Students will read "Beowulf: The Monster and the Critics" by J.R.R. Tolkien and express their understanding of complex, grade-level text by writing an extended response that analyzes the text.
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Common Core State Standards
L.11-12.1
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/11-12/1
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Common Core State Standards
L.11-12.4.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/11-12/4/a
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Common Core State Standards
L.11-12.4.b
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/11-12/4/b
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Common Core State Standards
L.11-12.5.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/11-12/5/a
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.1
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/1
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.10a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/10
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.2
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/2
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.3
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/3
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.4
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/4
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.5
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/5
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Common Core State Standards
RI.11-12.6
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RI/11-12/6
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1.a
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1/a
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1.b
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1/b
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1.c
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1/c
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1.d
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1/d
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Common Core State Standards
W.11-12.1.e
http://corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/W/11-12/1/e