Product Overview
This LitPlan Novel Study for The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their The Canterbury Tales novel study.
My The Canterbury Tales LitPlan Novel Study now includes CCSS Alignments for grades 11-12
Practical, flexible, and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, my LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching The Canterbury Tales for the first time.
27 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study. Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit. This LitPlan Novel Study requires students to work individually and in groups to complete the prereading, reading, and research assignments.
The materials in this LitPlan Novel Study are based on the Prologue and thirteen of the tales--tales by the Knight, the Miller, the Reeve, the Shipman, the Prioress, the Nun's Priest, the Pardoner, the Wife of Bath, the Friar, the Summoner, the Clerk, the Merchant, and the Franklin.
Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment.
Note: This LitPlan Novel Study can be used for either the Old English version or the modern translation. If you use the Old English version, the vocabulary words chosen won't match, making the vocabulary sections of the unit inapplicable. However, you will still be able to use the study guides, tests, writing assignments and other portions of the unit.
Comprehension Questions and Quizzes are included for each reading assignment, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and if they are understanding what they are reading.
Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for The Canterbury Tales, too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing.
- The first is to inform: students take the information gathered through research and organize it into a composition.
- The second is to express personal opinions: students choose one tale as the "winner" of the free meal offered by the Host.
- The third is to persuade: students compose a persuasive essay to convince the reader which character is the most vile, lecherous, contemptuous, gluttonous, greedy, and generally disgusting character in all literature.
One lesson is also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions:
- Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given.
- Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text.
- Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions.
A Nonfiction Reading Assignment is incorporated into this novel study unit for The Canterbury Tales. Students are required to read at least one nonfiction article and view at least one nonfiction video related to the story and complete a short report form analyzing their sources.
A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this The Canterbury Tales novel study:
- Oral Reading Evaluation
- Writing Conferences
- Oral Reports
A class period is devoted to Vocabulary Review. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
One class period is devoted to Whole-Unit Review in preparation for the unit test. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels and to use for make-up tests or tests for different classes if you're teaching the book to more than one class at a time. Two are multiple-choice, two are short-answer, and one is advanced short-answer. You can mix-and-match test sections as well.
Evaluation Rubrics are included for some activities.
A page of Bulletin Board Ideas is included.
A page of ideas for Extension Activities is included.
Answer Keys are provided for the short-answer comprehension questions, multiple choice quizzes, vocabulary worksheets, tests, and review materials.
FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for The Canterbury Tales.
- It is formatted so that you can skip an activity I have planned and plug-in one of your own favorites if you want to.
- You can use all or just parts of this LitPlan.
- Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for:
- independent study
- small groups or lit circles
- Homeschooling
- tutoring
A teacher-favorite for years, hundreds of thousands of LitPlans (and Puzzle Packs!) have been used by tens of thousands of teachers in the USA, Canada, and overseas schools, providing reliable, high-quality, standards-based resources for teaching literature. If you want a solid foundation for teaching a work of literature, LitPlans have proved themselves worthy over years of use worldwide.
Additional Products available The Canterbury Tales:
- Puzzle Pack
- Google Forms Chapter Quizzes
- Interactive PDF Unit Test
- Novel Unit Bundle
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