Varnon/MacGregor

CanterburyTaleslayeredcurriculum

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TistheLife:
ResearchChaucerslife,anddiscussallthejobsheheld.Explainwhythismightbean
importantaspectoftheauthorsidentitytoconsiderwhenreadingTheCanterbury
Tales.(CreateabibliographyusingMLAdocumentationofthesourcesused!Wecan
helpyouwiththis...)

CanterburyRap?
ReadBabaBrinkmansintroductiontohisCanterburyTalesraps,thenvisitthe
recordingsiteandlistentothem.GiveatensentencesummaryofBrinkmans
introduction,andwriteanother10+sentencesexplaininghisrapsandyourinitial
reactionstothem.Useasmuchspecificdetailaspossible.

Brinkmansintroduction:http://www.bababrinkman.com/doc/rct/prologue.pdf
Brinkmansrecordingsiteandhomepage:http://www.bababrinkman.com/
(WearenotsureyoucangettoanofficialrecordingfromthehomepageyoucanalwaysGooglehimorgoon
YouTube.)

Visualrepresent:
Draw/createavisualrepresentationofoneofthefollowingideas:greed,flattery,
equality,love.Includeashortparagraphexplanationthatdiscussesthemediumyou
usedandwhy,aswellasyourreasoningsfordrawing/creatingwhatyoudid.

Pilgrimpick:
ChooseyourfavoritepilgrimfromtheGeneralPrologue.Describehim/herinyourown
words,backingthisupwithtextualevidence,andthenexplainwhythisisyourfavorite
pilgrim.Thismustbe250+words.

Characterization:
Findthreeexamplesofdirectcharacterizationandfiveexamplesofindirect
characterizationintheGeneralPrologueoroneofthetales.ExplainwhatChauceris
sayingineachoftheseexamples.

Pullingoutallthestops:
FindatleastfiveexamplesofhyperboleorsatireorhumorintheGeneralPrologueor
oneofthetales.Usetextualevidenceforeachexample.ExplainwhatChaucerissaying
ineachoftheseexamples.

Satireinthemodernworld:
VisitTheOnionwebpage,andbrowsethroughthevariousarticlesandvideoclips.
ChooseTWOstories(eitherarticlesorvideos),andprovideatensentencesummary.
Explainwhatmakeseachstoryeffective,andwhyandhowyouwereaffectedbyeach.
Usetextualdetailwhenandifpossible.Also,includeMLAcitation.

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ModernPilgrimages:
Researchcontemporarypilgrimagestakenbypeopletoday,eitherinourownsocietyor
worldwide.Considerreligiouspilgrimagesaswellassecularones.ThinkaboutBlack
Friday,orotherritualistictrips.Doallpilgrimages,byvirtueofbeingpilgrimages,have
tobepositiveexperiences,orrepresentpositiveattributesofthepilgrims?Whyorwhy
not?

Characterizationsecondtimearound:
Completethedirectcharacterization/indirectcharacterizationassignmentsuppliedby
me.

Writeyourownstory:
Writeyourownfable/bestiary.Considerthedefinitionofabestiary,andwrite
accordingly.Thistalemustbeatleast500words,useonevocabularyword,andinclude
dialogue.

Writeyourownstory:
Writeyourownromance.Considerthedefinitionofaromance,andwriteaccordingly.
Thistalemustbeatleast500words,useonvocabularyword,andincludedialogue.

Greed:
GreedisthemajortopicinThePardonersTale.Discussyourunderstandingofgreed,
andexplainhowgreedisapparentinyourlife,orthelifearoundyou.Howdoesitaffect
(ornotaffect)society?Thisresponseshouldbe250+words.

Yourethedirector:
Createamovietrailerforoneofthetalesweveread.Thetrailermustbeatleastthree
minuteslongandincludetextfromthetale,aswellassomehowsuggestathemeor
moralwecantakeoutofit.

Bookillustrator:
Createabookcoverforoneofthetalesweveread.Thebookcovermustinclude
pertinentinformation,includingabrief510sentencesummaryofthetale,sometext
quotedfromthetale,andsomekindofthemeormoralwecantakefromthetale.

Satirizingsociety:
InChaucersTheCanterburyTales,hechoosesvariousaspectsofsocietythathefeels
lessthanconfidentabout,andsatirizesthem.Lookatthreedifferentsocietalissuesthat
ChaucersatirizesinhisTales(includingTheGeneralPrologue).First,identifythe
societalissuebeingsatirized.Then,showhowhesatirizesthisissue,usingtextual
evidencefromthepieceitself.Last,analyzehismessage.WhatisChaucersayingabout
thissocietalissue?(Thinkbacktoourcowbelldiscussionifyouneedalittle
guidance.)