Medieval+Period


 * Medieval Period**

Overview of Medieval Period [|Medieval Preview]


 * Overview Packet and worksheet**


 * The Ballad**
 * [|The Ballad (as a genre)]**

-Twa Corbies -Lord Randall -Get Up and Bar the Door -Barbara Allen

[|Class Notes]

-You are to create a ballad based on a topic in pop culture. There are some topics that are better than others-remember to focus on the themes that are apparent in ballads-death, betrayal, love, supernatural etc)
 * The Assignment **

Use either the standard ballad stanza (alternating 4 beat and 3 beat lines rhyming ABCB) or some other variation (sticking with a pattern) -minimum of 4 stanzas Keep on computer-Save in Drive as Hour, Last Names, Ballad

-Remember: - Ballads often use dialogue to tell the story - Ballads often jump from scene to scene in stanza to stanza - Ballads often featured repetitive refrain lines

[|Gilligan's Island Theme Song (Accents)] [|Youtube-Gilligan's Island theme song] [|Meter Chart]

[|Arthurian Links] The Legends [|Medieval Legends and Canterbury Tales] Morte D'Arthur worksheet
 * King Arthur**


 * Chaucer and Canterbury Tales**


 * [|Chaucer Introduction and Background]**

[|Chaucer and the Humors/Physiognomy]

[|Which humor are you?]


 * Pilgrim Report **
 * READING ASSIGNMENTS – Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales “General Prologue” Be prepared to read with expression. You will be responsible for explaining fully & correctly the meaning of all unfamiliar words in your passage. You will be responsible for summarizing / explaining information provided in footnotes & side notes. Ask me for __help before the class period when you must read__. Your work counts as a grade, based on the effectiveness of your reading [speed, volume, expressiveness, etc.] and the thoroughness of your preparation [judged by your ability to answer questions about your passage.] **


 * If you are presenting a "set of lines," be sure to tell us the setting, who? what? when? where? why? how? footnotes, any unfamiliar terms, etc. Tell us using bullet points using chronological order. **

General Prologue/Pilgrim Report Assignment In a short presentation, you will introduce one of the pilgrims on the journey or a group of lines to the class.
 * 1) 1. Begin your presentation by reading the lines to which you’ve been assigned.
 * 2) 2. With your presentation, you will teach the class about what you’ve read, using the guidelines below
 * 3) 3. Complete your presentation in Drive and save as your hour, pilgrim (or lines) and last name (ex: 1 Knight Smith)
 * 4) 4. You will be expected to give your presentation in the order of the “General Prologue.”

In the “Prologue” to Chaucer’s //Canterbury Tales//, report on the following 11 items for your pilgrim: **Please note, not every pilgrim will be able to answer each question.


 * 1) 1. Summary of what the selection says. You may use bullet points to ‘translate’ the main message into present day English.
 * 2) 2. Job description / Social position
 * 3) 3. Traveling companion(s)- if any. Not all will have them
 * 4) 4. Family relationships- if listed. Not all will have them
 * 5) 5. Physical appearance, including clothing-be very specific and detailed!
 * 6) 6. Personality traits – strengths & weaknesses
 * 7) 7. Name- if given. Not all will list one
 * 8) 8. Key lines that highlight the pilgrim, make him/her unique, etc. **this will be a key component of the test**
 * 9) 9. Chaucer’s attitude toward her/him-does his tone sound respectful or scornful? Why?
 * 10) 10. Reasons for the journey, if given, or why would you assume he/she is going?
 * 11) 11. Vocabulary for your pilgrim

__ Vocab by Pilgrim __ : BEGINNING VOCAB: engendering, heath, palmers, strands, hallowed, shire, wend, holstelry, sundry, degree __ Knight & Squire __ : lists, van, boorish, fustian __ Yeoman __ : brace, dirk, baldrick __ Prioress __ : withal, solicitous, span __ Monk __ : course(verb), garnished, prelate, palfrey __ Friar __ : shrift, shriven, verity, tippet, hurdy-gurdy, accrue, farthing, wantonness __ Merchant __ : motley __ Oxford Cleric __ : psaltery __ Sergeant at Law __ : Assize, screeds __ Franklin __ : franklin, sanguine, bream __ Guildsmen and Cook __ : haberdasher, livery, avouches, burgess, dias, blancmange __ Skipper __ : lanyard __ Doctor __ : ascendant, apothecaries, pestilence __ Wife of Bath __ : ground, wimple, buckler __ Parson __ : benefices, mercenary, estate, scrupulosity __ Plowman __ : repined, tithe, tabard __ Miller __ : none __ Manciple __ : manciple, victuals, abstrusest __ Reeve __ : reeve, choleric, garners, bailiff, serf, sward, splayed __ Summoner __ : cheribim, carbuncles, whleks, tag, varlet, concubine, excommunication, duress __ Pardoner __ : seconds, gelding, gobbet, ecclesiast, broad, scurrility __ Host __ : evensong, matins

Here is the folder with your presentations [|Presentations]
 * PRESENTATIONS**

[|Pilgrim Quotes]

[|Sporcle- Canterbury Characters]

For this assignment, please make sure that you are using the text from our book so you are citing the correct line numbers. [|Compare Contrast essay]
 * Compare/Contrast Essay**

[|Worksheet]
 * The Pardoner's Tale**

[|Full Text Link to Pardoner's Tale]

Create your own Pardoner's Tale either in Storyboard or Video format. You may work individually or up to a group of 3. You may recreate the original Pardoner's Tale or you may modernize the story. The moral/message of the tale must remain the same (Greed is the root of all evil). Some requirements: -If you make a video, please make sure it is not longer than 4 minutes -If you make a storyboard, you must have a minimum of 10 fields -If you are making a storyboard, you must include text. It can be modernized and it does not have to rhyme.
 * The Pardoner's Tale Storyboard Assignment:**

I am looking for effort in your creativity and accuracy in the storyline. Here are some storyboard tools you may find helpful. [|Storyboard tools]

Review: [|Pardoner's Tale Review]

Movie [|The Pardoner's Tale Rap Movie]

[|Medieval Unit Review Sheet]
 * REVIEWS**

Medieval station review [|Station Review] [|STATION REVIEW]