Three Week Chaucer Unit

Chaucer Unit

Day 0-

Middle Ages Notes con’t

Homework: Background Notes on Chaucer

Day 1-

(Mitchum) Middle English Introduction

Idea of a Pilgrimage

Introduction to the Canterbury Tales

Homework: Read Prologue to line 120 (Knight, Squire, Yeoman), fill in Chart for that section…

Day 2-

Practice: Pronunciation and memorization of first four lines…

Direct Versus Indirect characterization

Find two examples of direct and indirect characterization points for the Squire, and Yeoman.

Homework: Read prologue line 120 to 273 (Prioress, Monk, Friar)

Day 3-

Practice: Pronunciation and memorization of first four lines…

Video: Last Waltz recitation

“Scientific Method of Essay Writing”

Group work on next three pilgrims

Homework: Read prologue line 275 to 440 and review chaucer vocab packet.

Day 4-

Practice pronunciation

Vocab questions/clarification

Teacher presentation

Group work again:

Homework: read prologue line 441 to 701 (to Wife of Bath) and continue work with characterization sheets

Day 5-

Practice pronunciation

Continue large group look at next three characters and indirect characterization

In class, read Parson and Plowman descriptions.

Small group work, compare to Knight and then to Wife.

Homework: over thanksgiving break, finish prologue, practice pronunciation for tomorrow.

Day 6- Short class (Thanksgiving)

Recitations of first four lines in Middle English.

Day 7 –

Vocab questions/clarification

Teacher presentation/Class discussion last three characters

Group work, fill in missing spaces on indirect characterization sheet

Homework: Study for test

Day 8-

Review Day

What questions about characters? Missing Details?

Chaucer’s Motives

Why Compare?

Day 9- Unit Test

Day 10- Pardoner’s Tale

Teacher presentation: Quick Review of direct/indirect characterization

Group work, identify points where Chaucer says something about one of the three rioters directly.

Class discussion: Why points of direct characterization for pardoner’s characters but not pardoner?

Homework: comparison Essay outlines

Day 11-

Presentation on three types of Irony

Group work: Identify one of each type of irony in Pardoner’s Tale

Presentation: Grand Irony of Pardoner

Homework: Comparison essay outlines and rough drafts

Day 12

Writing Workshop day

Presentation: Useful comments on rough drafts

In groups of two read, reread, then offer comments on your partner’s draft.

When finished both switch papers with group behind/in front of you

Sign name on critiqued drafts

Homework: Begin work revising paper (one week until due)