10th Grade

English
Class
February 6, 2024
 10th Grade

The Death of
Siegfried
 10th Grade

Vocabulary
Building
 pomp relatives
carcass suffering
kinsmen disaster
woe brave
fierce splendor
misfortune dead body
 slay wake
seat on a
rouse horse
anguish kill
blast steep valley

ravine sorrow
saddle loud sound
 cloak cape
quiver fell
alighted pale
tumbled stick into
pierce got off
case for
wan arrows
Rhine River
How did ancient people
regard dreams?

as premonitions of things to
come
Explain: “Know this of a truth, that
in slaying me you have slain
yourselves.”
Does an act of good deed guarantee
the loyalty of a person?
What is loyalty?
When should one listen to his/her
instinct/intuition?
Is revenge always sweet?
Is blood really thicker
than water?
 Employing
Critical Thinking
To be a critical reader, one must not
only find out what is being said but also
why it is being said.
The real test for a trained mind is the
ability to read intelligently and
critically. There is no shortcut; it
requires concentration and practice.
 Three Functions of Critical Reading
1. to understand
- Understanding means that you know
what the author says and that you can
repeat it in your own words.
 Three Functions of Critical Reading
2. to interpret
- Interpretation means that you can state
not only exactly what is said by the
author but what it means.
- You can able to find the inner meaning
of a passage (using your imagination
to the passage)
 Three Functions of Critical Reading
3. to judge