We will continue our chronological survey of literature by moving to the Anglo-Saxon literary period. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales will be our next big work. Materials Beowulf - Prentice Hall text student Movie scoring guide group evaluations camcorder blank videotape copy of The 13 th warrior Procedure Divide students into three groups. Assign the groups a scene - the fight with Grendel, the fight with Grendel's Mom, the fight with the Dragon. Pass out project scoring guides.
Groups work on their movie.
Groups film their movie. Each group member completes a peer evaluation form. Class watched The 13 th Warrior . Students write a one-page comparison paper addressing the three versions of Beowulf they have encountered. As this project serves as the class's culminating project for Beowulf , the assignment carries a heavy point value.