1. “The Wife of Bath”

2. Respond to the following prompt- 10 min What theme (message) can be applied to the “Pardoner’s Tale”? Be sure to provide evidence from the text (include line and page number). Be sure to explain how this text evidence supports your answer. Written communication, not verbal. Write the entire 10 minutes.

3. “The Pardoner’s Tale”  Frame story (Pardoner is speaking to the pilgrims on the pilgrimage)  Three riotous boys  Make a vow to be “brothers”  Disrespected the “old man”  Go looking for death  Find a pot of gold (furloin=coins)  Two of the young men devise a plan to kill the youngest man  Stab in twice  The youngest man planned to kill the two men by using poison

4. Class Announcements Unit assessment on Wed./Thur. Vocabulary Beowulf Canterbury Tales Prologue (characters and who they are) “The Pardoner’s Tale” “Wife of Bath” Archetypes Essay (two different options)

5. Class Announcements Con’t Vocabulary quiz #6 (Friday, October 18, 2013)

6. Objectives: SWBAT explore gender roles during the Middle Ages evaluate archetypes

7. Introduction “The Wife of Bath”  Go to the last page of the questions for “The Wife of Bath”  On your own paper, draw the Venn Diagram.  Write five things men want, five things woman want, and three things both genders want (SCHOOL APPROPRIATE!)