Thursday, October 26, 2006
PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Quiz: Vocabulary and Anglo Saxon Period
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
1) first people known to live in England were the CELTS
2) ROMANS came, built roads, but left when Rome was attacked
3) ANGLES and SAXONS invaded England from northern Europe, pushing the Celts north and west
4) DANISH vikings attacked the Anglo-Saxons and established a large area known as the DaneLaw in northeast England
5) NORMANS from France attacked England and took control of the country
