ENGLISH 4
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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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- WHY ARE THE GUILDMEN’S WIVES BEING COMPARED TO QUEENS?
- WHAT ARE THE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE OPENING OF THE GUILDSMEN TALE?
- WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABOUT THEIR CITIZENSHIP?
- IF THESE GUILDSMEN HAD CAPITAL & REVENUE WHAT DID THEY HAVE? EXPLAIN.
- WHAT IS THE “LIVERY” THAT REPRESENT THE RANKS THAT ARE MENTIONED?
- WHAT IS THE NARRATOR SAYING ABUUT THEIR CITIZENSHIP?
- IF THEY WERE “OF ONE” IMPRESSIVE GUILD-FRATERNITY WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE?
- IF EACH OF THESE GUILDMEN ARE “FIT TO GRACE A GUILD – HALL WITH A SEAT UPON THE DAIS …” WHAT IS THIS NARRATOR SAYING?
- EXPLAIN LINE 375.
- 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:
- DESCRIBE THE COOK’S RECIPE.
- WHAT ARE THE METHODS IN WHICH THE COOK PREPARES FOOD?
- PARAPHRASE THE COOK’S TALE
- PREPARE A COOK’S TALE OF YOUR OWN DESCRIBING THE WAY YOU WOULD PREPARE YOUR FAVORITE DISH.
- SUMMARIZE THE COOK’S TALE.
- 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:
- RXAMINE LINES 405 TO 410. IN WHAT WAY DOES THE SAILOR STEALS FROM THE MERCHANT?
- HOW IS THE SAILOR DESCRIBED PHYSICALLY?
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- WHAT IS THE PLACE WHERE THE SKIPPER COMES FROM? EXAMINE THE FOOTNOTES AND EXPLAIN WHAT THE DARTMOUTH SKIPPER ARE KNOWN FOR?
- EXAMINE LINE 408 TO 410. DESCRIBE THE WAY IN WHICH THIS SAILOR TREATS HIS ENEMIES.
- DOES THIS SKIPPER HAVE A MATCH IN RECKONING? EXPLAIN HOW.
- EXAMINE LINE 415. WHAT IS THIS SAYING?
- EXAMINE LINES 418 TO 420. WHAT DOES THIS TELL US ABOUT THE SKIPPER’S KNOWLEDGE OF THIS GEOGRAPHICAL AREA?
- SUMMARIZE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
- PARAPHRASE THE SKIPPER’S TALE.
- 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:
- IS THIS DOCTOR TO BE TRUSTED? WHY OR WHY NOT? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.
- WHAT DOES THIS DOCTOR’S SPECIALTY SEEM TO BE?
- WHAT IS AN APOTHECARY?
- WHAT EVIDENCE CAN YOU CITE THAT PROVES THAT THIS SO CALLED DOCTOR IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PHARMACIST OR APOTHECARY?
- EXAMINE LINES 439 TO 444. WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THIS DOCTOR’S LITERACY LEVEL?
- WHAT INFORMATION CAN WE FIND THAT PROVES THAT THIS DOCTOR WAS NOT A RELIGIOUS MAN?
- HOW WAS THIS DOCTOR DRESSED? EXAMINE LINES 449 & 450.
- 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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