English Powerpoint

1. LO: Understanding how to plot and
analyse a story.
Keywords
= ?
Definition:
D R _ W _ _ _ S / T _ A T / T _ _ L / A / S _ _ R Y

2. Retell the opening 9 pages of ‘Beowulf’
•Draw: You can either storyboard what happens
•in 6 images (individually)
•Act: Create 6 freeze frames with a narrator retelling
the story (in groups of 4)

3. Share in pairs
Peer mark using the success criteria below:
WWW: You have a clear beginning
EBI: You needed to explain what happened to Beowulf at the
end
You have a clear plot-line
 You have a beginning, middle and end
You explain what happens in
chronological order
You use dialogue to help build a sense of
the character in the story
You explain where the story takes place

4. Which story tellers were the best?
Why?

5. Beowulf
As a whole class, let’s read from
pages 10-21

6. Understanding Analysis:
Who knows what analysis is?

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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...

10. Who knows what analysis is?
Write yourself a target for what you need to do
when you analyse texts in future

11. How did you develop your analytical
skills today?