Teacher’s Name – Tiffany Fisher
Date – April 10, 2001
Title of Unit (if lesson is part of a unit) – Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
Title of Lesson – The Pilgrims (for a junior/senior level class)
Previous Assignment (if any) – Read the prologue section on the first pilgrim. Be
prepared to discuss the material. Take notes in a journal as you read which includes
questions, what you understand the text to say, and anything you want to remember to
share with the class.
Objective(s) (what do you want them to learn) –1) Students will analyze literature by
reviewing the characteristics of a naïve narrator. 2) Students will practice oral reading
and listening. 3) Students will think critically about the text and journal write.
Materials – 1) Texts 2)Material for taking/making notes
Activities (in class) – Ask students (as a whole class) the definition of naivety and have
them share examples verbally of what this means by experiences or situations. Divide
students into groups of 4 or 5 by seating arrangement, and have them create a written list
of the ways in which the narrator is being naïve about the pilgrim. (Ex. The narrator says
that the nun cries about a dead mouse, but is hardened to the poor. This is an example
because the narrator thinks she is a strongly religious woman). These activities should
take approximately 20 minutes. Back in the big group we will discuss the contents of
each group’s list. Some of this information may be included on the KWL for the day.
This discussion should last about 5 minutes. In class reading of the pilgrim’s tale by each
student reading a section until the tale is complete. Reading should take remainder of
class period. If not finished, students finish as homework. Journal question: what is the
narrator telling and what the tale tells about the pilgrim.
Evaluation (how do you know they learned it) – At the end each day the students will
hand in the KWL and it will be a written documentation of What they Know, What they
Want to know, and What they Learned. The written list activity should contain elements
of the knowledge they have retained from the class discussions, lecture, and reading.
Assignment (out of class) – Read the prologue section on the second pilgrim. Be
prepared to discuss the material. Take notes in the journal as you read which includes
questions, what you understand the text to say, and anything you want to remember to
share with the class.