2223 V6 literature Good & Evil (6) Old & Middle English + (7) The Canterbury Tales + WiP 22 (key)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Final lesson

Good to see you, V6!

Mon & Thu 18 & 21 September

Study objectives:

I can 

• see the themes of a literary work in its historical context
  
• analyse short excerpts of literary works
  
• use exam vocabulary in context  
• analyse a modern adaptation of the Pardoner’s Tale

 

This week's work:

check last week's assignments: 9, 10, 11 + WiP 22

(7) The Canterbury Tales

watch: The Pardoner’s Tale (in class)

read pp.28-30

assignments 12, 13, 14  

Words in Progress exc 23

 continue reading your book

 

PowerPoint

Lesson 6: Old English & Middle English period

Bayeux tapestry depicting Battle of Hastings 

(Norman Conquest) 

of 1066

Old English

1100-1500 AD

500-1100 AD

(ends with Norman Conquest)

morality plays

Everyman:

dramatized allegory

interludes -> comedy

cycle plays: 

miracle (saints) & mystery (Bible)

liturgical plays

Canterbury Tales:

frame story

Middle English

Lesson 7: The Canterbury Tales

Do assignments 12 + 13

Mon & Thu 18 & 21 September

Study objectives:

I can 

• see the themes of a literary work in its historical context
  
• analyse short excerpts of literary works
  
• use exam vocabulary in context  
• analyse a modern adaptation of the Pardoner’s Tale

 

This week's work:

check last week's assignments: 9, 10, 11 + WiP 22

(7) The Canterbury Tales

watch: The Pardoner’s Tale (in class)

read pp.28-30

assignments 12, 13, 14  

Words in Progress exc 23

 continue reading your book

 

Assignment 12

The setting is quite dark: a tavern where people are drunk and misbehaving 

(l.181) dancing and playing when they should actually be working: sloth

(l.182) eating and drinking too much: gluttony

(l.195) lecherye = lechery, lust

(l.196) glotonye = gluttony

Assignment 13

He sells pardons and (fake) relics (i.e. collects money, jewels, etc) to guard people from the sin of greed.

Lesson 2: BBC adaptation of The Pardoner's Tale 

Assignment 14

Watch the BBC adaptation of the Pardoner’s Tale. After watching answer the following questions:

1a) Which of the 7 Deadly Sins have you been able to identify in the film?

1b) How were they depicted?

2a) What are the main similarities between the original story and the film?

2b) What are the main differences?

2c) Why do you think these changes were made?

Words in Progress exc 22  (key)

1. commuter

2. agenda

3. redundant

4. OAPs

5. turnover (= also verloop) 

6. headhunters

7. meticulously

8. mortgage

9. thrive

10. casually

11. self-employed

12. collaborating

13. on the dole

14. current

15. commitment

16. aspire

17. resigned

18. 24/7

19. lend

20. resumé

WiP exc 23: Money, Work & Leisure (vocab)

CV

to borrow

pensioned off

appointed

welfare state

9 to 5

scope

deadlock

shift

employee

sophisticated

senior citizens

to walk out

wages

to monitor

affluent society

idle

retail

to apply to

attributed (to)

lenen (van)

benoemd, aangesteld

verzorgingsstaat

omvang, bereik

impasse

(nacht)dienst

geavanceerd

bejaarden

loon

welvarend - 

inactief

detailhandel

wenden tot

toegeschreven aan

Homework: 

• Finish assignments 12, 13, 14
•  Words in Progress exc 23

• Find a reading book for TW1
  

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