1. Day 25: Wednesday, October 4 “The Pardoner’s Tale”

2. AGENDA Warm-up Objectives and Essential Questions Close Reading
TCT Reading Check 2
Read and Annotate
Closure

3. Warm-up
Argue with or against the moral, “Radix malorum est cupiditas” or “the love for money is the root of all evil”.
Use a specific example (personal, historical, literary) as support.
Write your response on the notecard provided.

4. Objectives
Close read “The Pardoner’s Prologue” and “The Pardoner’s Tale”.
Interpret irony in “The Pardoner’s Tale”.
Read and annotate “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”.

5. Essential Questions
What is the pardoner’s purpose for telling his tale?
What forms of irony are applied in “The Pardoner’s Tale”?
How does irony create intrigue for the reader of “The Pardoner’s Tale”?

6. Close Reading Go to Canvas
View the assignment titled “The Pardoner’s Tale” Close Reading.
Analyze and interpret the passages provided.
Submit assignment.

7. Reading Check 2 “The Pardoner’s Tale”
Go to Canvas
Take “The Pardoner’s Tale” Reading Check.
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8. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
Read and Annotate “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” and “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”.
Reading is due Friday.

9. Closure
Argue with or against the moral, “Radix malorum est cupiditas” or “the love for money is the root of all evil”.
Use a specific example (personal, historical, literary) as support.
Write your response on the notecard provided.