A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING

ENGLISH 4

                                                            SEVEN STEP LESSON

                                                                   APRIL 29, 2013

                                         A VALEDICTION: FORBIDDING MOURNING

DO NOW: IF YOU WERE LEAVING SOMEONE FOR A LONG TIME WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE PERSON WHOM YOU LOVE AND WERE LEAVING BEHIND?  IF YOU WERE THE ONE BEING LEFT BEHIND WHAT WOULD YOU WANT YOUR LOVED ONE TO SAY TO YOU?  COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS FIRST AND THEN DEVELOP A SHORT PARAGRAPH IN RESPONSE TO THIS.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 340 AND TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LITERARY FOCUS SECTION AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT ARE METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS?
2. GIVE SOME EXAMPLES OF A METAPHYSICAL CONCEIT.
3. IN WHAT WAY DID THE METAPHYSICAL POETS USE THESE CONCEITS?
4. WHAT WOULD A METAPHYSICAL POET BE TRYING TO SAY IF THEY WERE USING THESE IMAGES IN A POEM:

• A LOVER’S TEARS  ARE NEWLY MINTED COINS
• THE KING’S COURT IS A BOWLING ALLEY
• A MAN IS A WORLD
• LOVERS ARE HOLY SAINTS

5. WHAT DOES THIS WRITER MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “IN THIS POEM, THE LOVERS ARE COMPARED TO THE TWO PRONGS OF A COMPASS (THE KIND USED TO DRAW CIRCLES IN GEOMETRY   
6. IN THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON PAGE 340 WHO DID WALTON SAY DONNE WROTE THIS POEM FOR?
7. WHERE DID DONNE TRAVEL AND WHAT TYPE OF JOB DID HE HOLD?
8. WHAT DID DONNE’S WIFE URGE HIM TO DO?
9. AS A RESULT OF DONNE NOT LISTENING TO HIS WIFE WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
10. DESCRIBE THE VISION THAT DONNE HAD.
11. WHO WAS ROBERT DRURY?
12. IN WHAT WAY WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS VISION IMPACTED DONNE?

GUIDED PRACTICE:   

1. READ THE FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS.  WHY DO YOU THINK THE SPEAKER OF THIS POEM IS URGING HIS LOVED ONE (WIFE) TO DEPART FROM HIM?
2. READ THE THIRD STANZA.  WHAT IS THIS SAYING ABOUT THE PHENOMENON OF THE EARTH?
3. WHAT IS THE FOURTH STANZA SAYING ABOUT LOVERS?
4. WHAT SIMILE IS USED IN THE SIXTH STANZA?  
5. WHAT SEPARATION IS BEING REFERRED TO IN THE SIXTH STANZA?
6. DEFINE METAPHYSICAL POETRY ON PAGE 1423.
7. EXAMINE STANZA SEVEN.  WHAT ARE THE HUSBAND AND WIFE BEING COMPARED TO?
8. WHAT MAKES THE DESCRIPTION OR COMPARISON USED IN STANZA SEVEN A METAPHYSICAL CONCEIT?
9. WHAT DOES THE EIGHTH STANZA SUGGEST ABOUT COMPLETENESS AND COMING HOME?
10.                          A CIRCLE SYMBOLIZES COMPLETENESS.  IN WHAT WAY IS COMPLETENESS SYMBOLIZED HERE?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: EXAMINE THE EXAMPLES GIVEN UNDER THE CATEGORY METAPHYSICAL POETS ON PAGE 340.  SELECT A DESCRIPTION

SUCH AS “A LOVER’S TEARS ARE NEWLY MINTED COINS,” “THE KING’S COURT IS A BOWLING ALLEY,” “A MAN IS A WORLD” AND “LOVERS ARE HOLY SAINTS” AND THEN CREATE A POEM OF YOUR OWN CENTERING AROUND THESE DESCRIPTIONS.  YOU CAN ALSO THINK OF YOUR OWN METAPHYSICAL CONCEITS AND CREATE YOUR OWN POEM.

EXIT TICKET: ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

(1)   HOW WOULD YOU PARAPHRASE THE SIMILE IN LINES 1-8?

(2)   EXAMINE LINES 1-8 AGAIN.  WHAT EMOTIONS DOES THIS FIGURE OF SPEECH EVOKE?

(3)   THE SPEAKER TELLS HIS WIFE THAT THEIR LOVE IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF OTHER COUPLES.  WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES HE SEE AND HOW DOES HE EXPRESS IT.

(4)   WHY DO YOU THINK DONNE REFERS TO IRREGULAR EVENTS ON EARTH AND IN THE HEAVENS IN LINES 9-12?  WHAT KIND OF EVENTS ARE LIKE THE SEPARATION OF LOVERS?

(5)   HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CONCEIT DONNE USS IN LINES 25-36

AND WHAT DOES IT SUGGEST ABOUT THE NATURE OF LOVE?

EDWARD EDWARD

                                                            ENGLISH 4                             

                                                    “EDWARD…EDWARD”

                                       TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                        SIXTH COURSE

                                                       JANUARY 2, 2013

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DO NOW: THINK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT DEALS WITH SENSATIONALISM,

(SUBJECT MATTER, LANGUAGE, OR STYLE OF WRITING THAT PRODUCES

 OR IS DESIGNED TO PRODUCE STARTLING OR THRILLING IMPRESSIONS OR

 TO EXCITE AND PLEASE A SICK OR VULGAR TASTE).  THEN THINK ABOUT

 A SENSATIONAL SUBJECT MATTER THAT DEALS WITH HOME ISSUES AND

 YET THESE ISSUES BECOME NEWS WORTHY AND THAT GETS REPORTED

 ON TELEVISION OR RADIO.  IDENTIFY SUCH A SUBJECT MATTER AND

 THEN WRITE IT IN THE SAME WAY IN WHICH A NEWS REPORT WOULD BE

READ.  USE SENSATIONAL LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO GET YOUR

AUDIENCE’S ATTENTION.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION: READ REFLECTING ON THE LITERARY PERIOD (PAGE 225) AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHO WERE THE MEDIEVAL ROMANCES COMPOSED FOR?
2. WHAT FLOURISHED DURING THE MIDDLE AGES?
3. IN WHAT WAY IS THE STYLE OF A ROMANCE DIFFERENT FROM THE STYLE OF A BALLAD?
4. WHAT TYPE OF SYSTEM DOES SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT RERFLECT?
5. WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF MEDIEVAL NARRATORS THAT CONTINUES TO RESONATE?
6. HOW IS THE POPULAR OR FOLK BALLAD DEFINED?
7. WHY IS THE BALLAD EFFECTIVE?
8. WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR THEMES IN THE FOLK BALLAD?
9. DISCUSS IN YOUR OPINION WHY THESE THEMES WOULD HAVE BEEN POPULAR?
10. WHAT IS IT THAT THE BALLAD DOES NOT PROVIDE?
11. YET, THE BALLAD IS DESCRIBED HOW?
12. SOMETIME THE BALLAD DEALT WITH WHAT?
13. IN A FOLK BALLAD WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT PLOT?
14. DEFINE CHIVALRY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.                                      (2)

GUIDED PRACTICE: READ THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF “EDWARD, EDWARD” ON PAGE ON PAGE 226 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHY IS “EDWARD, EDWARD” CONSIDERED AS AN “INTERNATIONAL BALLAD?”
2. WHAT WAS THE SWEDISH VERSION?
3. WHAT WAS SIR THOMAS PERCY’S ROLE WITH THE BALLADS IN THE 1760’S?
4. TURN TO PAGE 133 AND RE READ THE LITERARY FOCUS BALLADS: POPULAR POETRY AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (A) WHERE DO BALLADS COME FROM? (B) WHAT IS IT THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT BALLAD FORM? (C) WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAS COME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BALLAD? (D) WHAT ARE THE CONVENTIONS USED BY THE BALLAD SINGERS? (E) DEFINE INCREMENTAL REPETITION (F) DEFINE QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: READ THE BALLAD “EDWARD, EDWARD” ON PAGE 226 AND PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK:

1. PARAPHRASE THE BALLAD “EDWARD, EDWARD”
2. THINK ABOUT YOUR TOPIC FROM THE “DO NOW” AND CREATE YOUR OWN BALLAD BASED ON THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED.
3. SUMMARIZE “EDWARD, EDWARD.”

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: BASED ON YOUR READING OF “EDWARD, EDWARD” ON PAGE 226 ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. IDENTIFY THE FORMAT OF “EDWARD, EDWARD.”
2. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE FORMAT AND SUBJECT MATTER OF “EDWARD, EDWARD” WITH THE FORMAT AND SUBJECT MATTER OF LORD RANDALL ON PAGE 131.
3. THINK IN TERMS OF MAKING A LIVING AND THEN EXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF EDWARD’S HORSE AND HAWK.
4. WHAT HAPPENS TO EDWARD’S HAWK AND HORSE?
5. NOTICE THE RESPONSES OF EDWARD’S MOTHER.  WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT HER CHARACTER?
6. WHY DOES EDWARD KILL HIS OWN FATHER?
7. WHAT COULD NOW BE THE MENTAL STATE OF EDWARD?  IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THE FAMILY COULD HAVE LEAD TO HIS MENTAL CONDITION?  EXPLAIN.
8. WHY IS EDWARD GOING AWAY?
9. IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT EDWARD PLANS TO KILL HIS MOTHER TOO?  WHAT IS THIS EVIDENCE?                                          (3)
10. FIND EXAMPLES OF INCREMENTAL REPETITION AND HOW DOES IT  EFFECT THE CLIMAX?

EXIT TICKET: RE READ “EDWARD, EDWARD” AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:  IN “EDWARD, EDWARD” ONE PIECE OF ACTION LEADS TO ANOTHER PIECE OF ACTION, HOWEVER WHAT QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED?  CITE DETAILS FROM THE BALLAD TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION.

HOMEWORK: THINK IN TERMS OF THE POPULAR FOLK BALLAD.  DEVELOP A WELL WRITTEN COMPOSITION EXPLAINING THE IMPLICATIONS OF EDWARD’S LAST RESPONSE TO HIS MOTHER IN THE FINAL STANZA OF THE BALLAD.

12-6-12 CANTERBURY TALES

                                                      ENGLISH 4                                               (1)

                                        THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                       SIXTH COURSE

                                                  DECEMBER 6, 2012

DO NOW:  WHEN YOU AS A STUDENT GRADUATE FROM RANDOLPH YOU WILL BE TRAINED AND CERTIFIED IN SOME TYPE OF TRADE OR SKILL.  IF SOMEONE WERE TO WRITE A STORY OR POEM ABOUT THE SKILL OR TRADE THAT YOU HAVE TRAINED IN WHAT WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO SAY?  WRITE A SHORT STORY OR POEM DEMONSTRATING WHAT YOU WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR TRADE, TRAINING OR SKILL.

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reeve

¹ [reev] Show IPA

noun

1.

an administrative officer of a town or district.

2.

British . an overseer or superintendent of workers, tenants, or an estate.

3.

British . (formerly) a person of high rank representing the crown.

4.

Canadian. the presiding officer of a village or town council.

Relevant Questions

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DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGE 159 THE REEVE TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW DOES THE NARRATOR DESCRIBE THE REEVE IN THE OPENING OF THE REEVE TALE?  EXAMINE LINES 605 TO 610.
2. EXAMINE LINES 611 AND 612.  WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE REEVE AND THE AUDITOR?
3. WHAT DOES LINES 613 AND 614 SUGGEST TO US ABOUT THE REEVE’S “WATCHING DROUGHT AND RAIN” AND “EXPECT FROM SEED AND GRAIN?”
4. WHAT PROPERTY OF THE REEVE WAS “WHOLLY TRUSTED TO HIS GOVERNMENT?”
5. THE REEVE WAS EMPOWERED UNDER CONTRACT TO DO WHAT?  EXAMINE LINES 618 AND 619.
6. LINE 611 TO 620 SUGGESTS THAT THIS REEVE IS CLEVER ENOUGH TO MAKE A SECOND LIVING WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PERFORMING HIS FIRST JOB.  WHAT IN REALITY IS HE DOING?
7. READ LINE 623.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PLAGUE?
8. EXAMINE LINES 621 TO 630.  HOW DOES THE REEVE TREAT THE LORD?
9. THE NARRATOR ENDS THE REEVE TALE BY DESCRIBING THE REEVES’S TRADE AND CLOTHLING ATTIRE.  WHAT IS IT THAT THE NARRATOR SAYS?

GUIDED PRACTICE:  READ THE SUMMONER TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (PAGE 160):

SUMMONER IS A PERSON WHO DELIVERS SUMMONSES THAT CALL PEOPLE TO APPEAR IN CHURCH COURTS.

leek

[leek] Show IPA

noun

1.

a plant, Allium ampeloprasum,  of the amaryllis family, allied to the onion, having a cylindrical bulb and leaves used in cookery.

2.

any of various allied species.

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ank.

3. CONCUBINE

(especially formerly in Muslim societies) a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan, for sexual purposes.

Definition of GARLAND

1

: a circular or spiral arrangement of intertwined material (as flowers or leaves)

2

: anthology, collection

1. HOW DOES THE SUMMMONER BEHAVE WHEN HE HAS TOO MUCH TO DRINK?
2. EXAMINE LINESS 660 TO 665.  WHAT IS THE SUMMONER’S WIT OR MIND BEING COMPARED TO?
3. AS THE TALE OPENS APPARENTLY THE SUMMONER WAS AT THE INN WITH THE OTHERS.  HOW IS THE SUMMONER DESCRIBED BY THE NARRATOR?
4. WHAT WERE THE CHILDREN’S REACTION WHEN THE SUMMONER APPEARED?
5. WHY DO YOU THINK THE CHILDREN REACTED IN THIS WAY?
6. WHAT EFFECTS DID THE REMEMDIES HAVE ON THE SUMMONER?
7. EXAMINE LINE 665, WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN HERE?
8. EXAMINR LINE 670.  WHAT IS MEANT HERE?  “…AND HE HAD FINCHES OF  HIS OWN TO FEATHER….”
9. EXAMINE LINES 671 TO 674.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE SUMMONER AND THE RASCAL’S SOUL/
10. EXAMINE LINES 675 AND TO LINES 679.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE SUMMONER?
11. LINE 680 “…WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF EXCOMMUNICATION MEANS WHAT?
12. EXAMINE LINES 681 AND 682.  “…THUS, AS HE PLEASED, THE MAN COULD BRING DURESS ON ANY YOUNG FELLOW IN THE DIOCESE.
13. EXAMINE LINES 683.  DISCUSS THE ELEMENT OF BLACKMAIL THAT IS SUGGESTED?
14. THE NARRATOR ENDS HIS TALE ABOUT THE SUMMONER DESCRIBING AN ALE HOUSE WHICH IN MEDIEVAL TIMES THE SIGN FOR A TAVERN OR BAR WAS A BGARLAND OF HOLLY

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INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  READ THE PARDONER’S TALE ON PAGE 162 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

eu·nuch

noun \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

Definition of EUNUCH

1

: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace

2

: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals

3

: one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>

— eu·nuch·ism noun

See eunuch defined for English-language learners »

1. THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT THE SUMMONER AND THE PARDONER ARE “…A BIRD FROM CHARING CROSS OF THE SAME FEATHER….”  WHAT IS THIS SAYING/
2. AS THE NARRATOR SEES IT WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUMMONER’S SONGS?
3. WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN OF THE PARDONER FROM LINES 695 TO 702?
4. “… HE AIMED AT RIDING IN THE LATEST MODE….” SUGGESTS WHAT?
5. EXAMINE LINES 703 AND 704.  WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE?  WHAT DOES THE DESCRIPTION SUGGEST?
6. WHAT IS THE RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE MENTIONED IN LINES 705 AND 706.
7. EXAMINE LINES 708 TO711.  A GELDING IS A NEUTERED HORSE.  WHAT MAY THE NARRATOR BE HINTING ABOUT THE PARDONER?
8. EXAMINE 712 714.   WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE?
9. WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT CHRIST?  WHAT IS THE DEEPER MEANING BEHIND “…TO WALK THE WAVES?”
10. EXAMINE LINES 719 TO  725>  HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THE NARRATOR IS IMPLYING THAT THE PARDONER’S RELICS ARE A FAKE?
11. IN WHAT WAY IS LINES 725 AND 726 INSULTING TO THE PARDONER?

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12. EXAMINE LINE 728 AND 729.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PARDONER?
13. EXAMINE LINES 730 TO 734.  HOW IS THE PARDONER ABLE TO WIN MONEY?
14. EXAMINE LINES 735 TO 749.  WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR PLAN TO TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY?
15. EXAMINE LINES 750 TO 754.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING?
16.  

ENGLISH 4

                                      THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                              SIXTH COURSE

                                          DECEMBER 5, 2012

DO NOW:  THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT MANKIND OFTEN FINDING THEMSELVES DOING OR ENGAGED IN.  ONCE AN INDIVIDUAL CHANGES WHAT THE DO THE PAST SHOULD NO LONGER DEFINE THEM.  TAKE A POITION ON THIS THOUGHT AND RESPOND TO IT IN PARAGRAPH FORM.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE WIFE OF BATH ON PAGE 155 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. AS THE WIFE OF BATH TALE OPENS WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN DOES SHE APPEAR TO BE?
2. THE WIFE OF BATH HAD A PROBLEM WITH ONE OF HER FIVE SENSES.  WHICH ONE OF THE SENSES DID SHE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AND WHAT WAS IT?
3. THE WIFE OF BATH APPARENTLY HAD SKILLS AT SEWING.  HOW GOOD WAS SHE AT THAT?
4. LINES 484, 485 AND 486 SPEAKS TO THE WIFE OF BATH’S SOCIALIZATION SKILLS.  WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS IT TELLING US?
5. AS A PILGRIM WHO IS TRAVELING TO CANTERBURY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES SHE HAS TRAVELED TO?
6. EXAMINE LINES 470 AND 471.  WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN IS SHE?  WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT HER PAST?
7. THR NARRATOR SAYS “…BOLD WAS HER FACE, HANDSOME, AND RED IN HUE….”  IF THE NARRATOR DESCRIBES HER AS HANDSOME THEN WHAT TYPE OF FACIAL FEATURES DOES THE WIFE OF BATH HAVE?
8. EXAMINE LINES 564 TO 567.  HOW IS HER CLOTHES DESCRIBED?
9. ANALYZE LINES 559 & 560.  WHAT DOES THIS SAY?  IN ADDITION TO THIS WHAT TYPE OF WOMAN CAN WE SAY THAT SHE IS?
10. EXAMINE LINE 478.  THE GAP IN WOMEN’S TEETH DURING CHAUCER’S TIME WAS CONSIDERED A SIGN OF WHAT?

READ THE PARSON TALE ON PAGES 156 AND 157 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW IS THE PARSON DESCRIBED AS THE TALE OPENS/
2. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS THAT “…YET HE WAS RICH IN HOLY THOUGHT AND WORK….”

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3.     THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT “…HE WAS A LEARNED MAN, A CLERK, WHO TRULY KNEW CHRIST’S GOSPEL AND WOULD PREACH IT DEVOUTLY TO PARISHIONERS, AND TEACH IT….”     
4. EXAMINE LINES 490, 491 AND 492.  WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE ABOUT EDUCATION, THE BIBLE AND TEACHING?
5. LINES 493 AND 493 SEEMS TO SPEAK WELL OF THE PARSON.  WHAT IS IT SAYING?
6. HOW DID THE PARSON FEEL ABOUT EXTORTING A FE?  WHAT DOES THE WORD EXTORT MEAN?
7. LINES 497 TO 499 DISCUSS THE WAY THE PARSON FEELS ABOUT GIVING TO THE POOR.  EXPLAIN HOW THE PARSON FEELS.
8.   EXAMINE LINE 500.  “…HE COULD IN LITTLE FIND SUFFICIENCY…” SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT THE PARSON’S LIFE STYLE?
9. EXAMINE LINES 502 TO 504 “…YET HE NEGLECTED NOT IN RAIN OR THUNDER, IN SIKNESS OR IN GRIEF, TO PAY A CALL ON THE REMOTEST, WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL….”
10. “…WIDE WAS HIS PARISH, WITH HOUSES FAR ASUNDER SAYS WHAT ABOUT HIS PROPERTY?
11. EXAMINE AND ANALYZE LINES 505 TO 510.  WHAT EXAMPLE DOES THE PARSON GIVE TO HIS PARISHIONERS?  WHERE DOES HIS TEACHINGS COME FROM?  WHAT DOES THE PARSON MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “… THAT IF GOLD CAN RUST, WHAT THEN WILL IRON DO?....”
12. EXAMINE LINES 511 AND 512.  WHAT DOES THE PARSON MEAN HERE?   
13. EXAMINE LINES 515 AND 516.  WHAT IS THIS EXAMPLE THAT THE PARSON IS SPEAKING OF?
14. EXAMINE LINES 517 TO 521.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PARSON’S “DUTIES,” “SHEEP ENCUMBERED IN THE MIRE,” “GOING TO LONDON” AND GETTING”ENROLLED?
15. EXAMINE LINES 522 AND 523.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING HERE ABOUT THE PARSON?
16. “…HE WAS A SHEPHERD AND NO MERCENARY…” SUGGESTS WHAT?
17. EXAMINE LINES 525 AND 528.  WHAT TYPE OF MAN DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THIS PARSON IS?
18. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN WHEN HE SAYS “…HIS BUSINESS WAS TO SHOW A FAIR BEHAVIOR AND DRAW MEN THUS TO HEAVEN AND THEIR  SAVIOR….”
19. EXAMINE LINES 531 TO 534.  IS THE INTER[RETATION HERE IS THAT THE PARSON LEADS BY EXAMPLE AND IS COMPASSIONATE RATHER THAN HOLDS HATRED FOR SINNERS?  BUT WHEN SOMEONE STUBBORNLY INSISTS AND PRESISTS ON DOING WRONG OF HIGH OR LOW RANK HOW DOES THE PARSON DEALS WITH THEM?

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20. THE NARRATOR SAYS THAT “…THERE NEVER WAS A BETTER PRIEST….”  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING “POMP OR GLORY,” SCRUPULOSITY” “CHRIST AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES” AND “TEACHING” AND “FOLLOWING?”                                                                                            

PARSON DEFINED: par·son

                                                                                      

[pahr-suh n] Show IPA

noun

1.

a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.

2.

the holder or incumbent of a parochial benefice, especially an Anglican.

                                                                                                              

GUIDED PRACTICE:  READ THE PLOWMAN ON PAGE 157 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

** A PLOWMAN IS A FARM WORKER**

1. HOW IS THE PLOWMAN AND THE PORSON RELATED?
2. HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT THE NARRATOR APPROVES OF THE PLOWMAN LIKE HE APPROVES OF THE PARSON?
3. WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE VIRTUES THAT THE NARRATOR  SPEAKS ABOUT CONCERNIING THE PLOWMAN?
4. LINES 544, 545 AND 546 DEALS WITH THE BIBLE: “ AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THINE HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT” (Deut. 6:5) AND “THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF” (Lev. 19:18). JESUS CITES THESE AS THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS OF ALL (MARK 12:28-31: MATT. 22:37-40)  BASED ON THIS WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY ABOUT THIS PLOWMAN?  EXPLAIN.

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5. EXAMINE LINES 547, 548 AND 549.  WHAT TYPE OF WORK EHIC DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THE PLOWMAN HAS?
6. EXAMINE LINES 550 AND 554.  WHAT IS THE PLOWMAN’S LOVE?  WHAT IS SAID ABOUT THE PLOWMAN’S ACCEPTANCE OF MONEY AND IN WHAT WAY DOES HE GIVE PAYMENT TO THE CHURCH?
7. EXAMINE LINES 555 TO 560.  HOW DOES THE NARRATOR SUM UP HIS DISCUSSION OF THE PLOWMAN TALE?  WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE/DESCRIPTION OF THE PLOWMAN AND WHAT DID HE WEAR?
8. IN WHAT WAY DOES THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE PLOWMAN WAS WEARING TIE INTO HOW THE STORY ENDS?

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  SILENTLY READ THE MILLER TALE AND THEN PARAPHRASE THE ENTIRE TALE RETELLING IT IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE THE WIFE OF BATH, THE PARSON, THE PLOWMAN AND THE MILLER TALE.

EXIT TICKET: READ THE MILLER TALE AGAIN AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. HOW IS THE MILLER DESCRIBED?
2. THE INFORMATION TELLS US THAT THE MILLER WAS IN WHAT TYPE OF PHYSICAL CONDITIONING?  HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
3. WHAT DETAILS DOES THE NARRATOR USE WHICH TELLS US HOW THIS MILLER MIGHT PHYSICALLY LOOK?  EXAMINE LINES 570 TO 576.
4. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR TELLUS ABOUT HIS TAVERN STORIES?
5. WHAT EVIDENCE IS GIVEN TO THE READER THAT THIS MILLER IS REALLY A THIEF?

HOMEWORK:  READ THE MANICIPLE TALE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. WHER DID THE MANCIPLE COME FROM/
2. WHAT IS THE INNER TEMPLE?
3. WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR MEAN HERE WHEN HE SAYS “…ALL CATERERS MIGHT FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE IN BUYING VICTUALS; HE WAS NEVER RASH WHETHER HE BOUGHT ON CREDIT OR PAID IN CASH….”
4. EXAMINE LINES 589 AND 590.  WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THIS MANCIPLE HAVE?
5. EXAMINE LINES 591, 592 AND 593 “…NOW ISN’T IT A MARVEL OF GOD’S GRACE THAT AN ILLITERATE FELLOW CAN OUTPACE THE WISDOM OF A HEAP OF LEARNED MEN….”  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING HERE?

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6. EXAMINE AND ANALYZE LINES 593 TO THE END OF THE MANCIPLE TALE AND DISCUSSS WHAT THE NARRATOR IS SAYING ABOUT THIS MANCIPLE ‘S “ABSTRUSEST LEGAL KNOWLEDGE,” “THEIR COLLEGE,”  “PEERS IN ENGLAND” “FRUGAL AS HE MIGHT DESIRE” AND WHY WAS IT THAT “YET THE MANCIPLE COULD WIPE THEIR EYE?”

12-4-12 CANTERBURY TALES

                                                    ENGLISH 4                                               (1)

                                        THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                       SIXTH COURSE

                                                  DECEMBER 4, 2012

OBJECTIVE: SWBAT IDENTIFY & ANALYZE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE, ANALYZE COMPLEX CHARACTER, UNIVERSAL THEMES, SETTING ANALYSIS, STYLES ANALYSIS WITH COMPOSITION WRITING APPLIED TO CHAUCER AND SHAKESPEARE SEEKING 80% MASTERY.

guild

noun

1.

an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.

2.

any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that sometimes constituted a local governing body.

3.

Botany . a group of plants, as parasites, having a similar habit of growth and nutrition.

da·is

[dey-is, dahy-, deys] Show IPA

noun

a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.

DO NOW:  HAVE YOU EVER SEEN INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THEIR WORK UNIFORMS WITH PRIDE?  LIST THREE SUCH PROFESSIONS AND DISCUSS WHY PEOPLE WHO WEAR CERTAIN WORK UNIFORMS WEAR THEM WITH PRIDE.  DEVELOP YOUR RESPONSE IN A WELL WRITTEN PARAGRAPH.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE GUILDMEN TALE ON PAGE 153 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

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1. WHY ARE THE GUILDMEN’S WIVES BEING COMPARED TO QUEENS?
2. WHAT ARE THE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE OPENING OF THE GUILDSMEN TALE?
3. WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THEIR CITIZENSHIP?
4. IF THESE GUILDSMEN HAD CAPITAL & REVENUE WHAT DID THEY HAVE?  EXPLAIN.
5. WHAT IS THE “LIVERY” THAT REPRESENT THE RANKS THAT ARE MENTIONED?
6. WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABUUT THEIR CITIZENSHIP?
7. IF THEY WERE “OF ONE” IMPRESSIVE GUILD-FRATERNITY WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE?
8. IF EACH OF THESE GUILDMEN ARE “FIT TO GRACE A GUILD – HALL WITH A SEAT UPON THE DAIS …” WHAT IS THIS NARRATOR SAYING?
9. EXPLAIN LINE 375.
10. DIG BENEATH THE OBVIOUS MEANING AND DISCUSS THE MEANING OF LINES 576 & 577.

SILENTLY READ THE COOK TALE ON PAGE 153 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. DESCRIBE THE COOK’S RECIPE.
2. WHAT ARE THE METHODS IN WHICH THE COOK PREPARES FOOD?
3. PARAPHRASE THE COOK’S TALE
4. PREPARE A COOK’S TALE OF YOUR OWN DESCRIBING THE WAY YOU WOULD PREPARE YOUR FAVORITE DISH.
5. SUMMARIZE THE COOK’S TALE.
6. WHEN ONE ANALYZES THE COOK’S TALE FOR DETAILS WHY DO YOU THINK THE NARRATOR INCLUDES THE MENTION OF “THE ULCER ON HIS KNEE?”                                                                            

SILENTLY READ THE SKIPPER’S TALE ON PAGE 153 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

GUIDED PRACTICE: 

1. RXAMINE LINES 405 TO 410.  IN WHAT WAY DOES THE SAILOR STEALS FROM THE MERCHANT?
2. HOW IS THE SAILOR DESCRIBED PHYSICALLY?

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3. WHAT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE SKIPPER COMES FROM?  EXAMINE THE FOOTNOTES AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE DARTMOUTH SKIPPER ARE KNOWN FOR?                                                                                                     
4. EXAMINE LINE 408 TO 410.  DESCRIBE THE WAY IN WHICH THIS SAILOR TREATS HIS ENEMIES.
5. DOES THIS SKIPPER HAVE A MATCH IN RECKONING?  EXPLAIN HOW.
6. EXAMINE LINE 415.  WHAT IS THIS SAYING?
7. EXAMINE LINES 418 TO 420.  WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE SKIPPER’S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA?
8. SUMMARIZE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
9. PARAPHRASE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
10. EXAMINE LINES 414. WHY DOES THE NARRATOR TELL US “…THAT NONE FROM HULL TO CARTHAGE WAS HIS MATCH …?”

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE: READ THE DOCTOR’S TALE ON PAGE 154 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. IS THIS DOCTOR TO BE TRUSTED?  WHY OR WHY NOT?  EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
2. WHAT DOES THIS DOCTOR’S SPECIALTY SEEM TO BE?
3. WHAT IS AN APOTHECARY?
4. WHAT EVIDENCE CAN YOU CITE THAT PROVES THAT THIS SO CALLED DOCTOR IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PHARMACIST OR APOTHECARY?
5. EXAMINE LINES 439 TO 444.  WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS DOCTOR’S LITERACY LEVEL?
6. WHAT INFORMATION CAN WE FIND THAT PROVES THAT THIS DOCTOR WAS NOT A RELIGIOUS MAN?
7. HOW WAS THIS DOCTOR DRESSED? EXAMINE LINES 449 & 450.
8. EXAMINE LINES 451 TO 453.  WHAT IS THIS DOCTOR IN LOVE WITH?

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING:  PARAPHRASE THE DOCTOR’S TALE .

EXIT TICKET SUMMARIZE THE DOCTOR’S TALE

HOMEWORK: CHOOSE A PROFESSION.  WRITE A DESCRIPTIVE POEM DESCRIBING HOW A PERSON IN THAT POSITION IS BASICALLY A FRAUD.