Friday, October 19, 2012

Friday Oct. 19



BR: If you could spend a weekend anywhere, where would it be?

Agenda:
  • Grammar: Students will continue correcting common comma errors. Students will complete pages 230-231.
  • Canterbury Tales: Class will continue reading the Prologue and go over all characters covered with pairs. 
  • Students will work on character chart during reading and after.
  • Ongoing Project: What literary elements does Chaucer use? (rhyme, irony, imagery, etc.) Make a list. How does he portray his characters? Direct and indirect characterization? Does the person's physical appearance reflect their inner self? Include these elements in this ongoing project.


Guidelines for creating your own Canterbury Tales

            Your assignment is to create your own Canterbury Tales....  Imagine you and ten of the important people in your life are going on a road trip.*  Where would you go, and why?  Your introduction will include the following:  Who is going, where you are going, why you are going, when you are going, and how you are traveling.
            Your tales must have a title, an introduction, and a section of 6-10 lines for each of the ten pilgrims you are taking on your trip, all written in couplets (every two lines rhyme:  AA, BB, CC, etc.).  In each of these individual character sections, you will describe the character in the manner that Chaucer describes his characters.  The tone of your descriptions should be positive, gentle, and appropriate.  
            *IN-CLASS WORK DAYS:  You must be in class and working to earn these points.  IF you are absent and IF it is excused, you may get credit ONLY if you come to me the day after your absence and show me the work that you did so it can be approved.


*The characters do not have to be people you know; you may take anyone, real or fictitious, on your trip.

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