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2/26/2016

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Canterbury Tales continued today!

We watched a video about monks and what they were like in the medieval day.

Today, we read about the Friar, the Merchant, and the Clerk. Before we read the Friar, I played a YouTube video of a Franciscan Friar who answered the top ten questions that he gets. I skimmed through a few of the questions and answers so that we can compare/contrast the CT Friar with our Friendly YouTube Friar.

When we read the Cleric, I played one of my favorite videos for you: Weird Al’s White and Nerdy. When you read his description, it’s pretty accurate for him, except maybe our Cleric is even MORE nerdy that the speaker in the song, if that’s even possible.

We also read the Merchant.

We have read about three church people who didn’t follow their vows, so we did a small activity examining what their jobs were SUPPOSED to be like contrasted with what the characters were ACTUALLY like. Because Blackboard isn’t working right now, just e-mail this document to me so I can give you credit for it. 🙂

 

2/15/2012

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Pull out your Canterbury Tales prologue and let’s get ready to reeeeeaaaaaad!

We read The Yeoman, The Prioress, The Monk, The Friar, The Merchant, and The Clerk today. After we finished reading, we worked on the Canterbury Tales Cheat Sheet.

Just remember to use good time management skills – USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

Also, all of the notes we take in class WILL ACTUALLY HELP YOU WITH THE ASSIGNMENTS LATER ON. I promise. If Riley was going to give you busy work, it would be a worksheet or the questions in the back of the book.

9/27/11

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We started out by sneezing about “judging a book by its cover.”

Today, we met the Merchant, the Clerk, the Lawyer, the Franklin, the Guild members, the Cook (and his sore), the Sailor, and the Doctor. We talked about fake people pretending to have money, popularity, nasty food, pirates, astorology, and the four humors (blook, phlegm, black bile, yellow biles). Gross.

We then had about 30 minutes to work on the cheat sheet. Hopefully, you are using your time wisely and almost done with the cheat sheet.

Humour Season Element Organ Qualities Ancient name Modern MBTI Ancient characteristics
Blood spring air liver warm & moist sanguine artisan SP courageous, hopeful, amorous
Yellow bile summer fire gall bladder warm & dry choleric idealist NF easily angered, bad tempered
Black bile autumn earth spleen cold & dry melancholic guardian SJ despondent, sleepless, irritable
Phlegm winter water brain/lungs cold & moist phlegmatic rational NT calm, unemotional