Bell Ringer:
Comment on the blog below with three interesting facts about the Middles Ages and 3 facts about Geoffrey Chaucer.
Agenda:
- A Knight’s Tale- Students will view a Knight’s Tale and take notes on the characterization of the various characters, including Chaucer.
- Students, in groups, will read the Prologue. Groups are assigned by teacher, and students will complete the following: character chart (indirect and direct characterization, summary of each, and literary devices)pg. 145
- Library: Students will continue peer editing papers if times allows at end of class.
People were infected with several plagues; Berenguaria was the Queen of England, but she never went to England in all her life; knights were crucial to the king's army.
ReplyDeleteChaucer was the son if two wine merchants; he was influenced by Virgil; he was robbed by the highway when on the job.
People died from the plague because there was no medical supplies back then; the king of England had a feast that could feed as many as 10,000 people; the Europeans divided their day into 7 hours of equal length.
ReplyDeleteChaucer studied law at the Inner Temple in London; he was the son of a vintner; he was an author, poet, philosopher, courtier, and diplomat.