Beowulf Schedules
Various editions of Beowulf format the text differently. Most commonly, there are 43 Parts, though some books arrange those parts slightly differently. At least one version has the entire text arranged in 41 Parts, and some go by line numbers with no divisions at all, though the number of lines isn't consistent throughout editions. With so many variables, we did not include one in the weekly schedule. If you're using one of the following books, we suggest that you print out its weekly schedule and tuck it in your book to use as a bookmark.
Click to view 12-Week Schedules for Year 7
Beowulf by Burton Raffel
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Francis B. Gummere online
Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall online
Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye
Versions with 41 chapters lined up with the others
Click to view 18-Week Schedules for Year 7 Lite
Beowulf by Burton Raffel
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
Beowulf by Francis B. Gummere online
Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall online
Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye
Versions with 41 chapters lined up with the others
Beowulf by Burton Raffel
Week 1 - Prologue, Parts 1-3
Week 2 - Parts 4-7
Week 3 - Parts 8-11
Week 4 - Parts 12-15
Week 5 - Parts 16-19
Week 6 - Parts 20-22
Week 7 - Parts 23-25
Week 8 - Parts 26-29
Week 9 - Parts 30-32
Week 10 - Parts 33-35
Week 11 - Parts 36-39
Week 12 - Parts 40-43
This schedule is for the Seamus Heaney translation, whose line numbers don't exactly match other versions and is not divided into 43 labelled Parts. Lines were matched to Parts 1-43 per Francis Gummere. Page numbers are given for Heaney's illustrated edition.
Week 1
Pt 1 - lines 1-114 (pgs 3-9)
Pt 2 - lines 115-188 (pgs 9-15)
Pt 3 - lines 189-257(pgs 15-19)
Week 2
Pt 4 - lines 258-319 (pgs 19-23)
Pt 5 - lines 320-370 (pgs 23-27)
Pt 6 - lines 371-455 (pgs 27-31)
Pt 7 - lines 455-498 (pgs 31-35)
Week 3
Pt 8 - lines 499-558 (pgs 35-39)
Pt 9 - lines 559-661 (pgs 39-45)
Pt 10 - lines 662-709 (pgs 45-49)
Pt 11 - lines 710-789 (pgs 49-53)
Week 4
Pt 12 - lines 790-835 (pgs 53-57)
Pt 13 - lines 836-923 (pgs 57-61)
Pt 14 - lines 924-989 (pgs 61-67 )
Pt 15 - lines 990-1048 (pgs 67-6)
Week 5
Pt 16 - lines 1049-1125 (pgs 69-77)
Pt 17 - lines 1126-1190 (pgs 77-83; 77-85 in hardback edition)
Pt 18 - lines 1191-1250 (pgs 83-87; 85-89 in hardback edition)
Pt 19 - lines 1251-1320 (pgs 87-91; 89-93 in hardback edition)
Week 6
Pt 20 - lines 1321-1382 (pgs 91-95; 93-97 in hardback edition)
Pt 21 - lines 1383-1472 (pgs 95-101; 97-103 in hardback edition)
Pt 22 - lines 1473-1556 (pgs 101-105; 103-107 in hardback edition)
Week 7
Pt 23 - lines 1557-1650 (pgs 105-111; 107-113 in hardback edition)
Pt 24 - lines 1651-1744 (pgs 111-119; 113-121 in hardback edition)
Pt 25 - lines 1745-1816 (pgs 119-123; 121-125 in hardback edition)
Pt 26 - lines 1817-1887 (pgs 123-127; 125-129 in hardback edition)
Week 8
Pt 27 - lines 1888-1962 (pgs 127-133; 129-135 in hardback edition)
Pt 28 - lines 1963-1999 (pgs 133-135; 135-137 in hardback edition)
Pt 29 - lines 1999-2031 (pgs 135-137; 137-139 in hardback edition)
Pt 30 - lines 2032-2143 (pgs 137-143; 139-145 in hardback edition)
Week 9
Pt 31 - lines 2144-2220 (pgs 145-149; 147-151 in hardback edition)
Pt 32 - lines 2221-2311 (pgs 149-155; 151-157 in hardback edition)
Pt 33 - lines 2312-2390 (pgs 155-161; 157-163 in hardback edition)
Week 10
Pt 34 - lines 2391-2459 (pgs 161-165; 163-167 in hardback edition)
Pt 35 - lines 2460-2602 (pgs 165-173)
Pt 36 - lines 2603-2693 (pgs 173-179)
Week 11
Pt 37 - lines 2694-2751 (pgs 179-183)
Pt 38 - lines 2752-2820 (pgs 183-189)
Pt 39 - lines 2821-2891 (pgs 189-193)
Pt 40 - lines 2892-2945 (pgs 193-195)
Week 12
Pt 41 - lines 2946-3057 (pgs 195-201)
Pt 42 - lines 3058-3136 (pgs 201-207)
Pt 43 - lines 3137-3182 (pgs 207-209)
Beowulf by Francis B. Gummere The Harvard Classics, Vol. 49. P.F. Collier & Son., 1910
Week 1 Pt 1-3
Week 2 Pt 4-7
Week 3 Pt 8-11
Week 4 Pt 12-15
Week 5 Pt 16-19
Week 6 Pt 20-22
Week 7 Pt 23-26
Week 8 Pt 27-30
Week 9 Pt 31-33
Week 10 Pt 34-36
Week 11 Pt 37-40
Week 12 Pt 41-43
This version counts the Prologue as Part I, which throws off the other Parts by 1. Then it combines parts 28/29 to get back on track.
Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall
Week 1
I. Prologue: The Life and Death of Scyld
II. Scyld's Successors; Hrothgar's Great Mead-Hall
III. Grendel, the Murderer
IV. Beowulf Goes to Hrothgar's Assistance
Week 2
V. The Geats Reach Heorot
VI. Beowulf Introduces Himself at the Palace
VII. Hrothgar and Beowulf
VIII. Hrothgar and Beowulf (cont.)
Week 3
IX. Unferth Taunts Beowulf
X. Beowulf Silences Unferth; Glee is High
XI. All Sleep save One
XII. Grendel and Beowulf
Week 4
XIII. Grendel is Vanquished
XIV. Rejoicing of the Danes
XV. Hrothgar's Gratitude
XVI. Hrothgar Lavishes Gifts upon his Deliverer
Week 5
XVII. Banquet (cont.); The Scop's Song of Finn and Hnaef
XVIII. The Finn Episode (cont.); The Banquet Continues
XIX. Beowulf Receives Further Honor
XX. The Mother of Grendel
Week 6
XXI. Hrothgar's Account of the Monsters
XXII. Beowulf Seeks Grendel's Mother
XXIII. Beowulf's Fight with Grendel's Mother
Week 7
XXIV. Beowulf is Double-Conqueror
XXV. Beowulf Brings his Trophies; Hrothgar's Gratitude
XXVI. Hrothgar Moralizes;Rest after Labor
XXVII. Sorrow at Parting
Week 8
XXVIII. The Homeward Journey; The Two Queens
XXIX. Beowulf and Higelac
XXX. Beowulf Narrates his Adventures to Higelac
Week 9
XXXI. Gift-Giving is Mutual
XXXII. The Hoard and the Dragon
XXXIII. Brave Though Aged; Reminiscences
Week 10
XXXIV. Beowulf Seeks the Dragon; Beowulf's Reminiscences
XXXV. Reminiscences (cont.), Beowulf's Last Battle
XXXVI. Wiglaf the Trusty; Beowulf Deserted by Friends and Sword
Week 11
XXXVII. The Fatal Struggle; Beowulf's Last Moments
XXXVIII. Wiglaf Plunders the Dragon's Den; Beowulf's Death
XXXIX. The Dead Foes; Wiglaf's Bitter Taunts
XL. The Messenger of Death
Week 12
XLI. The Messenger's Retrospect
XLII. Wiglaf's Sad Story; The Hoard Carried Off
XLIII. The Burning of Beowulf
Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye
Week 1 ch 1 A Ship Without a Sail pg 1-3; ch 2 A Hall Full of Blood pg 4-9
Week 2 ch 3 Ten Against Grendel pg 10-17
Week 3 ch 4 Beowulf pg 18-24
Week 4 ch 5 Nine Sea-Monsters pg 25-35
Week 5 ch 6 Beowulf Against Grendel pg 36-42
Week 6 ch 7 Celebrations pg 43-52
Week 7 ch 8 Revenge pg 53-61
Week 8 ch 9 Into the Fen pg 62-65; ch 10 Beowulf Against Grendel's Mother pg 66-71
Week 9 ch 11 Grendel's Head pg 72-76
Week 10 ch 12 Beowulf Goes Home pg 77-81; ch 13 King Beowulf pg 82-87
Week 11 ch 14 The Firedrake pg 88-91
Week 12 ch 15 Beowulf Against the Firedrake pg 92-96; ch 16 Bees pg 97-103
18 week schedules for Year 7 Lite
Beowulf by Burton Raffel
Week 1 - Prologue, Parts 1-2
Week 2 - Parts 3-5
Week 3 - Parts 6-8
Week 4 - Parts 9-10
Week 5 - Parts 11-13
Week 6 - Parts 14-15
Week 7 - Parts 16-18
Week 8 - Parts 19-21
Week 9 - Parts 22-23
Week 10 - Parts 24-25
Week 11 - Parts 26-27
Week 12 - Parts 28-30
Week 13 - Parts 31-32
Week 14 - Parts 33-34
Week 15 - Parts 35-36
Week 16 - Parts 37-39
Week 17 - Parts 40-41
Week 18 - Parts 42-43
This is how the Beowulf versions with 41 chapters match up to lines in Seamus Heaney's version, and with other version that have 43 Parts. Parts 16 and 17 divide right in the middle of a song. This is the case with all the Beowulf editions that are divided into chapters or parts. Note that in two instances (they're marked with an asterisk), a chapter breaks a few lines earlier than in other versions, but they're still very close.
Week 1
Prelude - lines 1-52 (Pt 1a in other versions)
Chapter 1 - lines 53-114 (Pt 1b)
Chapter 2 - lines 115-188 (Pt 2)
Chapter 3 - lines 189-257 (Pt 3)
Week 2
Chapter 4 - lines 258-319 (Pt 4)
Chapter 5 - lines 320-370 (Pt 5)
Chapter 6 - lines 371-455 (Pt 6)
Chapter 7 - lines 456-498 (Pt 7)
Week 3
Chapter 8 - lines 499-558 (Pt 8)
Chapter 9 - lines 559-661 (Pt 9)
Chapter 10 - lines 662-709 (Pt 10)
Chapter 11 - lines 710-789 (Pt 11)
Week 4
Chapter 12 - lines 790-835 (Pt 12)
Chapter 13 - lines 836-923 (Pt 13)
Chapter 14 - lines 924-989 (Pt 14)
Chapter 15 - lines 990-1048 (Pt 15)
Week 5
Chapter 16 - lines 1049-1126 (Pt 16)
Chapter 17 - lines 1127-1190 (Pt 17)
Chapter 18 - lines 1191-1250 (Pt 18)
Chapter 19 - lines 1251-1320 (Pt 19)
Week 6
Chapter 20 - lines 1321-1382 (Pt 20)
Chapter 21 - lines 1383-1472 (Pt 21)
Chapter 22 - lines 1473-1556 (Pt 22)
Week 7
Chapter 23 - lines 1557-1650 (Pt 23)
Chapter 24 - lines 1651-1753 (Pt 24)
Chapter 25 - lines 1754-1816 (Pt 25) *
Chapter 26 - lines 1817-1896 (Pt 26)
Week 8
Chapter 27 - lines 1897-1962 (Pt 27) *
Chapter 28 - lines 1963-2143 (Pt 28, 29, 30)
Week 9
Chapter 29 - lines 2144-2220 (Pt 31)
Chapter 30 - lines 2221-2311 (Pt 32)
Chapter 31 - lines 2312-2390 (Pt 33)
Week 10
Chapter 32 - lines 2391-2459 (Pt 34)
Chapter 33 - lines 2460-2601 (Pt 35)
Chapter 34 - lines 2602-2693 (Pt 36)
Week 11
Chapter 35 - lines 2694-2751 (Pt 37)
Chapter 36 - lines 2752-2820 (Pt 38)
Chapter 37 - lines 2821-2891 (Pt 39)
Chapter 38 - lines 2892-2945 (Pt 40)
Week 12
Chapter 39 - lines 2946-3057 (Pt 41)
Chapter 40 - lines 3058-3136 (Pt 42)
Chapter 41 - lines 3137-3182 (Pt 43)
This schedule is for the Seamus Heaney translation, whose line numbers don't exactly match other versions and is not divided into 43 labelled Parts. Lines were matched to Parts 1-43 per Francis Gummere. Page numbers are given for Heaney's illustrated edition.
Week 1
Pt 1 - lines 1-114 (pgs 3-9)
Pt 2 - lines 115-188 (pgs 9-15)
Week 2
Pt 3 - lines 189-257(pgs 15-19)
Pt 4 - lines 258-319 (pgs 19-23)
Pt 5 - lines 320-370 (pgs 23-27)
Week 3
Pt 6 - lines 371-455 (pgs 27-31)
Pt 7 - lines 455-498 (pgs 31-35)
Pt 8 - lines 499-558 (pgs 35-39)
Week 4
Pt 9 - lines 559-661 (pgs 39-45)
Pt 10 - lines 662-709 (pgs 45-49)
Week 5
Pt 11 - lines 710-789 (pgs 49-53)
Pt 12 - lines 790-835 (pgs 53-57)
Pt 13 - lines 836-923 (pgs 57-61)
Week 6
Pt 14 - lines 924-989 (pgs 61-67 )
Pt 15 - lines 990-1048 (pgs 67-6)
Week 7
Pt 16 - lines 1049-1125 (pgs 69-77)
Pt 17 - lines 1126-1190 (pgs 77-83; 77-85 in hardback edition)
Pt 18 - lines 1191-1250 (pgs 83-87; 85-89 in hardback edition)
Week 8
Pt 19 - lines 1251-1320 (pgs 87-91; 89-93 in hardback edition)
Pt 20 - lines 1321-1382 (pgs 91-95; 93-97 in hardback edition)
Pt 21 - lines 1383-1472 (pgs 95-101; 97-103 in hardback edition)
Week 9
Pt 22 - lines 1473-1556 (pgs 101-105; 103-107 in hardback edition)
Pt 23 - lines 1557-1650 (pgs 105-111; 107-113 in hardback edition)
Week 10
Pt 24 - lines 1651-1744 (pgs 111-119; 113-121 in hardback edition)
Pt 25 - lines 1745-1816 (pgs 119-123; 121-125 in hardback edition)
Week 11
Pt 26 - lines 1817-1887 (pgs 123-127; 125-129 in hardback edition)
Pt 27 - lines 1888-1962 (pgs 127-133; 129-135 in hardback edition)
Week 12
Pt 28 - lines 1963-1999 (pgs 133-135; 135-137 in hardback edition)
Pt 29 - lines 1999-2031 (pgs 135-137; 137-139 in hardback edition)
Pt 30 - lines 2032-2143 (pgs 137-143; 139-145 in hardback edition)
Week 13
Pt 31 - lines 2144-2220 (pgs 145-149; 147-151 in hardback edition)
Pt 32 - lines 2221-2311 (pgs 149-155; 151-157 in hardback edition)
Week 14
Pt 33 - lines 2312-2390 (pgs 155-161; 157-163 in hardback edition)
Pt 34 - lines 2391-2459 (pgs 161-165; 163-167 in hardback edition)
Week 15
Pt 35 - lines 2460-2602 (pgs 165-173)
Pt 36 - lines 2603-2693 (pgs 173-179)
Week 16
Pt 37 - lines 2694-2751 (pgs 179-183)
Pt 38 - lines 2752-2820 (pgs 183-189)
Pt 39 - lines 2821-2891 (pgs 189-193)
Week 17
Pt 40 - lines 2892-2945 (pgs 193-195)
Pt 41 - lines 2946-3057 (pgs 195-201)
Week 18
Pt 42 - lines 3058-3136 (pgs 201-207)
Pt 43 - lines 3137-3182 (pgs 207-209)
Beowulf by Francis B. Gummere The Harvard Classics, Vol. 49. P.F. Collier & Son., 1910
Week 1 Pt 1-2
Week 2 Pt 3-5
Week 3 Pt 6-8
Week 4 Pt 9-10
Week 5 Pt 11-13
Week 6 Pt 14-15
Week 7 Pt 16-18
Week 8 Pt 19-21
Week 9 Pt 22-23
Week 10 Pt 24-25
Week 11 Pt 26-27
Week 12 Pt 28-30
Week 13 Pt 31-32
Week 14 Pt 33-34
Week 15 Pt 35-36
Week 16 Pt 37-39
Week 17 Pt 40-41
Week 18 Pt 42-43
This version counts the Prologue as Part I, which throws off the other Parts by 1. Then it combines parts 28/29 to get back on track.
Beowulf by J. Lesslie Hall
Week 1
I. Prologue: The Life and Death of Scyld
II. Scyld's Successors; Hrothgar's Great Mead-Hall
III. Grendel, the Murderer
Week 2
IV. Beowulf Goes to Hrothgar's Assistance
V. The Geats Reach Heorot
VI. Beowulf Introduces Himself at the Palace
Week 3
VII. Hrothgar and Beowulf
VIII. Hrothgar and Beowulf (cont.)
IX. Unferth Taunts Beowulf
Week 4
X. Beowulf Silences Unferth; Glee is High
XI. All Sleep save One
Week 5
XII. Grendel and Beowulf
XIII. Grendel is Vanquished
XIV. Rejoicing of the Danes
Week 6
XV. Hrothgar's Gratitude
XVI. Hrothgar Lavishes Gifts upon his Deliverer
Week 7
XVII. Banquet (cont.); The Scop's Song of Finn and Hnaef
XVIII. The Finn Episode (cont.); The Banquet Continues
XIX. Beowulf Receives Further Honor
Week 8
XX. The Mother of Grendel
XXI. Hrothgar's Account of the Monsters
XXII. Beowulf Seeks Grendel's Mother
Week 9
XXIII. Beowulf's Fight with Grendel's Mother
XXIV. Beowulf is Double-Conqueror
Week 10
XXV. Beowulf Brings his Trophies; Hrothgar's Gratitude
XXVI. Hrothgar Moralizes;Rest after Labor
Week 11
XXVII. Sorrow at Parting
XXVIII. The Homeward Journey; The Two Queens
Week 12
XXIX. Beowulf and Higelac
XXX. Beowulf Narrates his Adventures to Higelac
Week 13
XXXI. Gift-Giving is Mutual
XXXII. The Hoard and the Dragon
Week 14
XXXIII. Brave Though Aged; Reminiscences
XXXIV. Beowulf Seeks the Dragon; Beowulf's Reminiscences
Week 15
XXXV. Reminiscences (cont.), Beowulf's Last Battle
XXXVI. Wiglaf the Trusty; Beowulf Deserted by Friends and Sword
Week 16
XXXVII. The Fatal Struggle; Beowulf's Last Moments
XXXVIII. Wiglaf Plunders the Dragon's Den; Beowulf's Death
XXXIX. The Dead Foes; Wiglaf's Bitter Taunts
Week 17
XL. The Messenger of Death
XLI. The Messenger's Retrospect
Week 18
XLII. Wiglaf's Sad Story; The Hoard Carried Off
XLIII. The Burning of Beowulf
Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye
Week 1 ch 1 A Ship Without a Sail pg 1-3
Week 2 ch 2 A Hall Full of Blood pg 4-9
Week 3 ch 3 Ten Against Grendel pg 10-17
Week 4 ch 4 Beowulf pg 18-24
Week 5 ch 5 Nine Sea-Monsters pg 25-35, first half
Week 6 ch 5 Nine Sea-Monsters pg 25-35, second half
Week 7 ch 6 Beowulf Against Grendel pg 36-42
Week 8 ch 7 Celebrations pg 43-52, first half
Week 9 ch 7 Celebrations pg 43-52, second half
Week 10 ch 8 Revenge pg 53-61
Week 11 ch 9 Into the Fen pg 62-65
Week 12 ch 10 Beowulf Against Grendel's Mother pg 66-71
Week 13 ch 11 Grendel's Head pg 72-76
Week 14 ch 12 Beowulf Goes Home pg 77-81
Week 15 ch 13 King Beowulf pg 82-87
Week 16 ch 14 The Firedrake pg 88-91
Week 17 ch 15 Beowulf Against the Firedrake pg 92-96
Week 18 ch 16 Bees pg 97-103
This is how the Beowulf versions with 41 chapters match up to lines in Seamus Heaney's version, and with other version that have 43 Parts. Parts 16 and 17 divide right in the middle of a song. This is the case with all the Beowulf editions that are divided into chapters or parts. Note that in two instances (they're marked with an asterisk), a chapter breaks a few lines earlier than in other versions, but they're still very close.
Week 1
Prelude - lines 1-52 (Pt 1a in other versions)
Chapter 1 - lines 53-114 (Pt 1b)
Chapter 2 - lines 115-188 (Pt 2)
Week 2
Chapter 3 - lines 189-257 (Pt 3)
Chapter 4 - lines 258-319 (Pt 4)
Chapter 5 - lines 320-370 (Pt 5)
Week 3
Chapter 6 - lines 371-455 (Pt 6)
Chapter 7 - lines 456-498 (Pt 7)
Chapter 8 - lines 499-558 (Pt 8)
Week 4
Chapter 9 - lines 559-661 (Pt 9)
Chapter 10 - lines 662-709 (Pt 10)
Week 5
Chapter 11 - lines 710-789 (Pt 11)
Chapter 12 - lines 790-835 (Pt 12)
Chapter 13 - lines 836-923 (Pt 13)
Week 6
Chapter 14 - lines 924-989 (Pt 14)
Chapter 15 - lines 990-1048 (Pt 15)
Week 7
Chapter 16 - lines 1049-1126 (Pt 16)
Chapter 17 - lines 1127-1190 (Pt 17)
Chapter 18 - lines 1191-1250 (Pt 18)
Week 8
Chapter 19 - lines 1251-1320 (Pt 19)
Chapter 20 - lines 1321-1382 (Pt 20)
Chapter 21 - lines 1383-1472 (Pt 21)
Week 9
Chapter 22 - lines 1473-1556 (Pt 22)
Chapter 23 - lines 1557-1650 (Pt 23)
Week 10
Chapter 24 - lines 1651-1753 (Pt 24)
Chapter 25 - lines 1754-1816 (Pt 25) *
Week 11
Chapter 26 - lines 1817-1896 (Pt 26)
Chapter 27 - lines 1897-1962 (Pt 27) *
Week 12
Chapter 28 - lines 1963-2143 (Pt 28, 29, 30)
Week 13
Chapter 29 - lines 2144-2220 (Pt 31)
Chapter 30 - lines 2221-2311 (Pt 32)
Week 14
Chapter 31 - lines 2312-2390 (Pt 33)
Chapter 32 - lines 2391-2459 (Pt 34)
Week 15
Chapter 33 - lines 2460-2601 (Pt 35)
Chapter 34 - lines 2602-2693 (Pt 36)
Week 16
Chapter 35 - lines 2694-2751 (Pt 37)
Chapter 36 - lines 2752-2820 (Pt 38)
Chapter 37 - lines 2821-2891 (Pt 39)
Week 17
Chapter 38 - lines 2892-2945 (Pt 40)
Chapter 39 - lines 2946-3057 (Pt 41)
Week 18
Chapter 40 - lines 3058-3136 (Pt 42)
Chapter 41 - lines 3137-3182 (Pt 43)