 Quote: Exact copy of words (sentence)  Paraphrase: Rephrased passage (paragraph)  Summarize: Main ideas (entire text)

Practicing Using The Canterbury Tales

 Topic Selection: Career  Outline (7 paragraphs/5 pages maximum)  Research: 7 sources  Works Cited: MLA, Noodle Tools (Electronic)  Class & Conscience in The Canterbury Tales  Outline (5 paragraphs)  Research: 1 source  Works Cited Analysis

 Parenthetical References (Noodle Tools)  Note Cards: Electronic  Quote Integration: 1 per paragraph  Parenthetical Reference Practice  Note Cards: Paper  Quote Integration : Practice 4 structures

 Report to the library WEDNESDAY, 10/22  10 Days  After school hours beginning 11/10  Paper due FRIDAY, 12/12  Presentation due FRIDAY, 2/13  Detailed information in the manual (10/21)

Graduation Project Practice

 The research question guides the writer.  This question is answered with research.  EXAMPLE: Does a pilgrim’s estate influence his or her devotion?

 The thesis statement guides the reader.  This statement organizes the answer.  EXAMPLE: On the journey to Canterbury, a mixture of estates expresses a mixture of morals.

 The topic sentence introduces an idea within one paragraph.  The topic sentence should also connect to the thesis statement.  EXAMPLE: The knight represents an ideal member of the feudal estate.

 The context/example provides details about the topic or idea.  These details provide much more specific information.  This information will be on the following note card.

 The quote proves the context/example.  This quoted passage supports any claims made about the topic.  This information will be on the following note card.

 The interpretation explains the significance.  This explanation applies to the proven claim.  This may be more than one sentence.  This information will be on the following note card.

 The transition connects from one idea to a new idea/paragraph.  This reconnects the ideas (new and old) to the thesis.  EXAMPLE: While the knight is an example of a perfect pilgrim, his fellow traveler, the Wife of Bath, is not.

 Textual Significance: Based on the analysis of these three pilgrims, piety varies as much as wealth.  Reflects topic of paper…  Universal Significance: Like today, one’s social standing makes no bearing on his or her moral standing.  Reflects real world connection…

Graduation Project Practice

Works Cited Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales Elements of Literature: Sixth Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Print.

 (Author’s Last Name Page or Line Number). The title of the text (up to 4 words) may be substituted if the author is unknown.  Verse = Line: Poem, play, song, etc.  Prose = Page: Story, article, book, etc.  Copy the numbers from the original text. If they aren’t any, you don’t need any!

 Parenthetical Reference Sample: The journey begins while “…in April the sweet showers fall / and pierce the drought of March to the root…” (Chaucer 1-2).  Lines 1 and 2 were written by Chaucer (referencing the Works Cited page).  Chaucer is listed on the Works Cited page.

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales Elements of Literature: Sixth Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Print.  The pilgrims travel “To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick/To give his help to them when they were sick”  (Author’s Last Name____ Line Number____). THIS LINE IS FOUND ON PAGE 89 (ELEMENTS).

Graduation Project

 Title: Short, descriptive, and unique phrase.  EXAMPLE: The Knight’s Values  The more notecards you have, the more specific the titles should be.  EXAMPLE: Knight’s Christianity  EXAMPLE: Knight’s Chivalry

 Direct Quotation: Exact copy of words from a source between 1 and 3 sentences.  Include a parenthetical reference in the “Direct Quotation” text box of every note card.  EXAMPLE: Just home from service, he joined our ranks/ to do his pilgrimage and render thanks (Chaucer 79-80).

 Paraphrase: Restate (interpret)quote in your own words after thinking through (all) the information.  EXAMPLE: The knight returned home from fighting in the crusades. He joined the pilgrimage, so he could honor God. He also wanted to thank God for his survival.  This will become part of your final paragraphs.

 My Ideas: Paragraph label, topic sentence or transition, question about content.  EXAMPLE: Body Paragraph 1:The knight was dedicated to both chivalry and Christianity. He fought for his beliefs. Is Christianity part of the chivalric code?  This will become part of the final paragraphs.

The knight represents an ideal member of the feudal estate. He is a devote Christian. For example, the knight is “Just home from service, he joined our ranks/ to do his pilgrimage and render thanks” (Chaucer 79-80). The knight returns home from fighting in the crusades or holy wars. He joins the pilgrimage, so he could honor God. He also wants to thank God for his survival. Supporting and defending Christianity is part of the chivalric code. While the knight is an example of a perfect pilgrim, his fellow traveler, the Wife of Bath, is not.

 Wife of Bath  Consider Questions #35 from her tale.  ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE, Page 100  COLLECTIONS, Page 88  What are we going to do?  Title: Wife of Bath’s Values  Direct Quote: Parenthetical Reference!  Paraphrase  My Ideas

Graduation Project Preparation

 A dropped quotation is a quote that a writer has just dropped into his or her text without integrating it into a sentence.  The quote should never be a separate sentence; it should always be connected to your own sentence.

 Use an ellipsis to eliminate a word, a phrase, a sentence, or more from a quoted passage.  Use brackets to add a comment or explanation within a quoted passage.  EXAMPLE: The narrator reports, “Her [Wife of Bath] kerchiefs were of finely woven ground; …The ones she wore on Sunday, on her head” (Chaucer ).

 Option 1: For example, “Quote” (citation). *This is the easiest and most common format.*  1. The Wife of Bath represents a typical member of the middle or merchant class. For example, “In making cloth she showed so great a bent / She bettered those of Ypres and of Ghent” (Chaucer ).

 Option 2: Person says, “Quote” (citation). *Says can be changed into a variety of action verbs.*  2. The Wife of Bath is rather materialistic. The narrator reports, “Her kerchiefs were of finely woven ground; /I dared have sworn they weighed a good ten pound, /The ones she wore on Sunday, on her head” (Chaucer ).

 Option 3: Complete statement supported by quote: “Quote” (citation). The clause must be a full sentence. The quote proves the sentence.  3. The Wife of Bath is in love with love: “She’d had five husbands, all at the church door” (Chaucer 470).

 Option 4: Finish the sentence with a “quote” (citation). *Sentence would be a fragment without the quote.*  4. Because of her several marriages, the Wife of Bath “knew the remedies for love’s mischances” (Chaucer 485).

 Practice the four quote integration structures.  Use the brackets and ellipsis to modify the quotes.  Knight: Page 89

 Create a note card for the Pardoner.  Transfer the information into a well- developed paragraph.  5 Components  5-7 Sentences  Include one documented direct quote introduced with one of the four options.

 IDEAS  Words  Phrases  Questions ▪ To investigate ▪ I do not expect you to know.  GOALS  1-2 sources per body paragraph  1-2 note card per “sub-point”

 Background/History  How to (Education)  Technology  Person/Place/Thing/Event