Playing Chaucer's Pilgrims

Learners investigate literary point of view as exhibited in Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales. They create their own pilgrim and narrative digital movie about the character.

The first step in tackling Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is learning to read a new language! Your seniors can begin to comprehend the text with this line-by-line breakdown of the description of the "parfit gentil knyght" from "The...

Set your pupils' wits to work by asking them to identify the character from The Canterbury Tales who is speaking or being described in a list of quotes from Chaucer’s prologue. To shorten the long journey, beware, and do not lay upon me...

Imagine your class has just completed a study of The Canterbury Tales. Imagine you are looking for a synthesizing activity to reinforce the key concepts in the unit. Imagine asking class groups to craft presentations that will introduce...

A thorough and well-designed resource for older students, this lesson focuses on Chaucer's character the Wife of Bath from his classic novel, The Canterbury Tales. As a way of understanding Chaucer's complex characterization and...

Take your class through the Wife of Bath's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with this slide show. First summarizing the events of this section, the presentation goes on to provide the supporting text for each plot point, from the...

Compare the Wife of Bath's text to the biblical verses she references. Much of Chaucer's Wife of Bath's words are direct reflections of bible verses; this presentation matches the Old English to the biblical references and helps explain...

Guide your class through a lecture or lecture series on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with this presentation. First summarizing the Knight's Tale and the Miller's Tale, the slides then provide the text for the Miller's Tale, linking...

Build historical background for your medieval literature class with this presentation. Focusing on the characteristics of feudal society and religious influence, the slides are a good basis for starting your medieval literature class -...

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, published in 1985, remains a timeless and cautionary tale. Naomi Mercer offers a cogent argument for why Atwood's speculative fiction should should be a part of the modern language arts canon.