1/23/12 - 1/27/12 - Read background information on Anlgo-Saxons and Beowulf. Copy down characteristics of an epic, leaving room for examples from Beowulf. After reading Beowulf's speech to Hrothgar, create a resume from Beowulf's perspective. Then, create your own resume. Click here for a sample resume. Read through the section entitle "Battle with Grendel's Mother" in the excerpt of Beowulf from our textbook (pp33 - 51) , noting examples from the epic poem that fall into the characteristics you copied down. Answer the "Thinking Through the Literature" questions on page 44 and on page 51. Understand and identify examples of alliteration. Vocabulary Test I.