Brit Lit:

Today:

Using your notes from the presentations yesterday, we took a "Who am I ?" Quiz.
We corrected these in class.

I introduced the Pardoner's Tale.  We read the story (pg 115) and answered questions 1-4 on pg 121

We watched a 5 min version of the same story done by the BBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS8a9FNhkxw

I introduced and we began the pilgrimage assignment.  Here is the rubric:

 

Make Your Own Pilgrimage…..

 Part 1:  The Prologue Poem  In this section, you will write a poem to begin your piece.  In your poem you must:              Give yourself a title as a pilgrim

                                                Use direct and indirect characterizations

                                                Write 4-6 Lines.

                                                Emulate Chaucer

______________   out of 20

 Part II:  The Symbolic Representation Provide a hand drawn picture, a collage, or a brief descriptive piece which clearly gives a symbolic representation of who you are.  Remember, symbols are common images, which are used to represent much larger things.

 

______________ out of 40

 Part III: The Tale You will write about a pilgrimage that you have been on.

In your Tale, you must:           Write 3 well written paragraphs

Write a tale that includes, Characters, a plot, a setting, a climax, and a conclusion

Use characterization

There is a clear lesson that you learn by the end of the tale.

 

_____________ out of 40

 

Final Grade:_________________                                                     


HW:  Please read the entire prologue that begins on pg. 91.