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: FREE WRITE (Write 5-7 sentences about anything you want)
Today: 1) Quiz on Vocab and Literary Terms from "The Canterbury Tales"
2) Go over quiz
3) Continue working on your Philadelphia Tales
Homework: Rough Draft for your Philadelphia Tales due MONDAY! This includes your prologue, character description, and character's tale (including it's own prologue).
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Tuesday, September 27
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: Practice Quiz
Today: 1) Go over practice quiz
2) Review situational irony
3) Finish reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" pp.184-188
4) Complete Response & Analysis Questions on pg. 188 : # 7, 8, 9, 11
5) Continue working on your Philadelphia Tales
Homework: Continue working on all three components of your Philadelphia Tales. Your rough drafts for all three are due MONDAY. Study your vocab words and literary terms from "The Canterbury Tales" for a quiz TOMORROW.
Do-Now: Practice Quiz
Today: 1) Go over practice quiz
2) Review situational irony
3) Finish reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" pp.184-188
4) Complete Response & Analysis Questions on pg. 188 : # 7, 8, 9, 11
5) Continue working on your Philadelphia Tales
Homework: Continue working on all three components of your Philadelphia Tales. Your rough drafts for all three are due MONDAY. Study your vocab words and literary terms from "The Canterbury Tales" for a quiz TOMORROW.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Monday, September 26
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. SWBAT analyze the effectiveness of an author’s use of irony.
Do-Now: Respond to the Quickwrite on pg. 177 by answering the question, “What is the thing that women most desire?”
Today: 1) Review irony: situational, dramatic, verbal
2) Class will read "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" pg. 178. How is Chaucer characterizing the Wife of Bath? How is the Wife of Bath an "expert" on marriage?
3) Class will begin reading “from the Wife of Bath’s Tale,” pp. 179-188 analyzing how Chaucer characterizes the knight. Does the knight in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” resemble the knights you read about earlier this week in the history excerpts from the Middle Ages? Does this knight uphold to code of chivalry?
4) Begin writing your character's prologue and tale for The Philadelphia Tales.
Homework: Continue working on your character's prologue and tale. Study your vocab and literary terms from The Canterbury Tales for your quiz on Wednesday.
Do-Now: Respond to the Quickwrite on pg. 177 by answering the question, “What is the thing that women most desire?”
Today: 1) Review irony: situational, dramatic, verbal
2) Class will read "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" pg. 178. How is Chaucer characterizing the Wife of Bath? How is the Wife of Bath an "expert" on marriage?
3) Class will begin reading “from the Wife of Bath’s Tale,” pp. 179-188 analyzing how Chaucer characterizes the knight. Does the knight in “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” resemble the knights you read about earlier this week in the history excerpts from the Middle Ages? Does this knight uphold to code of chivalry?
4) Begin writing your character's prologue and tale for The Philadelphia Tales.
Homework: Continue working on your character's prologue and tale. Study your vocab and literary terms from The Canterbury Tales for your quiz on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Friday, September 22
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: FREE WRITE (Write 5-7 sentences about anything you want)
Today: 1) Class will finish reading "The Pardoner's Tale" pp. 169-175
2) Class will discuss question #10 from the “Response and Analysis” on pg. 176.
4) Continue working on your Philadelphia Tales Prologues and Character Descriptions
Homework: Continue work on your Philadelphia Tales Prologues and Character Descriptions; Study your vocabulary words and literary terms from "The Canterbury Tales" for a quiz on Tuesday.
Do-Now: FREE WRITE (Write 5-7 sentences about anything you want)
Today: 1) Class will finish reading "The Pardoner's Tale" pp. 169-175
2) Class will discuss question #10 from the “Response and Analysis” on pg. 176.
4) Continue working on your Philadelphia Tales Prologues and Character Descriptions
Homework: Continue work on your Philadelphia Tales Prologues and Character Descriptions; Study your vocabulary words and literary terms from "The Canterbury Tales" for a quiz on Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Thursday, September 22
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: Respond to the following quote by explaining what you feel the quote means and relating the quote to your own life: “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Today: 1) Verbal Irony vs. Situational Irony
2) Class will read "The Pardoner's Prologue" pg. 168-169
4) Class will begin to read "The Pardoner's Tale" pp. 169-175.
5) Finish your prologue for your "Philadelphia Tales." Begin writing your character description. Remember, this is not a description of you (the narrator), but a description of one of the people you are traveling with. This character will be the person whose tale you will be writing next week.
Homework: Continue working on your character description. Study your vocab words and literary terms for the quiz on Wednesday.
Do-Now: Respond to the following quote by explaining what you feel the quote means and relating the quote to your own life: “The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Today: 1) Verbal Irony vs. Situational Irony
2) Class will read "The Pardoner's Prologue" pg. 168-169
4) Class will begin to read "The Pardoner's Tale" pp. 169-175.
5) Finish your prologue for your "Philadelphia Tales." Begin writing your character description. Remember, this is not a description of you (the narrator), but a description of one of the people you are traveling with. This character will be the person whose tale you will be writing next week.
Homework: Continue working on your character description. Study your vocab words and literary terms for the quiz on Wednesday.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Wednesday, September 21
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: If you went on a tour of the city, what types of people would you expect to meet? (What professions would the people have? What social classes would they come from? What parts of the city would they be from?)
Today: 1) Teacher will review characterization and discuss the techniques an author reveals character: actions, physical appearance, thoughts and feelings, interactions with other characters, narrator’s description and dialogue.
2) Class will read “The Knight” on pg. 144 and discuss which techniques Chaucer uses to characterize the knight.
3) Students will pair up. Each pair will be assigned to read the description of a different character from “The Canterbury Tales.” After reading the description, each pair will write a brief description of the character and explain how Chaucer uses characterization to describe that character.
4) Student pairs will present their characters summaries to the class so that each student in the class is briefly familiarized with each of the characters from “The Canterbury Tales.”
5) Begin writing a description for your character from your "Philadelphia Tales." Remember to use Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales as a Guide."
Exit Slip: Based on the character descriptions you have heard in class, which character do you feel will have the best story to tell as he/she travels to Canterbury? What characteristics does this character have that leads you to believe he/she will be a good storyteller?
Homework: Work on your character description and your prologue for your "Philadelphia Tales."
Do-Now: If you went on a tour of the city, what types of people would you expect to meet? (What professions would the people have? What social classes would they come from? What parts of the city would they be from?)
Today: 1) Teacher will review characterization and discuss the techniques an author reveals character: actions, physical appearance, thoughts and feelings, interactions with other characters, narrator’s description and dialogue.
2) Class will read “The Knight” on pg. 144 and discuss which techniques Chaucer uses to characterize the knight.
3) Students will pair up. Each pair will be assigned to read the description of a different character from “The Canterbury Tales.” After reading the description, each pair will write a brief description of the character and explain how Chaucer uses characterization to describe that character.
4) Student pairs will present their characters summaries to the class so that each student in the class is briefly familiarized with each of the characters from “The Canterbury Tales.”
5) Begin writing a description for your character from your "Philadelphia Tales." Remember to use Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales as a Guide."
Exit Slip: Based on the character descriptions you have heard in class, which character do you feel will have the best story to tell as he/she travels to Canterbury? What characteristics does this character have that leads you to believe he/she will be a good storyteller?
Homework: Work on your character description and your prologue for your "Philadelphia Tales."
Monday, September 19, 2011
Tuesday, September 20
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: Re-read the section entitled "Feudal Relationships" in the long box on pg. 119. If you had lived back in the Middle Ages, where in the feudal system do you think you would have ranked? Why? Explain.
Today: 1) Class will read and explain “The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age” pp. 137-139 and look at 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) Class 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?
Homework: Complete the “Write About…” activity on pg. 129 which has been copied for you on a worksheet. Respond to the questions in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.
Do-Now: Re-read the section entitled "Feudal Relationships" in the long box on pg. 119. If you had lived back in the Middle Ages, where in the feudal system do you think you would have ranked? Why? Explain.
Today: 1) Class will read and explain “The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age” pp. 137-139 and look at 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) Class 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?
Homework: Complete the “Write About…” activity on pg. 129 which has been copied for you on a worksheet. Respond to the questions in a 5-7 sentence paragraph.
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