Chaucer Test on Friday

TODAY IN CLASS
First period finished reading "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and then we looked verybriefly at the structure/content of the "old and ugly" wife's rebuttals to the knight's charges.  In 3rd and 5th we had more time to explore the story as a whole; unless there are further questions, we're done with that tale.

TOMORROW
Discussion of "The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale"; if you've been absent, this is your chance to get this work in.  Also, if you haven't finished filling out the study guide on the back of those questions (much of which we did in class last week, but we left some blanks) you need to do so.  This is just for your own use, but the time to use it is near!

THURSDAY
We'll start a new work:  excerpts from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (what's in the book plus hand-outs)

FRIDAY
There will be a unit test over Chaucer--background on Chaucer's life and writing, particular literay elements, the complete General Prologue (both pilgrims and story concept/structure/details), the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale, and the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale.

See listing on board tomorrow. (Sorry; do not have the book at hand now for all page numbers.)