Thursday 11/1

Journal # 27

Analyze the Chaucer quote below:

“. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust. . . .” 
― Geoffrey Chaucer

1.  Discuss Journal

2.  Review character depiction of Friar.  Consider:

How does Friar meet ideal attributes of his profession?

What is the narrator's opinion?  Credible?

3.  Read/Analyze "The Pardoner" & "Wife of Bath"

Activity:  With a partner, compose a list of character traits.  Consider how Chaucer furthers his
satire of the church.

4.  Define:  Exemplum.  ***Reflect upon what "moral lesssons" you have learned in literature.

5.  Read "The Pardoner's Tale"

Wednesday 10/31 Happy Halloween!!

Respond to the quote below:

Joseph Conrad
: There is something haunting in the light of the moon; it has all the dispassionateness of a disembodied soul, and something of its inconceivable mystery.

1.  Discuss Journal
2.  Review/Collect Chaucer-Style Characterizations

Literary Focus

Imagery and Character

Chaucer is a master of imagery, language that appeals to the senses. Most images are visual, but imagery can also appeal to our sense of hearing, smell, taste, or touch. In a few vivid words, sometimes using figures of speech, Chaucer creates a cast of characters as real to us as the characters in the latest novel—more real, perhaps, because Chaucer’s pilgrims exhibit all the essentials of human nature.

Chaucer relies on his readers’ knowledge of physiognomy. Based on some of Aristotle’s treatises, physiognomy compares varieties of people with animals and asserts that certain physical characteristics reveal one’s true character. Thus, when Chaucer’s contemporaries read that the Wife of Bath had “gap-teeth, set widely, truth to say,” they knew that the physiognomists believed that a gap between a woman’s two front teeth indicated not only that she would travel far but also that she was bold and amorous.

** Physiognomy:

the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.

Analyzing Chaucer’s imagery. Below is a list of a few physical characteristics and their corresponding physiognomic interpretations. Choose a pilgrim who exhibits each characteristic. How does the physiognomic interpretation reinforce what you already know about the character’s nature?

	• ramlike appearance = strength
	• flaring nostrils = anger
	• foxlike appearance = slyness
	• high forehead = intelligence
	• infected sores = lechery *****Activity:  Describe your partner's face with crisp detail; be aware that this detail should reveal some aspect of their personality.  10 mins:  Share.  3.  Review depiction of Friar:  Consider his physicality and what it reveals about his character 4.  Read/Analyze "The Pardoner"

10/26 Friday

Journal:  Describe the last time a close friend or family member disappointed you.  How did this
disappointment make you feel?  Consider whether or not you have moved forward from this.

1.  Discuss Journal

2.  With a partner, Consider the following:

The narrator asks:    Must he [The Monk] toil...

	As Austin° bade and till the very soil?
	Was he to leave the world upon the shelf?
	Let Austin have his labor to himself. **Examine the significance of this allusion. Consider:  Is there a character discrepancy? --Evidence of a naive narrator?  Explain.  **10 mins w/ partner & Share. 3.  Read/Analyze The Friar  **Consider in what ways this character portrayal reminds you of the Prioress. 4.  Creative Assignment:  In iambic pentameter and incorporating end rhymes, write a character portrait "Chaucer-Styly" for a profession today. Due:  Monday.

Thursday 10/25

Journal:  Examine whether or not your faith has evolved over the years.  If your beliefs have changed,
consider what may have influenced you.

1.  Discuss Journal
2.  Review "Knight and Squire"

3.  Read "The Nun"  Discussion:  What details reflect the narrator's doubt about this Prioress' integrity.  Record notes in your notebook to prepare.

4.  Read/Analyze "The Monk":  Consider:  **Discrepancy of Character
                                                                     **Naive Narrator

Wednesday 10/24

Journal:  In your own words, explain what chivalry is.  Decide whether or not "chivalry is dead" today.  If it still exists, what does it look like today?  Give examples.

1.  The Prologue:  (142)  Read; Reltate aspects of Frame Narrative

2.  Read "The Knight, Squire"  10 min Activity:  With a partner, make a chart that compares and contrasts these two characters.  Consider their actions, words, etc.

3.  Read "The Nun"  Discussion:  What details reflect the narrator's doubt about this Prioress' integrity.  Record notes in your notebook to prepare. 

4.  Read/Analyze "The Monk":  Consider:  **Discrepancy of Character
                                                                     **Naive Narrator

Senior Textbook

Please access this link for your senior text book:

http://holtmcdougal.hmhco.com/hm/home.htm

10/23 Tuesday

Journal:  Describe the best advice you ever received.    Who gave it to you?  Did you listen?  Explain.

1.  Medieval History:  Rise of the Romance; The Crusades
2.  Black Death:  Social/Economic Implication
3.  St. Thomas Beckett/ Canterbury Cathedral
4.  Background:  Geoffrey Chaucer

5.  Read:  The Prologue:  Relate Frame Narrative

10/22 Monday

Journal :  Consider to what extent the controversial issues of social class and economics will help determine the next president of the United States.

1.  Discuss journal.
2.  Review Canterbury Tales powerpoint.
3.  Profile Medieval History:  pgs 116-128
Review/Collect info paper on Feudalism.  Relate textbook notes.
4.  "Think About" questions:  pg. 116
5.  "Terrible Worm" in Cocoon  pg 120
**Examine code of Chivalry:  Discussion:  How relevant is chivalry today?
6.  Read background of Chaucer.

Thursday 10/18

Journal #20  Consider how social class affects your perspective.  Do people judge you according to
what social class they perceive you to belong to?  Explain.

1.  Vocab Quiz  Ch. 2

2.  Middle Ages  1066-1485

Text:  pg 116  "Think About..."

3.  Peruse Medieval History

**Focus:  Feudalism   HW:  1 pg informational history.
4.  pg.120  Knights... "A Terrible Worm in an Iron Cocoon"

10/16 Journal #19

Examine how literature can affect and inform our ideas about morality.  Consider how your sense of
morality has been shaped by any recent literature you might have read.

1.  Questions about Senior Project Proposal.
2.  MLA Handouts.  **Begin Research Process.
3.  View Literature Unit 2 Post.  Review Reading Schedule.
4.  Canterbury Tales Power Point.
5.  Textbook:  Profile Time line.  Focus:  Feudalism.

Tuesday 10/16

Literature Unit 2:  How does literature shape, reflect, and inform our ideas about morality? 





  Chaucer portrays how a society's social systems influence the behavior of the individual.  In the Middle Ages, a code of chivalry directed the ethical behavior of knights, or armored warriors, in matters of virtue, honor, and love.  Literature addresses issues of morality by allowing readers to explore and inform their own behaviors by examining the thoughts and actions of fictional characters. 

Reading schedule:  "The Middle Ages"  116-128
                                 "Geoffrey Chaucer"  135-136

                                 "The Canterbury Tales: Snapshot of an Age"  pgs. 137-139
                                "The Prologue"  pgs 141-153; pgs. 154-164
                                 "The Pardoner's Tale"  168-175

10/15 Journal

Respond to the follwowing quote:

The idea that war should be conducted within a moral framework may seem like a quaint medieval practice, but as speech separates humans from the apes, so morality separates civilization from the barbarians. 1.  Vocabulary Review:  Ch. 2 Synonyms 2.  Discuss Journal:  Intro to the Middle Ages. **Introduce Feudalism:  A political, social, and economic system.  1 pg. informational paper due Friday. 3.  Review/Collect Proposals. 4.  Text book:  Profile Medieval Timeline.   5.  Canterbury Tales Powerpoint.

Friday 10/12

Respond to the following quote:

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

**John Locke

1.  Discuss Journal

2.  Collect/Share College Journals

3.  Writing Workshops:  Plan 1 page proposals

4.  Vocabulary Workshop:  Ch. 2  Activity:  Design a crossword puzzle using at least 10 words.

Senior Project 2013

October 12-Proposal due: Include Essential Question and Theme - the answer to your essential question.  Articulate why you chose this particular focus of study and what you want to ultimately accomplish.  1 page

November 9-25 source cards due:  Books, articles, journals, periodicals, websites (5), etc.  Sources are recorded in MLA format.  1 source per card. 

December 7-Minimum 35 notecards due:  Terms, data, facts, quotes, etc. that will be incorporated in your paper.

January 4-Rough draft due:  Approximately 15 pgs.  Double spaced:  1" margins

February 22-Final Copy:  All parts due:  Cover page, outline, 15 pgs MLA format, bibliography ***Community Service Letter due. 20 hours need to be documented.