2: Today's class began with the drama of screaming goats, thanks to our vocabulary word "scapegoat" and Geico's obvious ode to the much blamed animal. After our vocabulary, we analyzed Beowulf - although, I suppose we spend as much time gathering pathos for the much maligned Grendel as we do the titled protagonist. As a class, we noted the juxtaposition of darkness (Grendel, hell, violence, pagan dealings with the devil) and light (men, earth, nature, signing, a throne of God's making) and how these two opposites seem to merge into one "gray morning" resplendent of man and monster morphing into one complex reflection of humanity. We began our partner overanalysis and will finish said discussion on Thursday.
Reading-wise, finish Beowulf by reading pages 36-38, live like it's 999 by reading pages 40-41, and meet Gilgamesh by reading 56-63.
4: We started class discussing the dissolution of Angelina & Brad's marriage while copying down our next unit's vocab words, which will begin Wednesday. Then, we did all the same stuff as mentioned for second hour, so make sure you read through their synopsis and complete the same reading assignment.
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