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Today’s Agenda. Return quiz & go over homework Reassemble groups & finish activity on Chaucer Two presentations: Chaucer’s Biography Connections to Chaucer’s Era—contemporary authors. Go over the intro & conclusion to “The General Prologue” Listen to a reading in Middle English
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Today’s Agenda • Return quiz & go over homework • Reassemble groups & finish activity on Chaucer • Two presentations: • Chaucer’s Biography • Connections to Chaucer’s Era—contemporary authors. • Go over the intro & conclusion to “The General Prologue” • Listen to a reading in Middle English • If time, begin going over “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue”
Homework for next class • Read Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” 275-84 • Note: easy-to-read translations are on our class website • Do your next assigned group Chaucer question • (the in-class handout is also posted online) --no quiz or presentations next class • Essay #1 is due Wednesday at the beginning of class
Group Activity Today, everyone will be given a group number. Next class groups will meet, prepared with answers to these basic questions: 1. In your own words, briefly describe the character (s) you were assigned. 2. Point to some quotes from the text to support your overall assessment of the character (s). 3. Explain whether or not the text implies there is some flaw in the character (s). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group 1: the Knight & the Squire (NA 219-21, lines 43-100) Group 2: the Nun (Prioress) (NA 221-22, lines 118-162) Group 3: the Monk (NA 222-23, lines 165-207) Group 4: the Friar (NA 223-225, lines 208-71) Group 5: the Wife of Bath (NA 229-30, lines 447-78) Group 6: the Parson (NA 230-31, lines 479-530) Group 7: the Pardoner (NA 234-35, lines 671-716)