Canterbury Tales : Analysis /Formal Essay
Skill: Direct and indirect character, theme
Value: 100 points
Due: On-Demand, One class period
Length 1-2 pages
Prompt: Explain how and why Chaucer establishes the personalities of his characters and the nature of their medieval society in the General Prologue and the stories of the Canterbury Tales. Consider occupations, social class, dress and other descriptions as archetypal indicators of the person and purposes of his/her tale
Your selections can be prepared in advance for the following
The knight
The Wife of Bath
The Franklin
The Pardoner
The Prioress(Nun)
Skill: Direct and indirect character, theme
Value: 100 points
Due: On-Demand, One class period
Length 1-2 pages
Prompt: Explain how and why Chaucer establishes the personalities of his characters and the nature of their medieval society in the General Prologue and the stories of the Canterbury Tales. Consider occupations, social class, dress and other descriptions as archetypal indicators of the person and purposes of his/her tale
Your selections can be prepared in advance for the following
The knight
The Wife of Bath
The Franklin
The Pardoner
The Prioress(Nun)
Modern Canterbury Tales Character
Due: Dec 5th
Skill: Creative/Expressive. Write a piece using a specific author’s style, craft, structures, and historical elements to express a theme for then and now.
Value: 100 points( extra credit + 5 personal presentation reading using elmo) +20 for iambic pentameter
Description: Create a description of a modern-day pilgrim going on a journey to Canterbury. Your selection as to profession should reflect the modern world, not the ancient one.
You should describe your pilgrim with…
-- direct and indirect characterization
-- long, not short lines
-- rhymed couplets
-- humor, seriousness, or criticism
-- at least 20 lines long
Rubric and example will be passed out.
Due: Dec 5th
Skill: Creative/Expressive. Write a piece using a specific author’s style, craft, structures, and historical elements to express a theme for then and now.
Value: 100 points( extra credit + 5 personal presentation reading using elmo) +20 for iambic pentameter
Description: Create a description of a modern-day pilgrim going on a journey to Canterbury. Your selection as to profession should reflect the modern world, not the ancient one.
You should describe your pilgrim with…
-- direct and indirect characterization
-- long, not short lines
-- rhymed couplets
-- humor, seriousness, or criticism
-- at least 20 lines long
Rubric and example will be passed out.