LESSON PLAN—Mike Myers

FROM THE CANTERBURY TALES: THE PROLOGUEGeoffrey Chaucer

Student Edition, p. 135________________________________________________________________________Michael Earl MyersMED 504Integrated Technology Lesson Plan #3October 5, 2008

I will be introducing the pilgrims from Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales this week to my seniors. We will look at the Prologue, The Wife of Bath’s Tale and The Pardoner’s Tale in the course of two weeks or more. We will also have one or two quizzes along with worksheets and homework. The study will conclude with the students writing their own tale (in groups of 2 or 3) and presenting their tale to the class. They will use the structure of Chaucer’s writing as a guide and their tale will be a pilgrimage to an event or place. Lastly, their tale must include a moral.

PACING3-5 Days

SKILLS FOCUS

Literary Skills Reading Skills Vocabulary Skills Writing Skills• Understand characterization. Understand the characteristics of a frame story.

• Analyze style using key details.

• Create semantic maps with antonyms.

• Write your own ‘senior’ tale.

• Analyze characterization. Analyze characteristics of a frame story. Analyze imagery in characterization.

SELECTION RESOURCES

STANDARDS12.3.1; 12.3.3; 12.3.5; 12.3.7; 12.3.10

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PLANNING___ Teacher’s Edition

___ Resources: Reading, p. 135___ Scope and Sequence, p. 110A

___ Resource Manager, p. 110E

PREREADING___ Teacher’s Edition

___ Summary, p. 140___ Skills Starter, p. 140___ Preview Vocabulary, p. 140

___ Student Edition, Before You Read, p. 140___ Make the Connection___ Literary Focus (Characterization; Frame Story)___ Reading Skills (Analyzing Style: Key Details)___ Vocabulary Development___ Meet the Writer: Geoffrey Chaucer, p. 135

___ PowerNotes ( )

READING___ Teacher’s Edition

___ Side-column Questions and Lesson Cycle Suggestions___ Student Edition

___ “The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age,” p. 137___ Opening Lines to the Prologue in Middle English, p. 141

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___ “from The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue,” p. 142___ A Closer Look: Places of Pilgrimage, p. 150

___ The Holt Reader___ “from The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales,” p. 53

___ Audio CD Library, disc 2___ Vocabulary Development, p. 6

POSTREADING___ Teacher’s Edition, p. 165___ Student Edition

___ After You Read, p. 165___ Response and Analysis___ Writing___ Vocabulary Development___ Literary Focus

___ Read On: For Independent Reading, p. 239

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___ Holt Reading Solutions___ Vocabulary and Comprehension (copying master), p. 55___ Additional Vocabulary Practice (copying master), p. 56

ASSESSMENT___ Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary, “The Prologue from The

Canterbury Tales,” p. 44___ Reading Quiz___ Holt Online Assessment (Requires login to my.hrw.com)

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES-POSSIBILITIES___ Internet

___ go.hrw.com___ Elements of Literature Online (Requires login to my.hrw.com)

___ PuzzlePro®

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