1. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 1 2-25-14 You need your literature book!
Directions: Use yesterday’s notes to help you answer these questions.
In what form of English is The Canterbury Tales written?
Where are the pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales going and how many of them are going?
What are the three cross sections of society the pilgrims fit into?
Explain one way Chaucer uses satire in The Canterbury Tales.
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

2. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 2 3-5-14
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Rate the following pilgrims on a scale from 1-10:
1= evil, immoral 10= holy, moral
Explain why you assigned each pilgrim the number you chose. Use the info in the prologue and your own analysis to support your choices.
Knight Nun or prioress
Squire Monk
Yeoman
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

3. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 3 3-6-14
You need your literature book!
Rate the following pilgrims on a scale from 1-10:
1= evil, immoral 10= holy, moral
Explain why you assigned each pilgrim the number you chose. Use the info in the prologue and your own analysis to support your choices.
1. Friar Sergeant at Law
2. Merchant 5. Franklin
3. Oxford Cleric
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

4. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 4 3-7-14
You need your literature book!
Rate the following pilgrims on a scale from 1-10:
1= evil, immoral 10= holy, moral
Explain why you assigned each pilgrim the number you chose. Use the info in the prologue and your own analysis to support your choices.
Guildsmen 4. Doctor
Cook Wife of Bath
Skipper Parson
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

5. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 5 3-10-14
You need your literature book!
Rate the following pilgrims on a scale from 1-10:
1= evil, immoral 10= holy, moral
Explain why you assigned each pilgrim the number you chose. Use the info in the prologue and your own analysis to support your choices.
Plowman 4. Manciple
Miller Reeve
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

6. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 6 3-18-14
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List details about the Pardoner. See pages 131 to remind yourself.
What seems to be the most important thing to this pilgrim? How do you know this?
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

7. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 7 3-20-14
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Love and Marriage: You are probably familiar with the phrase “the battle of the sexes.” This expression suggests that romantic relationships have an aspect of conflict, in which one party attempt to gain the upper hand. What are your own opinions on the subject? Would you say that a good marriage is basically an equal partnership, or do you think that one person needs to be the decision maker?
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.

8. Canterbury Tales Bellringer # 8 3-21-14
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Finish reading “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” Start on page 165, line 383 and read to the end of the tale.
What are the knight’s two choices?
What decision does the knight make?
Do you agree with the ending of the story, meaning, did the knight get what he deserved? Did he learn his lesson? Explain.
Today’s Target: I can compare and contrast what is stated in a text to its inferred meaning.