1a. What challenge does the Green Knight make? Who meets the challenge? What is the result?
2a. What happens to Gawain at the lord's castle?
3a. What is the result of Gawain's final meeting with the Green Knight? What object does Gawain keep as a reminder of the meeting?
4a. Identify magical or supernatural elements in this selection.
5a. Do you think Sir Gawain judges himself too harshly after his final meeting with the Green Knight? Why, or why not?
1b. What words spoken by the Green Knight make his challenge seem more than a good-spirited contest?
2b. What do Gawain's actions at the castle reveal about the knights' moral code?
3b. Why does Gawain want to remember his meeting with the Green Knight?
4b. What do these elements add to the story? What would the effect be if they were replaced with more realistic elements?
5b. What ideals do you try to live up to?
Arthurian Romance. How are the plots of adventure and love in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight interdependent? How are they typical of the romance genre?
Chivalry. How does the Green Knight adhere to the code of chivalry? How does he violate it? How does he use it to his advantage?
1. Challenges can create positive change. Write a challenge that encourages people to work toward some kind of change in your community.
2. Use vivid verbs, adjectives, and nouns to create descriptive paragraph about a knight.
3. Write your own medieval romance about the adventure of a knight. Use this adventure to show some of the knight's virtues.
Identifying Gerunds. Rewrite the following sentences and bracket the gerunds in the sentences below. If a sentence contains no gerund, write None after it.
1. Beheading is a common fate in medieval romances.
2. Sometimes beheading occurs as part of a contest that involves the exchanging of blows with an ax or sword.
3. Another popular contest, jousting, pitted knight against knight.
4. Riding on horseback wasn't easy for a man in a heavy suit of armor.
5. Competing in such contests was a form of entertainment as well as a preparation for battle.
Selecting Synonyms. Circle the best synonym for each of the following words.
1. comely click to select answer a. plain b. brilliant c. pretty d. ugly
2. covenant click to select answer a. contract b. oath c. deal d. breach
3. amiable click to select answer a. focused b. pleasing c. friendly d. courageous
4. entreat click to select answer a. force b. plead c. ask d. assist
Identifying Personal Traits.Brainstorm a list of your personal traits and values.
