Lesson Planning
The children learn about kennings and riddles and prepare their own to perform at their Anglo-Saxon feast.
Teaching Outcomes:
- To understand the importance of telling riddles and using kennings in Anglo-Saxon society.
- To recognise, understand and write kennings and riddles.
Children will:
- Recognise kennings and create some of their own.
- Understand how important kennings were in Anglo-Saxon poetry as descriptive language.
- Answer riddles written in a typical poem structure, as kennings or as prose.