Teaching the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
In this self-directed study involving research, composition, and presentation, students analyze Chaucer's characters of The Canterbury Tales as presented in the Prologue. Each student casts a modern personality in the role of one of the characters and writes an essay defending the choice. In this lesson students will listen to the reading of Middle English and discuss its differences from Modern English, will analyze characters from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, will conduct Internet research on an assigned character from the Prologue and write an analysis of the character. Students will cite sources correctly in written work and the presentation and will will use technology for research and presentation.
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