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Today’s Agenda Go over homework Reminder: last class—went over presentations, essay 1, and text from Beowulf Quiz on Anglo-Norman age & the beginning of Sir Gawain Distribute sign-up sheet for student presentations Go over Anglo-Norman age (PowerPoints) Share brief notes on William the Conqueror, England, & France Go over key characteristics, themes, passages of Sir Gawain If time, show images of the Order of the Garter and images of Morgan le Faye.

Homework for next class Read Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, “The General Prologue” Note: easy-to-read translations are on our class website Do the Chaucer Reading Response Question Prepare your brief group activity (see next slide) Think about the Chaucer reading questions posted online They’re under “course documents” on the “The Middle English Period” page. There will be a Quiz on Wednesday The answers to half the questions are on pages The answers to the other half come from pages in the story. They are related to memorable details; focus on these characters: the Knight, Squire, Nun (Prioress), the Monk, the Friar, the Wife of Bath, the Parson, and the Pardoner.

Group Activity Today, everyone will be given a group number. Next class groups will meet, prepared with answers to these basic questions: 1. In your own words, briefly describe the character (s) you were assigned. 2. Point to some quotes from the text to support your overall assessment of the character (s). 3. Explain whether or not the text implies there is some flaw in the character (s) Group 1: the Knight & the Squire (NA , lines ) Group 2: the Nun (Prioress) (NA , lines ) Group 3: the Monk (NA , lines ) Group 4: the Friar (NA , lines ) Group 5: the Wife of Bath (NA , lines ) Group 6: the Parson (NA , lines ) Group 7: the Pardoner (NA , lines )