Thursday, October 25, 2012

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.

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