Objective: SWBAT analyze the methods writers use to reveal character by describing a character’s actions, appearance, thoughts and feelings, interactions with other characters, narrator’s description and dialogue.
Do-Now: Students will complete “Make the Connection” on pg. 140.
Today: 1) 1) Class will read and explain “The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age” pp. 137-139. Teacher will help students look over the pronunciation guide for Middle English words on pg. 139.
2) Class will read and attempt to translate the Middle English version of The Prologue on pg. 141.
3) Students will read the Modern English version of The Prologue on pp. 142-143, examining how close the class translation of the Middle English version was to the actual meaning of the text.
4) Students will begin to write the prologue for “The Philadelphia Tales” using the same styling and characterization used by Chaucer in “The Canterbury Tales.” “The Philadelphia Tales” will be a modernized version of “The Canterbury Tales” that the students will work on writing during this unit.
Exit Slip: Give a brief summary of the prologue you have written for your Philadelphia Tales. Where are your travelers going and what is their purpose/motivation for going there? Who are some of your travelers going to be? How do you plan on characterizing these characters in your stories? (Think back to today’s objective for ideas).
Homework: Students will finish writing the prologue for “The Philadelphia Tales.”
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