Why publish? In the introduction to this unit, you wrote in your Writing Notebook about publishing and about your own desires or goals when it came to publishing. Share your thoughts and read what other students think about this subject. Respond to the following questions and add any other thoughts you have: Have you ever published or tried to publish your writing? If you published your writing, was it self-published or third-party published? Why did you decide to publish your writing? Why do you think a person should consider publishing his or her writing? Or, why not?

As you have learned, epic heroes experience trials along their journeys. using your knowledge from beowulf, create a trial you believe an epic hero like beowulf might face. you will need to write a description of the trial using the aspects of a narrative. the trial can be anything you imagine, meaning you can test the hero in any way you see fit. be creative and have fun with this! let your creativity flow. focus on key attributes of beowulf and use his attributes to create a trial that would truly test him. since beowulf is very strong, a trial involving strength and endurance might be to easy. try thinking outside the box to create a trial that would truly test the hero of the geats. examples of beowulf’s attributes: couragous, loyal, strong, persistant, honorable, confident try to use one or multiples of these attribute when designing your trial. a good way to think of this activity is that you are a hunger games game designer. what could you make that would stump beowulf