Classroom text: __________________
Reviewed text or version: ___________________
Compare-A-Beowulf
Worksheet for comparing editions or versions
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Classroom text: __________________
Reviewed text or version: ___________________
| Classroom Text | Reviewed Text |
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| Prose or Verse? | |||
| The 1st sentence of the version - effectiveness | |||
| Beowulf description - strong points, key words | |||
| Grendel description - strong points, key words | |||
| Grendel's mother description - strong points, key words | |||
| Fire Dragon description - strong points, key words | |||
| Arms & armor description - strong points, key words | |||
| Language - "read-aloud rating" - does the sound affect your feelings or your understanding? How? | |||
| Grendel enters the hall and kills people description - strong points, key words | |||
| Beowulf slays Grendel's mother description - strong points, key words | |||
| Beowulf slays the Fire Dragon description - strong points, key words | |||
| Burial description - strong points, key words | |||
| The best other event in the narrative - what strikes you are especially effective, moving, or just terrible? |
Elizabeth Sky-McIlvain
8/9/02
Least
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