Objective ...
Students will relate their own ideas and experiences to some of the central themes of the Canterbury Tales. Students will analyze primary resources from the time period to gain a deeper understanding of the language and events of the time.
Warm-up ...
CWoD - ATTRITION
Today ...
- CWoD
- In groups of no more than 3 (you may choose to work solo or with a partner as well - but NO MORE THAN 3 IN A GROUP), you will read "The Paston Letters" on pp. 128-137 in the literature book and then convert each letter to the modern day equivalent of a text message or tweet for each paragraph in the letter.
- (ie. the first letter ... 28 February 1449 ... has 3 large/main paragraphs ... so you would have 3 short tweets or texts effectively summarizing each paragraph.
- You may write your answers on paper .. OR you may type them (which would probably be easier) in a Google or Word Online document that you will share with me when you finish. If you choose this option, share it with me at my email address - richard.davis@sfisd.org
- You may use the regular text - but the online text might be more helpful since it is more interactive. Remember you can access the online text at http://my.hrw.com ... be sure to add that to your favorites so it will always be easy to find when you are using the Chromebook OR using your Google profile on ANY computer anywhere (with Internet access).
- Once you've finished (if you finish today - which we probably won't) you may continue working on the pre-reading activity from yesterday and/or the webquest. We will quiz over the Webquest on Thursday. I will be checking blogs for the pre-reading work no later than next Monday.
