The Canterbury TalesDay 1

Standards

Writing: 1.0 Writing Strategies Students write coherent and focused texts that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students' awareness of the audience and purpose and progression through the stages of the writing process. Organization and Focus 1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments. 1.3 Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained, persuasive, and sophisticated way and support them with precise and relevant examples.

Reading: 2.4 Make warranted and reasonable assertions about the author's arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations. 2.5 Analyze an author's implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about a subject. 3.7 Analyze recognized works of world literature from a variety of authors. Literary Criticism 3.8 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic (e.g., suffrage, women's role in organized labor). (Political approach) 3.9 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors' positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters. (Philosophical approach)

Objectives

Students will be able to… defend their stance on

an issue/topic compose writing that

effectively communicates their thoughts and ideas

categorize and classify characters in literature

determine through characterization and other text evidence the social commentary being expressed in literature

Peer Editing Lazy American Students Unit Essay

take out your rough draft… Peer edit switch one

PAPA Square Peer edit switch two

EPT rubric worksheets

Essay Review MLA

double space heading at top of each page with your last name and page

number. Citations

In text (authors name): no page number or anything else, just the last

name of the author. There are special instructions if there is not an author, see the MLA PowerPoint or one of the reference sites.

Works Cited on a separate page should only list the sources you cited in your paper, they need

to match up

Final Draft Due by midnight this Friday on turnitin.com! If you do not have a turnitin.com account yet

then you NEED to come see me ASAP! Remember you need to have at least three

sources and it should be formatted in MLA style.

Last Class Review The Canterbury Tales

What is it about? Who wrote it? Important aspects of it? Social Classes?

The Prologue Character analysis

chart we will do one together then work with a partner to complete

Character Descriptive Details

Chaucer’s Attitude

Name Direct:Indirect:

+ or -, specific feelings

The CharactersThe Characters