The Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer

Universal Design for Learning

Model Lesson

The Pardoner’s Tale

The Pardoner’s Tale

Take a moment and begin reading the text of The Pardoner’s Tale.

As you read, answer the following questions in complete sentences.

How engaged do you feel?

1. Highly Engaged

2. Engaged

3. Somewhat Engaged

4. Bored!

Do you think The Canterbury Tales are important?

1. Yes

2. No

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Multiple formats and media

High Interest

Quick write, music, and pictures

Take a moment and respond to the following Quick write.

“The love of money is the root of all evil,” the Bible tells us. Write down your thoughts

about the desire for money and the ways in which it

influences human behavior. In what situations is the desire for money evil or harmful? When does the desire seem normal or

legitimate to you?”

Mo Money More Problems . . .

Share Out

In what situations is the desire for money evil or harmful?

When does the desire seem normal or legitimate to you?

What does the song and pictures represent?

What do you notice from these images and words?

Inspiration Graphic Organizer

Podcast – The Pardoner’s Tale

http://swiftpens.mypodcast.com/index.html

- Review- Blogging- Reinforce

The Transformation of Language and The Pardoner’s Tale.

Think about why we rhyme words. When do we rhyme? Why do we rhyme? What are some of the kinds of rhyming that we do?

- End rhyme: rhymed words at the ends of lines

- Internal rhyme – rhymed words in the middle of the lines

The Rap Version of the Pardoner’s Tale

Baba Brinkmanhttp://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/

converse/chaucer/video_external_large_pardoner.asp

As you listen to Baba’s rap, identify end and internal rhymes.

(See Handout Examples)

Think-Pair-Share

With your partner, share examples of internal and end rhyme you identified in the rap version of The Pardoner’s Tale.

Share with the group.

…When he’d said his piece

The rest agreed, and the three friends hit the streets

And went to seek their destiny and provoke a confrontation,

In a drunken rage hoping Death would come and face them.

Their intoxication made them sure of their purpose

And fed the infernal furnace of their courage,

A kernel nourished by these three murderous wretches in denial.

Less than a mile into their quest to put Death on trial

They met this guy all wrapped in bandages:

An old handicapped man with disadvantages,

And the three friends examined his bleeding flesh

And demanded he tell them how he was cheating death.

And up they started in their drunken rage

And made towards this village which the page

And publican had spoken of before.

Many and grisly were the oaths they swore,

Tearing Christ’s blessed body to a shred;

“If we can only catch him, Death is dead!”

When they had gone not fully half a mile,

Just as they were about to cross a stile,

They came upon a very poor man

Who humbly greeted them and thus began,

“God look to you, my lords, and give you quiet!”

To which the proudest of these men of riot

Gave back the answer, “What, old fool? Give place!

Why are you all wrapped up except your face?

Why live so long? Isn’t it time to die?”

Chaucer – Modern English Baba Brinkman – Rap Chaucer – Middle English

And up they stirte al dronken in this rage,

And forth they goon towardes that village,

Of which the taverner hadde spoke biforn.

And many a grisly ooth thanne han they sworn,

And Cristes blessed body they torente -

Deeth shal be deed, if that they may hym hente!

Whan they han goon nat fully half a mile,

Right as they wolde han troden over a stile,

An oold man and a povre with hem mette.

This olde man ful mekely hem grette,

And seyde thus, "Now, lordes, God yow see!"

The proudeste of thise riotoures three

Answerde agayn, "What, carl, with sory grace,

Why artow al forwrapped save thy face?

Why lyvestow so longe in so greet age?"

Assessment

Quick check for understanding of end and internal rhyme using the “clickers.”

Application – using the same podcasting website, students will have an opportunity to post their own musical examples of end and internal rhyme schemes.

The following is an example of an end rhyme: When they had gone not fully half a mile,Just as they were about to cross a stile.

1. True

2. False

The following contains an example of an internal rhyme:Less than a mile into their quest to put Death on trial. They met this guy all wrapped in bandages.

1. True

2. False

Assessment - Blogging

http://swiftpens.mypodcast.com/index.html

After listening to the Rap Version of The Pardoner's Tale, think about another artist who uses similar rhyme schemes.

Include the following:- Name of the artist- Name of the song- Sample lines of the song illustrating both an end rhyme and an internal rhyme.

Example:Artist: Notorious B.I.G.Song: Mo Money More Problems

Lines:Ten years from now we'll still be on top Yo, I thought I told you that we won't stop

Culminating Activities

Student Self Assessment:Selection of End of Unit Assessment from one of the

following: Create a Digital Story Create a Transformational Timeline – Photo Based Create a Podcast Create a PowerPoint Identify other transformational text throughout time

(Modern, Middle, and English) and write a paper describing these changes and their impact.

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Final Thoughts