Midterm

Most students did well on the midterm; there were a lot of A's and B's. Everyone seemed to grasp the major themes of Beowulf, and most people are catching on to close reading, but a significant number of students failed. The one and only skill I emphasize in this course is close reading. If you don't quote the text, even if you've got excellent ideas, you have not produced a close reading, which is cause for an F.