1.2.6- Symbolism and Monsters

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If you use emojis when you text: Draw your most used emoji in the sketchpad and write a word explaining what it symbolizes.

If you DON'T use emojis when you text: Explain why you choose not to use emojis in the sketchpad.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a cultural element a media monster could symbolize?

• A character/culture's deepest fears or insecurities.

• A positive aspect of society.

• A threat or challenge the character/culture faces in their life.

Open Ended

Give an example of a trait a modern monster might have from the list of traits that can act as symbols.

Sentence Starter: One trait a modern monster might have is...

Open Ended

Look at the image of Grendel from the previous slide.

Use bullet points to list TWO physical traits that could support the idea that he symbolizes an Anglo-Saxon fear of animals in the English wilderness.

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Look at the two excerpts.

Underline AT LEAST TWO pieces of evidence that could help prove that Grendel's home is a symbol representing Anglo-Saxon fear of the English wilderness.

Open Ended

Look at the underlined evidence about Grendel in the excerpts from Beowulf in the attached image.

1. Identify ONE of Grendel's traits from the excerpts that could be a symbol for an Anglo-Saxon cultural element.

2. Then, explain what cultural element that trait could symbolize.

   Sentence Starters: _____ is one of Grendel's traits that could symbolize an Anglo-Saxon cultural element. This trait could symbolize _______.

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• Identify TWO traits from the monster's background information that could be symbols for an element of today's culture.

• Explain what each trait symbolizes.

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• Choose ONE of the modern-media monsters from the Padlet on the next slide.

• Review the background information on that monster.

• Create a post in the Padlet in the same section as the monster you chose to analyze.

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