ENG. 4 Canterbury Tales 11-26-12

                                                            ENGLISH

                                              THE CANTERBURY TALES

                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

                                                      SIXTH COURSE

                                                    NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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“DO NOW”:

PEOPLE OFTEN HOLD SECRETS THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT PEOPLE OR SOCIETY TO KNOW ABOUT.  THINK ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE FOLLOWING POSITION:

1.      POLICEMAN

2.      LAWYER

3.      BANKER

NOW THINK ABOUT A POSSIBLE SECRET THAT THEY WOULD NOT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW ABOUT.  WRITE ONE PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING THIS POSSIBLE SECET.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ PAGES 136 AND 137 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.      WHAT IS MEANT WHEN A WRITER COMPOSES IN THE VERNACULAR?

2.      WHAT ARE FRAMING DEVICES AND HOW ARE THEY USED?

3.      WHEN CHAUCER TRAVELED TO ITALY WHAT TWO POETS INFLUENCED HIM?

4.      WHEN DIDCHAUCER DIE?

5.      THE DOMINANT METER IS BASED ON TEN SYLLABLES WITH AN UNSTRESSED FOLLOWED BY A STRESSED SYLLABLE IS KNOWN AS

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6.      DESCRIBE CHAUCER’S LASTING POWER ACCORDING TO JOHN GARDNER.

7.      WHAT IS CHAUCER OFTEN CALLED AND WHAT DID HE DO TO HELP THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE?

8.      BEFORE CHAUCER’S TIME WHY WAS IT NOT FASHIONABLE FOR SERIOUS POETS TO WRITE IN ENGLISH?

9.      WHAT EVIDENCE IS CITED WHICH PROVES THAT CHAUCER WAS A RELATIVELY IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT SERVANT?

10.  WHEN CHAUCER WAS CAPTURED DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS HOW DID THE KING OF ENGLAND HELP HIM?

11.  DESCRIBE CHAUCER’S EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

12.  WHEN WAS CHAUCER’S ALLEGORICAL POEMS CREATED?

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GUIDED PRACTICE:  SILENTLY READ PAGE 137 THE CANTERBURY TALES: SNAP SHOT OF AN AGE.  SUMMARIZE THE PILGRIMAGE OR JOURNEY THAT CHAUCER PLACES HIS CHARACTERS ON.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  READ SETTING UP THE FRAME STORY ON PAGE 137 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.      WHAT IS THE FRAME STORY HERE?

2.      WHAT DOES THE HOST OF THE TABARD SUGGEST TO THE PILGRIMS?

3.      HOW DOES NEVILEL COGHILL DESCRIBE THE PROLOGUE?  WHAT DOES HE SAY ABOUT IT?

4.      AT ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL, CHAUCER’S GREAT WORK OPERATES ON WHAT LEVEL?

5.      WHO IN YOUR OPINION IS THOMAS A. BECKET?

6.      STUDY THE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ON PAGE 139 BEFORE READING THE CANTERBURY TALES.

HOMEWORK: RESEARCH THE MURDER OF THOMAS A BECKET.  SEE WHAT OF INFORMATION YOU CAN FIND.

EXIT TICKET:  CANTERBURY CATHERDRAL WAS ONE OF THE MOST SACED PILGRIMAGE DESTINATIONS IN ENGLAND BECAUSE IT HOUSED THE SHRINE OF THOMAS A. BECKET, WHO WAS KILLED DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH AGAINST KING HNRY II. GIVE AN INTELLIGENT EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE PILGRIMS ARE SEEKING TO JOURNEY TO CANTERBURY.  WRITE OUT YOUR EXPLANATION.