Monday, December 10, 2012

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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  1. EXAMINE LINE 728 AND 729.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THE PARDONER?
  2. EXAMINE LINES 730 TO 734.  HOW IS THE PARDONER ABLE TO WIN MONEY?
  3. EXAMINE LINES 735 TO 749.  WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR PLAN TO TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR JOURNEY?
  4. EXAMINE LINES 750 TO 754.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING?
  5.  
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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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  1.     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….”     
  2. EXAMINE LINES 490, 491 AND 492.  WHAT IS BEING SAID HERE ABOUT EDUCATION, THE BIBLE AND TEACHING?
  3. LINES 493 AND 493 SEEMS TO SPEAK WELL OF THE PARSON.  WHAT IS IT SAYING?
  4. HOW DID THE PARSON FEEL ABOUT EXTORTING A FE?  WHAT DOES THE WORD EXTORT MEAN?
  5. LINES 497 TO 499 DISCUSS THE WAY THE PARSON FEELS ABOUT GIVING TO THE POOR.  EXPLAIN HOW THE PARSON FEELS.
  6.   EXAMINE LINE 500.  “…HE COULD IN LITTLE FIND SUFFICIENCY…” SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT THE PARSON’S LIFE STYLE?
  7. 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….”
  8. “…WIDE WAS HIS PARISH, WITH HOUSES FAR ASUNDER SAYS WHAT ABOUT HIS PROPERTY?
  9. 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?....”
  10. EXAMINE LINES 511 AND 512.  WHAT DOES THE PARSON MEAN HERE?   
  11. EXAMINE LINES 515 AND 516.  WHAT IS THIS EXAMPLE THAT THE PARSON IS SPEAKING OF?
  12. 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?
  13. EXAMINE LINES 522 AND 523.  WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING HERE ABOUT THE PARSON?
  14. “…HE WAS A SHEPHERD AND NO MERCENARY…” SUGGESTS WHAT?
  15. EXAMINE LINES 525 AND 528.  WHAT TYPE OF MAN DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THIS PARSON IS?
  16. 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….”
  17. 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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  1. 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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  1. EXAMINE LINES 547, 548 AND 549.  WHAT TYPE OF WORK EHIC DOES THE NARRATOR SAY THAT THE PLOWMAN HAS?
  2. 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?
  3. 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?
  4. 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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  1. 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?”
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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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  1. WHAT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE SKIPPER COMES FROM?  EXAMINE THE FOOTNOTES AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE DARTMOUTH SKIPPER ARE KNOWN FOR?                                                                                                     
  2. EXAMINE LINE 408 TO 410.  DESCRIBE THE WAY IN WHICH THIS SAILOR TREATS HIS ENEMIES.
  3. DOES THIS SKIPPER HAVE A MATCH IN RECKONING?  EXPLAIN HOW.
  4. EXAMINE LINE 415.  WHAT IS THIS SAYING?
  5. EXAMINE LINES 418 TO 420.  WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE SKIPPER’S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA?
  6. SUMMARIZE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
  7. PARAPHRASE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
  8. 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.


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12-3-12 CANTERBURY TALES



                                                        ENGLISH I
                                              THE INTERLOPERS
                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
                                                      THIRD COURSE
                                                    DECEMBER 3, 2012


OBJECTIVE:SWBAT APPLY THE SKILLS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS TO VISUAL AND MANUSCRIPT TEXTS, ANALYZE COMPLEX CHARACTERS, ANALYZE UNIVERSAL THEMES AND ANALYZE VARIUOS GENRES WITH COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT APPLIED TO POE, OFLAHERTY, LAUREL HOLLIDAY, MCCROY, MITCHELL AND ALVAREZ SEEKING 80% MASTERY.


DO NOW: MOST ARGUMENTS CAN BE SETTLED WHEN PEOPLE AGREE TO TALK OR COMPROMISE, BUT SOME DISAGREEMENTS BECOME SO BITTER THAT THEY LAST FOR MANY YEARS.  INDEED, SOME REGIONS OF THE WORLD HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN CONFLICT FOR GENERATIONS.  IDENTIFY AND THEN WRITE ABOUT SOME OF THE WARS THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NO END.  WHAT KEEPS SUCH BITTER HATRED ALIVE?


DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE LITERARY FOCUS ON PAGE 150 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.      HOW IS OMNISCIENT NARRATOR DEFINED?
2.      WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR HAVE SINCE HE/SHE IS NOT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS?
3.      WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO PLACE DESCRIBE THE ADVANTAGES THAT THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR HAS.
4.      DOES THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR REVEAL OF THE INFORMATION TO THE READER?
5.      WHAT IS THE PURPOSE THAT THE OMNISCIENT NARRATOR WOULD HOLD BACK SOME OF THE INFORMATION?
6.      HOW DO THE SURPRISE ENDING OPERATE?

USE THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY ON PAGE 150 TO FILL IN THESE BLANKS.  ALSO USE THE VOCABULARY FROM THE FOOTNOTES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGES.

  1. HIS ________________ TURN WAS THE CAUSE OF THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
  2. THE WOMEN OFFERED EMOTIONAL ______________ WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORS LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FIRE.

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  1. THE CAMPERS HIKED FOR MILE IN THE ________________ MOUNTAINS.
  2. THE BLACK BEAR WAS ________________ TO THE TRAP THAT WAS SET FOR IT.
  3. THE  __________________ CAUSE FOR EDGAR ALLEN POE’S DEATH WAS ALCOHOLISM.
  4. THEIR _____________ LEAD TO A REKINDLING OF THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
  5. _____________ WERE LEFT AS AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR GRIEF.
  6. WE HAVE GRACIOUSLY _______________ IN ORDER SHOW HOW DIGNIFIED WE CAN BE.
  7. THE LONG PLANE RIDE CAUSED US ______________ WHICH IS WHY WE CONTINUED TO SLEEP.
  8. THOSE _______________ ARE ALWAYS SEEKING OUT PEOPLE WHO THEY CAN STEAL FROM.
  9. SHE ____________ HER RESPONSES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT SHOCKED US ALL.
  10. MY _______________ OVER THAT CONSTANT TELEPHONE GREATLY ANNOYED ME.
  11. THE __________ SOUND OF THE DRILL CONTINUED TO ANNOY ME.
  12. THE MAN’S ______________ NATURE SHOWED IN HIS RESPECT FOR JESUS CHRIST.


in·ter·lop·er

/ˈɪn tərˌloʊ pər/ Show Spelled [in-ter-loh-per] Show IPA
noun
1.
a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
2.
a person who intrudes into a region, field, or trade without a proper license.

GUIDED PRACTICE: SILENTLY READ THE INTERLOPERS BY SAKI ON PAGES 151 TO 155 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

  1. WHAT DOES THE LAWSUIT REFER TO THAT IS MENTIONED ON PAGE 152?
  2. WHAT IS THE DESCRIPTION THAT IS GIVEN TO THE FOREST LANDS OF GRADWITZ?


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  1. WHEN THESE “PETTY LANDOWNERS” NEVER ACQUISCED IN THE JUDGEMENT OF THE COURTS BEHAVED IN THIS MANNER WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
  2. AS THE STORY OPENS WHAT WAS THIS MAN WAITING FOR?
  3. THE FIRST PARAGRAPH TELLS US THAT “ULRICH von GRADWITZ PATROLLED THE DARK FOREST IN QUEST OF A HUMAN ENEMY….”  WHAT IS THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN ULRICH von GRADWITZ AND GENERAL ZAROFF FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME?
  4. WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ULRICH AND GEORGE?
  5. WHAT WAS THE REAL PURPOSE IN WHICH ULRICH “STRAYED AWAY BY HIMSELF FROM THE WATCHERS AND WANDERED FAR DOWN THE STEEP SLOPES PEERING THROUGH TREE TRUNKS…?”
  6. WHAT IS THE NARRATOR TELLING US WHEN HE SAYS THAT “TWO ENEMIES FINALLY MET?”
  7. ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THIS QUOTE: “… BUT A MAN WHO HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP UNDER THE CODE OF A RESTRAINING CIVILIZATION CANNOT EASILY NERVE HIMSELF TO SHOOT DOWN HIS NEIGHBOR IN COLD BLOOD AND WITHOUT A WORD SPOKEN…” MEANS WHAT?
  8. WHAT IS THIS “…DEED OF NATURE’S OWN VIOLENCE?”
  9. WHAT WAS THE CONDITION OF BOTH ULRICH AND GEORGE WHEN THE TREE FELL ON BOTH OF THEM?
  10. WHO REACHES OUT FOR FRIENDSHIP FIRST?  WHAT IS SAID THAT SHOWS THAT FRIENDSHIP IS BEING CONSIDERED?
  11. AS BOTH MEN LAY TRAPPED ON PAGE 153 DESCRIBE SOME OF THE HARSH CONVERSATION THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN.
  12. HOW ARE GEORGE AND ULRICH DESTROYED?  DESCRIBE THE WAY THAT BOTH MEN BROUGHT DESTRUCTION UPON THEM SELVES.



INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  READ “MEET THE WRITER” SECTION (SAKI) ON PAGE 156 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

  1. DESCRIBE HECTOR HUGO MUNRO’S HOME LIFE
  2. WHAT WAS THE CONDITION THAT MUNRO’S AUNTS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IN?
  3. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS WAS MUNRO SENT TO LIVE WITH HIS AUNT?
  4. AT WHAT AGE DID MUNRO FINALLY ATTENDED SCHOOL?
  5. WHAT WAS MUNRO’S FATHER’S OCCUPATION?
  6. HOW DID MONRO GET HIS PEN NAME?
  7. WHAT IS THE MEANING BEHIND THIS PEN NAME?

                                                                                                                             (4)

CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING:  READ THE TRAPPER TRAPPED (PAGE 156) AND EXPLAIN IN PARAGRAPH FORM THE MESSAGE BEHIND THIS STORY.


EXIT TICKET: FIND PLACES IN THE TEXT WHERE THE WORD INTERLOPERS IS USED.  WHAT IS AN INTERLOPER?  WHO ARE THE INTERLOPERS IN THIS STORY?


HOMEWORK: (1) COPY THE VOCABULARY INTO YOUR NOTEBOOK (2) CREATE ONE SYNONYM FOR EACH WORD (3) CREATE ONE SENTENCE FOR EACH WORD.


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11-30-12 CANTERBURY TALES



                                                        ENGLISH 4                                               (1)
                                        THE CANTERBURY TALES
                                TEXT: ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
                                                       SIXTH COURSE
                                                  NOVEMBER 30, 2012



DO NOW:  HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ANYONE WHO WAS IN A POSITION OF RESPECT YET THE CONSISTENTLY ACTS IMPRPERLY?  WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE SUCH PEOPLE BEHAVE THIS WAY?  EXPLAIN YOUR THOUGHTS IN A WELL WRITTEN PARAGRAPH.


  • A MONK IS A MEMBER OF A BROTHERHOOD AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY BOUND BY VOWS OF POVERTY.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION:  READ THE MONKS TALE ON PAGE 147. 
(1)   COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE NUN’S TALE/PRIORESS WITH THE MONK’S TALE.  HOW CORRUPT ARE THE BOTH OF THEM?
(2)   THE MONK KNOWS AND EVEN BOASTS ABOUT HIMSELF NOT ACTING LIKE A MONK.  IDENTIFY AND THEN WRITE ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT IS MENTIONED IN “THE MONK’S’ TALE.
(3)   WHAT EVIDENCE CAN WE FIND THAT SGGESTS THAT THE MONK IS NOT SERIOUS ABOUT HIS VOCATION?
(4)   IN THE MIDDLE AGES, FATNESS WAS A SIGN OF WEALTH, BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN’T ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.  WHY IS IT IRONIC THAT THE MONK IS FAT?  EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

GUIDED PRACTICE:  READ THE FRIAR’S TALE ON PAGE 148 AND THEN RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
FRIAR – A MEMBER OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

(1)   ONE OF THE FRIAR’S MAIN DURIES WAS TO HEAR PEOPLE’S CONFESSIONS AND ABSOLVE,OR FORGIVE, THEIR SINS AFTER IMPOSING A PENANCE, OR PENALTY—USUALLY PRAYERS OR GOOD WORKS TO BE PERFORMED.  THE FRIAR OFFERS “PLEASANT ABSOLUTION” (LINE 226), OR LIGHT PENANCE, IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY.  WHAT DOES THIS REVEAL ABOUT HIS CHARACTER?  EXPLAIN FULLY.
(2)    AS THE STORY OPENS HOW IS THE FRIAR DESCRIBED?

      (3) DOES THIS DESCRIPTION FORESHADOW HIS BEHAVIORS BEFORE WE
           READ THE ENTIRE STORY?
4         IN THE THIRD LINE WHAT DO THE FOUR ORDERS REFER TO?  SEE
                                                                                                                     (2)
THE FOOTNOTES

(5)   EXAMINE LINES 216 AND 217.  WHAT IS SAYING ABOUT THE FRIAR’S
POSITION ON WOMEN AND MARRIAGE?

(6)   WHAT DOES IT MEAN WTHE PRIEST TALE TELLS US THAT “…HE WAS A NOBLE PILLAR TO HIS ORDER….”
(7)   “…HE WAS AN EASY MAN IN PENANCE GIVING…” SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT THIS FRIAR?
(8)   “…WHERE HE COULD HOPE TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING…” SUGGESTS THAT THE PREIST IS WILLING TO SINK TO THE LOWEST LEVEL TO DO WHAT?
(9)   EXAMINE LINES 230 TO 235 WHAT IS BEING SAID ABOUT THE FRIAR’S SINCERITY AND WHAT ELSE IS SUGGESTED INSTEAD OF WEEPING?
(10)                       EXAMINE LINES 227 & 228.  WHAT GIFTS DO HE GIVE TO THE GIRLS?
(11)                       READ LINES 240 TO 244.  WHAT CHARACTER TRAIT DO YOU THINK A LILY-WHITE NECK MIGHT REVEAL?
(12)                       EXAMINE LINES 246 TO 259.  THE FRANCISCAN ORDER OF FRIARS WAS FOUNDED BY SAINT FRANCIS FOR EXPRESS PURPOSE OF MINISTERING TO THE POOREST AND LEAST FORTUNATE—THESE ARE THE VERY PEOPLE THE FRIAR CONSIDERS BENEATH HIS NOTICE.  THEREFORE WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY ABOUT THIS FRIAR?
(13)                       EXAMINE LINES 255 AND 256.  HOW IS THIS FRIAR ABLE TO TALK PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR MONEY?
(14)                       LINE 256 TO 260 PAINTS THE FRIAR AS A PLEASANT PERSON.  FIND EVIDENCE IN THESE LINES WHERE THIS SUGGESTION IS THE CASE,
(15)                       EXAMINE LINES 262 TO 266.  HOW DO THESE LINE PORTRAY THE FRIAR?
(16)                       CONTINUE TO READ THE ENTIRE STORY.  DOES THE IMAGE OF THE FRIAR CHANGE OR IS IT CONSISTENT?  EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:  SILENTLY READ THE MECHANT’S TALE ON PAGE 150 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

(1)   IN WHAT WAY DOES THE NARRATOR UNDERMINES HIS OWN CREDIBILITY?
(2)   IS THE NARRATOR DELIBERATELY HIDING HIS IDENTITY? EXAMINE THIS SENTENCE “…TO TELLTHE TRUTH I DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME….”
(3)   HOW IS THIS MERCHANT DESCRIBED IN THE OPENING? WHAT THOUGHT APPEARS IN THE MERCHANT’S MIND WHICH GIVE HIM THE IDEA OF A MONEY MAKING ROUTE?
                                                                                                       (3)
(4)WHY DO YOU THINK NOONE KNEW THAT THE MERCHANT WAS IN DEBT?  COULD IT BE BECAUSE HE WAS SO “STATELY?”
(5) HW WAS THE MERCHANT IN BARGINS AND NEGOTIATIONS?


CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: SUMMARIZE THE MERCHANT,THE FRIAR AND THE MONK’S TALE


EXIT TICKET:READ PLACES OF A PILGRIMAGE AND  DISCUSS (1) THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMAGE (2) THE THREE FESTIVALS (3)THE INFLUENCE OF ISLAM (4) AND THE GRAND SHRINE.


HOMEWORKCHOOSE THE FRIAR TALE, THE MERCHANT TALE OR THE MONK’S TALE AND CREATE YOUR OWN STORY WHERE YOU POKE FUN AT THESE PROFESSION.
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