Thursday is Ugly Sweater Day!!

TODAY IN CLASS
We looked back at some overview elements of Chaucer, and I listed on the board the exact coverage from the textbook for the Chaucer unit test on Friday:

pp. 31-33  Broad literary background for Chaucer
pp. 140-141  Medieval Narratives
pp. 142-143  Chaucer's Life and Characterization / Paraphrase
pp. 144-169  Canterbury Tales:  General Prologue
pp. 170-183   CT:  Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
pp. 184-199  CT:   Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale

• Know literary terms associated with this unit:  frame story, exemplum, romance, persona, couplet
• Be sure to know basic details of the "frame story" as described early and late in the General Prologue (see the "actual factuals" study guide side of the Pardoner's Tale questions hand-out
• Know the broad outlines of Chaucer's life (family, other jobs, other writing) 
• Yes, there will be another section on matching pilgrims to their descriptions--expect 12-15, with a few of these being exact duplicates of questions that were on the first quiz
• There will be questions pertaining to both of the stories we have just finished (Pardoner's and Wife of Bath's); such questions could involve that pilgrim's prologue as well as the tale itself.

This test will not have significant writing (maybe a few short answers).  But just as an FYI in looking ahead, there WILL be ways (both out of class and as part of the semester exam) that you will be asked to connect and develop some of the big ideas.

FOR TOMORROW
As homework, you should start studying.  IN class tomorrow, we will turn our attention toward the next work, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.