Today we took a quiz on the Canon's Yeoman's tale. You had time in class to work on your IDIL worksheets and continue researching allusions.
Today you will begin researching and pre-writing for your Canterbury Tales Essay. Click the link below and follow the instructions. You may use the laptops, the Theme and Thesis Resource handout, your SIFT sheets and your books.
Theme and Thesis Worksheet We're in the last good push before a unit test on "The Canterbury Tales" on March 26. Today we had a short lesson on allusions (see below for a refresher). Here are your assignments for the next two weeks: Today: Start work on researching the allusions in Tales we have read. Start with "The Canon Yeoman's Tale," as that is the next tale you will read. DUE DATE: 3/26 (for the test!) TURN IN ANY UNGRADED SIFTS! Tuesday: We will begin looking at how to take all those SIFTs and make them useful in a writing assignment. We'll be looking at how Chaucer uses all those lovely allusions, symbols, and figurative language to reveal theme. BRING YOUR SIFTS! Thursday: SIFT due and QUIZ on the "Canon Yoeman's Tale." ALSO DUE: LRJ #3 due (see below for prompt). Next Week: Tuesday review for unit test, then test on Thursday. Scam Artists, Con Men, Swindlers, and Bamboozlers
The Canon’s Yeoman exposes his master (the Canon) as a scam artist – that is, one who obtains money by fraud or deceit, intentionally misleading another person for purposes of financial gain. The Canon claims to know the secret of how to turn base metals into expensive precious metals, and he’s willing to sell his secret for a pretty price. There is no shortage of scam artists, con men, swindlers, and bamboozlers in every age – including our own. Research one of the following 20th-20st-century scam artists and explain how they conned or swindled in order to make big bucks: Frank Abagnale, Jr., Charles Ponzi, Christopher Rocancourt, Victor Lustig (“The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower”), or George Parker (“The Man Who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge”). |
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