The document is a worksheet about the beheading game between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The worksheet asks students to examine the beheading game in light of Gawain's earlier test and determine if Gawain succeeds or fails in his quest. It also has a table for students to fill out detailing the three swings of the axe during the beheading game, what happens to Gawain with each swing, and what each swing represents according to the Green Knight.
The document is a worksheet about the beheading game between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The worksheet asks students to examine the beheading game in light of Gawain's earlier test and determine if Gawain succeeds or fails in his quest. It also has a table for students to fill out detailing the three swings of the axe during the beheading game, what happens to Gawain with each swing, and what each swing represents according to the Green Knight.
The document is a worksheet about the beheading game between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The worksheet asks students to examine the beheading game in light of Gawain's earlier test and determine if Gawain succeeds or fails in his quest. It also has a table for students to fill out detailing the three swings of the axe during the beheading game, what happens to Gawain with each swing, and what each swing represents according to the Green Knight.
Symmetry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?
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The Beheading Game
Student Name ___________________________________________________ Date ________________ Examine the beheading game in light of Gawain's earlier test. Does Gawain succeed or fail in his quest?
Axe swings:
What happens to Gawain?
What does each swing
represent, according to the Green Knight?
1st swing
2nd swing
3rd swing
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