowulf Grammar Lesson (High School)
You suck and God hates you
“As it pleases His goodness, Almighty God afflicts folks every day, as you can see, with loss of possessions and physical sickness, and He did not forget me among the others. Witness the violent disease which I once had, as lots of people knew well, and which threw and hurled me out of my own… Read more You suck and God hates you
Beo wolf
Yeah I’m gonna be that guy and make my title a pun, I’m also gonna be that guy who uses an in class discussion for my weekly blog post. You’re welcome. So Beowulf is a dog, I’m here to argue that, it’s just reality now. He’s overzealous and excitable, if he could, he’d hump the… Read more Beo wolf