Donna
Wissinger and Joy Myers present:
Beowulf:
A
Tale of Courage and Honor
STUDY GUIDE (Grades
9-12th)
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As a teacher of Literature, nothing has helped me to introduce Beowulf to my 10th graders as the rendition of the epic poem by Joy and Donna. Their clever yet accurate interpretation of the story keeps the students engaged and excited. Joy and Donna add humor and grammar instruction, audience participation and music and at the same time accurately interpret the poem! I highly recommend their program! Owene
Courtney, Hear ye! Hear
ye!
The minstrels have come to town!
Award winning educators and internationally acclaimed musicians Donna
Wissinger and Joy Myers collaborate once again to bring the epic tale Beowulf to life.
Entering the room dancing and playing Renaissance
music on period
instruments (quite a feat of feet), Donna and Joy engage the minds and
hearts
of students by enacting the oldest English story in the English
language in the
captivating Renaissance style of audience participation and
humor. Among the Sunshine State Standards Strands
and core curriculum benchmarks that students learn are world history,
literature and the musical and dramatic arts of the Renaissance
minstrels.
Students experience Shakespeare’s wit and wisdom and the art
of alliteration and
see in their imaginations heroic knights sailing the sea to nights
(homophones/homonyms) of courage and honor. Language arts,
theatre, music, history and
culture are woven together into a fun filled educational experience.
GOAL
OF THE PROGRAM: The goal of the program is to help students experience history as a subject about real people who have messages that can help them in their own lives. We help students to feel the wonderment of the Renaissance period of history and bring to life the heroic character traits of courage and honor extolled in the epic poem Beowulf. By thoroughly engaging the students with theatrical style and entertaining asides, the old English of Shakespeare and the epic story are far less formidable than the fire-breathing dragons imagined. |
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