As you have learned, epic heroes experience obstacles along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a test you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the challenge through narrative writing. the challenge can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this!

focus on key attributes of beowulf (such as courageous, loyal, strong, persistent, honorable, confident) and use these attributes to create a challenge that would truly test him. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer who is designing a test that would stump beowulf.

for example, we know beowulf is honorable, so you could create a scenario where he is tempted with lying. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats!

use the rubric below to guide your writing.

0—50 percentage points: demonstrates content knowledge of beowulf and clearly understands the meaning of epic hero
10–20 percentage points: supported by relevant evidence from the text; narrative is accurate to the text
10–15 percentage points: includes precise, domain-specific language of a narrative
5–15 percentage points: grammar and mechanics