ENGLISH 4
THE CANTERBURY TALES
TEXT: ELEMENTS
OF LITERATURE
SIXTH COURSE
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
(1)
OBJECTIVE: SWBAT APPLY THE SKIKLLS OF LITERARY ANALYSIS TO
VISUAL AND MANUSCRIPT TEXTX,
ANALYZE COMPLEX
CHARACTERS, ANALYZE UNIVERSAL THEMES, ANALYZE
VARIOUS GENRES WITH COMPOSITION DEVELOPMENT
SKEEING 80% MASTERY.
“DO NOW”: WHEN THE
NARRATOR OF THIS STORY PRESENTS DETAIL ABOUT THE KNIGHT’S EQUIPMENT AND
CLOTHING, RATHER THAN DIRECTLY STATING HIS QUALITIES, HE IS USING INDIRECT
CHARACTERIZATION. STUDY THIS METHOD IN
THE KNIGHT’S TALE AND THEN WRITE TWO OR THREE SENTENCES USING INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE.
DIRECT INSTRUCTION:
READ “THE SQUIRE” ON PAGE 144 AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: ( A
SQUIRE IS A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT, ASSISTANT OR HELPER)
- WHAT INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO US ABOUT THE SQUIRE IN THE OPENING AND IDENTIFY THE INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION.
- ANALYZE LINES 85 TO 89 AND DISCUSS FURTHER INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION. WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT HIS SERVICE, THE MANNER IN WHICH HE FIGHTS AND WHO HE WANTS TO IMPRESS?
- HOW IS THE SQUIRE EMBROIDERED? WHAT IS SUGGESTED ABOUT HIS MOOD?
- EXAMINE LINES 95 AND 96. IDENTIFY THE INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION.
- IDENTIFY THE SKILLS THAT HE POSSESSES IN LINES 96, 97 AND 98.
- ANALYZE AND INTERPRET THE REMAINDER OF THE SQUIRE. WHAT ELSE DO WE LEARN ABOUT HIS CHARACTER.
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(A YEOMAN IS AN ATTENDANT OR ASSISTANT IN ENGLAND OR PETTY OFFICER )
GUIDED PRACTICE: READ
PAGE 145 “THE YEOMAN” AND ANSWER THE FOLOWING QUESTIONS:
- AS “THE YEOMAN” TALE OPENS IDENTIFY THE INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION OF THE YEOMAN.
- CHAUCER THEN DESCRIBES THE YEOMAN’S BOW AS MIGHTY. WHAT DOES THIS SAY TO US ABOUT HIS SKILL AS AN ARCHER?
- EXAMINE LINES 111. WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE YEOMAN?
- EXAMINE LINES 114 TO 116. HOW ARE HIS WEAPONS DESCRIBED? WHAT OTHER ASSUMPTIONS CAN WE MAKE ABOUT THE YEOMAN CONCERNING THIS?
- IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE YEOMAN THAT CENTERS AROUND THE PROTECTION FOR TRAVELERS? IF SO WHAT IS IT?
READ THE
NUN TALE
(PAGE 146)
A NUN IS A WOMAN WHO LIVES IN A CONVENT AND TAKES A VOW OF
POVERTY, OBEDIENCE, AND CHASTITY (SHE IS MARRIED TO CHRIST). AS MPTHER SUPERIOR OF A CONVENT, A PRIORESS IS UNDER
OAATH NOT TO LEAVE HER CHARGES.
- IS THE DESCRIPTION THAT IS GIVEN OF THE NUN OR PRIORESS DISCUSSES WHETHER OR NOT THE BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES OF THIS PERSON IS WORTHY OF SUCH A POSITION.
- THE DESCRIPTION THAT IS GIVEN “ … WITH FINE INTONING THROUGH HER NOSE SUGGESTS WHAT ABOUT HOW SHE PROBABLY SPEAKS?
- EXAMINE LINES 128 TO LINES 130. WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT HER FRENCH EDUCATION?
- DESCRIBE THE NUN’S MANNER OF EATING BASED ON LINES 132 TO 135.
- EXAMINE LIN 137. “FOR COURTLINESS SHE HAD A SPECIAL ZEST…” SUGGESTS WHAT? WHAT DOES THIS SAY ABOUT HER ROMANTIC LIFE INSTEAD OF HER SPIRITUAL LIFE?
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- ANALYZE LINES 141 TO 144. WHAT IS MEANT WHEN THE NUN IS DESCRIBED AS “… SHE CERTAINLY WAS VERY ENTERTAINING, PLEASANT AND FRIENDLY IN HER WAYS, AND STRAINING TO COUNTERFIET A COURTLY KIND OF GRACE….”
- “…A STATELY BEARING BEARING FITTING TO HE PLACE AND TO SEEM DIGNIFIED IN ALL HER DEALINGS SUGGESTS WHAT?
- READ LINES 146 TO 154. HOW DOES THE PRIORESS FEEL ABOUT ANIMALS? WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT HER AS A RESULT OF THIS?
- EXAMINE LINES 157B TO 159 WHAT IS THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS NUN?
- ANALYZE LINES 160 TO 164 WHAT IS IRONIC ABOUT THE CHARM THAT SHE WEARS?
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE:
READ PAGE 147 THE MONK TALE AND IDENTIFY ELEMENTS OF AN UNRELIABLE
NARRATOR. CITE EVIDENCE OR CLUES THAT
SUGGESTS THAT THE ATTITUDE TOWARD THE MONK IS NOT THE SAME AS THE POET’S.
CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING: DEBRIEFING DISCUSSION ON THE SQUIRE’S TALE,
THE YEOMAN’S TALE, THE MONK’S TALE AND THE NUN’S TALE.
EXIT TICKET: SUMMARIZE THE SQUIRE’S TALE, THE YEOMAN’S TALE,
THE MONK’S TALE AND THE NUN’S TALE.
HOME WORK: GO ON LINE
AND LOOK FOR EXAGGERATIONS IN
THE SQUIRE’S TALE, THE YEOMAN’S TALE, THE MONK’S TALE AND
THE NUN’S TALE.
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