Objective ...
Students will relate their own ideas and experiences to some of the central themes of the Canterbury Tales. Students will analyze characterization in the Prologue of The Canterbury Tales.
Warm-up ...
Read the following article online ... Thanksgiving Fun Facts
The in your blog, list the 3 facts you found most interesting and briefly explain why!
NO PILGRIM QUIZ TODAY! Keep your charts - we will quiz when we come back.
Today ...
- Warm Up - Thanksgiving Fun Facts
- Prologue/Pilgrim Quiz after the break
- Check your chart information against Prologue/Pilgrim Quiz Review Info
- TODAY ... Giving Thanks Journal/Letter ... on a sheet of paper, you will write a letter to the person who matters most to you telling them what you are thankful for and why. You will need to show me the completed letter before the end of the period - the assignment should be 250-350 words in length. But once you have shown it to me, you will keep your letter and can deliver it to the person you wrote it to (or not) at your own option.
- The person doesn't have to be living - the person doesn't have to be someone other than yourself. But it must be a real person who is closely connected to you.
