25 Feb: Wife of Bath

1. TURN IN: 1) Metaphor Graffiti. Attach lyrics to back. 2) Tale of the Falcon HW questions from p. 820 3) Frame Story – gather your groups stories. Staple them all together
2. "Tale of the Falcon" Quiz
3. "The Wife of Bath’s Tale"VOCABULARY
   Use the glossary in your textbook or a dictionary to define the words.
   Part B) example
   What do the 3 words "putrefy, acrid, and rank" have in common?
   First, find 2 words that have something in common. Then see if you can find another word that will fit with those 2.
   Vocabulary example #2: What do the words "purge" and "extort" have in common?
   How might "disperse" have something in common with those words?
   Purge – v. to cleanse of impurities; to clear away or out. (when someone purges what he ate, he throws it up or gets it out of his stomach)
   Extort – v. to get money or goods by threats or violence. (when someone extorts money, they illegally get money from someone)
   What do these 2 words have in common?
   Disperse – v. to break up and scatter; distribute widely (When the police disperse a rowdy crowd, they spread them out from the big group they were in. They get them out of the mob or riot.)
   What do all 3 of these words have in common?
4. Literary Terms (add "couplets" and "allusion" to packet page 11)
   Dynamic characters – change during the story. Decisions these characters make, things they say, or their thoughts reflect these changes. (Guy Montag, Equality)
   Static characters – remain unchanged during a story. (Mildred, Captain Beatty)
   Couplets (add this one) – 2 lines in a row that rhyme
   allusion – a reference to something that is known from literature, history, religion
5. Geoffrey Chaucer lived during 1300s
   **Author of The Canterbury Tales
   **"Father of English poetry"
   **Wrote in the vernacular (everyday language), Middle English. Most literature was written in French at that time, so Chaucer writing in Middle English helped to increase respect for the English language.
6. The Canterbury Tales
   Pilgrimage: journey to a sacred/religious place
   Setting of the "big" story: London, Canterbury, the road from London to Canterbury
   **People are going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. On the way & back, they have a storytelling contest. This is the frame that binds the tales together. The smaller stories are the stories they tell for the contest.
   **Chaucer opens The Canterbury Tales with a prologue. He explains what they are doing and gives a description of each pilgrim.
   Some of these pilgrims include:
   Knight - Monk
   Squire - Farmer
   Nun - Student
   Priest - Wife (actually a widow)
7. The Canterbury Tales: The Sequel
   **Read slide 1 (slide # in bottom corner).
   Identify the rhyme scheme
   Summarize what it is about in the summary box.
   Can you find any metaphors?
   Illustrate the scene &/or images from the passage.
   Who is the speaker of the poem? Who is "I"?
   **Your section of the sequel
   On the back of slide 1 is your individual section of the poem.
   Read it. Summarize it. Identify any metaphors. Illustrate it.
8. We began reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" on page 774. We will finish on Friday.