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Classroom Activities for Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Unit PlanClassroom Activities for Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Unit Plan
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Simon & Schuster
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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Classroom Activities for Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

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Three lessons based on "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales offer scholars an opportunity to examine literary satire, medieval attitudes towards women, and the form and function of a frame story.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the canterbury tales, geoffrey chaucer, frame stories, satire, irony, compare and contrast, close reading, critical thinking, literary analysis, synthesizing, archetypes, social commentary, gender roles

Instructional Ideas

  • To launch the third lesson, show the opening scenes from The Breakfast Club as a model of a frame story
  • Ask writers to share their frame stories in groups

Classroom Considerations

  • Page numbers are based on the Enriched Classics addition
  • The packet includes three lesson plans and four worksheets
  • Requires copies
  • The lessons are designed to be taught in order

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  • Plans include concise step-by-step directions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.10a RL.9-10.10b RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.10a RL.11-12.10b

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