Please read up to ‘the Wife of Bath’ (bottom of page 104) for Thursday’s class.
Remember that this week there is a lit. class on Friday as well.
Announced today: tentative due date for Chaucer posters: Thursday, Oct. 27
Test on Chaucer and Beowulf: Tuesday, Nov.1
4 responses so far ↓
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Iain
// Oct 20, 2005 at 7:52 pm
These blogs are a good idea because they will help students who have missed that day of school or have forgotten what was assigned that day.
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Iain
// Oct 20, 2005 at 7:56 pm
what’s a blog? Man I can’t spell to sav my life
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Ellie
// Oct 20, 2005 at 7:57 pm
I think that if I were a character from ‘The Canturbury Tales’ I would be the Knight! (Just kidding. I could never be a knight. After spending a day with a box over my head, I have come to the conclusion that the clothing would be too restrictive for me.)
We should come up with pet names for the characters in ‘Tales’. Like the cleric could be Screech because it seems like he is a bit nerdy. It would fit well.
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Mr. N
// Oct 21, 2005 at 10:20 pm
Thank you for your comments,
Iain, thanks for the input. I hope the blog will help keep us all up to date… Your blog question is a good one, which I hope to look at in class as we examine them more.
Ellie, I like your idea about using nicknames for the characters. I think this would help us all ‘encode’ the characters into our own brains by putting them in the context of our own experience. Your example of ‘Screech’ for the Cleric is a great one, as I immediately see Screech from ‘Saved by the Bell’ in my head and this helps me remember what kind of character the Cleric is.
Thanks for the idea, keep them coming!
Mr. N.