The Canterbury Tales
Day 1
Standards
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Writing: 1.0 Writing Strategies Students write
coherent and focused texts that convey a welldefined perspective and tightly reasoned argument.
The writing demonstrates students' awareness of the
audience and purpose and progression through the
stages of the writing process. Organization and Focus
1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements
of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form)
when completing narrative, expository, persuasive,
or descriptive writing assignments. 1.3 Structure
ideas and arguments in a sustained, persuasive, and
sophisticated way and support them with precise
and relevant examples.
Reading: 2.4 Make warranted and reasonable
assertions about the author's arguments by using
elements of the text to defend and clarify
interpretations. 2.5 Analyze an author's implicit and
explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about
a subject. 3.7 Analyze recognized works of world
literature from a variety of authors. Literary
Criticism 3.8 Analyze the clarity and consistency of
political assumptions in a selection of literary works
or essays on a topic (e.g., suffrage, women's role in
organized labor). (Political approach) 3.9 Analyze
the philosophical arguments presented in literary
works to determine whether the authors' positions
have contributed to the quality of each work and the
credibility of the characters. (Philosophical
approach)
Objectives
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Students will be able to…
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defend their stance on an
issue/topic
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compose writing that
effectively communicates
their thoughts and ideas
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categorize and classify
characters in literature
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determine through
characterization and other
text evidence the social
commentary being
expressed in literature
Peer Editing
 Lazy American Students Unit Essay
 take out your rough draft…
 Peer edit switch one
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PAPA Square
 Peer edit switch two
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EPT rubric worksheets
Essay Review
 MLA
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double space
heading at top of each page with your last name and page number.
 Citations
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In text
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(authors name): no page number or anything else, just the last name of
the author. There are special instructions if there is not an author, see
the MLA PowerPoint or one of the reference sites.
Works Cited
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on a separate page
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should only list the sources you cited in your paper, they need to
match up
Final Draft
 Due by midnight this Friday on turnitin.com!
 If you do not have a turnitin.com account yet then you
NEED to come see me ASAP!
 Remember you need to have at least three sources and it
should be formatted in MLA style.
Last Class Review
 The Canterbury Tales
 What is it about?
 Who wrote it?
 Important aspects of it?
 Social Classes?
The Prologue
 Character analysis
 chart
 we will do one together
 then work with a partner to complete
Character
Descriptive
Details
Chaucer’s
Attitude
Name
Direct:
Indirect:
+ or -,
specific
feelings
The Characters
 Knight
 Merchant
 Parson
 Squire
 Oxford
Cleric
 Plowman
 Man of
Law
 Manciple
 Yeoman
 Cook
 Shipman/S
kipper
 Franklin
 Prioress
 Guildsmen
 Monk
 Physician
 Friar
 Wife of
Bath
 Miller
 Reeve
 Summoner
 Pardoner