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12th GRADE—WEEKLY SNAPSHOT—UPDATED DAILY! 
Wednesday & Friday + Tuesday, October 21 & 23 +27, 2015
Senior English—The Literature of Britain—Unit 2
TIME PERIOD: The Middle Ages (1066-1485)
LITERATURE: Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
1. p. 72-88 Study via independent reading and note-taking.
Take notes for identified sections for purposes of information and presentation:
[Notes need to include section titles, relevant bullets, & bolded statements.]
 The Middle Ages by David Adams Leemimg (p. 74-78, top; skip timeline)
o Feudalism and Knighthood: Pyramid Power (starts p. 78)
o Women in Medieval Society: No Voice, No Choice (starts p. 80)
o Chivalry and Courtly Love: Ideal but Unreal (starts p. 81)
o The New City Classes: Out from Under the Overlords
o The Great Happenings
 The Crusades
 The Martyrdom of Thomas a Beckett
 The Magna Carta: Power to (some of) the People
 The Hundred Years’ War (1337-1435)
o A Closer Look
 A Terrible Worm in the Iron Cocoon
 Fleas, Money, and Gunpowder: The End of an Era
o The Middle Ages: Four Centuries of Change
2. p. 88 Quickwrite—Respond thoughtfully for discussion.
3. p. 99-100
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)—READ (independently)!
Document a minimum of 5 important details.
4. p. 101-104
The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age—READ (together)!
5. p. 105
Before You Read—from The Canterbury Tales
Reading Focus and Quickwrite—READ/RESPOND!
Elements of Literature—Characterization—READ
Q: How does Chaucer reveal his characters?
Background—READ!
Q: What is a frame story?
NOTE:
You will have two days to complete the above assignment (Wednesday & Friday).
You will be responsible for all the information and may use your notes for any
related discussions/presentations/tests that will inevitably follow (Tuesday).
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Wednesday-Friday, October 28-30, 2015
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales—The Prologue (p. 107-129)
DAY 1-3:
1. READ/DISCUSS: The Prologue
CREATE LIST OF ALL THE PILGRIMS/CHARACTERS.
NOTATE LINES OF INTRODUCTION & CHARACTERIZATION.
LABEL PILGRIMS ACCORDING TO SOCIETAL GROUPS.
[SOCIETAL GROUPS—The Land (Feudal), The City, The Church]
2. COMPLETE: Reviewing the Text AND Making Meanings (1-7)
Monday-Friday, November 2-13, 2015
Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales—The Prologue (p. 107-129)
Chaucer’s from The Pardoner’s Tale (p 131-139)
Chaucer’s from The Woman of Bath’s Tale (p. 140-151)
Monday, 11/2
1. REVIEW: The Prologue
Tuesday, 11/3
2. QUIZ: The Prologue
3. READ/DISCUSS: The Pardoner’s Tale—The Prologue only
4. COMPLETE: Reviewing The Text, a only
Wednesday, 11/4
5. READ/DISCUSS: The Pardoner’s Tale
6. COMPLETE: Reviewing the Text (All)
Thursday, 11/5
7. COMPLETE: Making Meanings (All)
Friday, 11/6
TBD
Monday-Tuesday, 11/9-11/10 [Wednesday, 11/11—No School]
8. READ/DISCUSS: The Woman of Bath’s Tale
9. COMPLETE—Reviewing the Text AND Making Meanings
Thursday-Friday, 11/12-11/13
10. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
Summative Assessment—details & dates TBD
Preview Choices: Building Your Portfolio (p. 152)
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Giovanni Boccaccio’s Federigo’s Falcon
p. 154 Giovanni Boccaccio—read; outline main points.
p. 155 Federigo’s Falcon
Before You Read
 Background—read; outline main points
 Reading Focus—read
 A Dialogue with the Text—read
o Prepare to take notes during reading
o Write down the question posed to answer after reading
p. 156-159 Giovanni Boccaccio’s Federigo’s—read!
Remember to take notes, have a “dialogue with the text”!
p. 159 Finding Common Ground—complete on paper (with a partner).
from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (p. 160-175)
PREREADING
Before You Read
 Reading Focus—The Game of Love—outline main points
 Quickwrite—follow instructions
 Elements of Literature—The Romance—outline main points
 Background—outline main points
Literature and Architecture—The Medieval Castle—outline main points
Words to Own (5)—define!
 Copy definition
 Copy line from text
READING
Read
POSTREADING
Reviewing the Text, a-e (IQIA + textual evidence)
Making Meanings, 1-8 (1QIA + textual evidence)
Upcoming:
Spotlight On: The Weaving of Women’s Tales (p. 176-179)
The English Language (p. 181-184)