Riddle me this! What do kennings, caesura, and alliteration have to do with the Nowell Codex? Introduce class members to Anglo-Saxon poetry and prepare readers for a study of Beowulf with a series of activities that includes asking groups to translate, solve and then craft their own riddles.

Concepts

beowulf, old english epics, riddles, the dark ages

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Additional Tags

anglo-saxons, beowulf, celts, dark ages, riddles, social studies

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Pros

• Includes links to a wealth of supplementary resources linked to Anglo-Saxon art, language and culture

Cons

• Weaker readers will need additional support translating the riddles from Old English

Common Core

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.4 L.11-12.4.a