Jennah+I.+Stage+1

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= A2 Literary Texts - Beowulf Grades 9- Diploma**
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * //**Maine Learning Results:**// **English Language Arts** //**- A. Reading
 * Students read text, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, and present analyzes of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry using excerpts from the text to defend their assertions.**// ||

//What understandings are desired?//
• //Beowulf// has an intended authorial theme(s) and is a story that people today should understand. • the structure of a poem influences a story. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • literary devices have been used in many different eras to influence the reader/audience.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• How does a good reader determine the author’s intended theme and make meaning of difficult texts? • Why does poetic structure aid/hinder understanding in the telling of this story? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How are literary devices used to influence the reader (intended audience)?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
•Conventions: essay format, in-text citations, works cited •Information: The story of Beowulf, prevalence of allegories. || * Express what an allegory is.
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * •Vocabulary: allegory, point of view, theme, metaphor, stanzas, rhythm, epic
 * Make meaning of Beowulf.
 * Determine the effects of the allegoric elements.
 * Analyze the effect of point of view on a reader’s interpretation.
 * Consider how the structure of poetry relates to its meaning.
 * Recognize that poetry can be a powerful way to tell a story. ||


 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**