Exploring The Canterbury Tales Prologue: Reading Strategies and Comprehension
Engage in various reading activities to enhance comprehension of The Canterbury Tales Prologue, including a warm-up prompt about group travel experiences, independent reading assessment, vocabulary definitions, and detailed line summaries. Utilize smartphones or dictionaries for word definitions and focus on Chaucer's description of pilgrims' travel time for deeper understanding.
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Close Reading: The Canterbury Tales Prologue English 12
Warm-Up O Tell me about a time you went on a trip with people that you did not know very well. Write about the members of the group, the purpose of the trip, the different relationships between the group members. What were the difficulties? The fun? The unknown? O If you have never been on a trip with people you didn t know well, tell me about any road trip you ve been on.
Independent Read O Silently read the introduction to The Canterbury Tales Prologue O During this initial read, do not take notes or annotate. When finished evaluate how much of the Prologue made sense to you and rate your reading comprehension with the following scale: 4 4 3 3 2 2 I totally I totally get it! I get I get it. it. I m beginning I m beginning to get it it I need help! I need help! I am totally lost! I am totally lost! get it! to get 1 1 0 0
Where Did You Land on the Scale? 4, 3, 2 ,1, or 0 ? Why???
Using Your Smartphones or a Dictionary OWrite a brief definition Write a brief definition of the bolded bolded words from the intro to the Prologue in the margins on your handout! O Hint: some of these words may be defined in your textbook on page: 140/glossary in the back of the book
With More Vocabulary Knowledge O Re-read the intro to the Prologue. Focus on trying to understand what is being said. O In the middle column of your handout, write brief summaries for lines O 1-4 O 5-11 O 12-18 O 23-27 O 28-34
Now that we know what Chaucer is saying O Re-read the intro to the Prologue focusing on the following question as you read: 1. What time of year do the pilgrims travel? Record your answer near the top of the questions column on your handout- leave room for more answers!
Focus Questions OFor our final reading - return to the text and respond to the following questions/prompts in the Questions column on your handout:
2. Why would they choose to travel at this specific time of year? 3. What words does Chaucer use to get this point across? 4. In your own words, paraphrase the following passage: The veins are bathed in liquor of such power as brings about the engendering of the flower (Chaucer 140, 3-4) 5. What is the main idea of the full passage?
6. What helped you understand this passage better; Defining vocab, re-reading, paraphrasing?
After Our Close Reading O Evaluate your new comprehension of the passage we have read today- put your final score/rating; explain why you gave yourself this rating. Submit on the way out of class today! 4 4 3 2 I I totally get it! totally get it! I get it. I m beginning to get it. I need help! I m totally lost! 1 0
