Strategy Scenario Strategy Frame Type 1 Content Characterization of Chaucer s pilgrims in the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Title Who s Who Time Required 45 minutes Number of Participants only limited to class size Target Audience high school English students college undergraduates Goal of Activity to describe analyze and evaluate the Canterbury pilgrims Chaucer depicts in his Prologue Purpose of Script use Type 1 framing to facilitate students recall and comprehension as well as determine relationships among the characters Learning Outcome s Gagne s Taxonomy Intellectual Skill defined concepts Learning Outcome s HEO Taxonomy Cognitive Domain Learner Characteristics Average to above average student high school students depending on whether or not the instructor chooses to have the class read the Prologue in Middle English average college students Setting High school or college classroom Entry Skills Average to above average reading skills students have previously been assigned to read the Prologue as a homework assignment some introduction to The Canterbury Tales Media Handout containing incomplete frame of the pilgrims and their characteristics with the knight as an example Process 1 The teacher gains the students attention by asking who has recently taken a trip and for what purpose This is followed by a brief discussion of the eclectic menagerie of pilgrims and their apparent motives for taking their pilgrimages 2 The teacher then hands out the frame and groups the students in pairs 3 The teacher explains the frame by telling the students to use their texts to fill in the blank areas They are to look at the example of the Knight to help them complete the rest of the frame Not all the pilgrims are represented because some are only mentioned by Chaucer however the students task is to complete the frame by locating specific information from the text and to make inferences as to Chaucer s purpose for including this character type on the pilgrimage Students are reminded to surmise motives 4 Students working in pairs complete their frames 5 Discussion of the frames will follow the next class Strategy Assessment Given the name of a pilgrim can the students correctly describe him or her Given the name of a pilgrim can the students evaluate the pilgrim s apparent motive for going to Canterbury and Chaucer s view of him or her Author Barry R Nowlin References West C Farmer J Wolff P 1991 Instructional Design Implications from Cognitive Science Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Pilgrim Physical Description Occupation Position Chaucer s View of Pilgrim Sin Virtue Number of lines devoted Middle English Vocab Addtional Comments Knight on horse armor rusty noble aging defender of the crown genteel loved truth chilvaric never boasted role model Humble 18 fabliau exemplum shotte most socially prominent pilgrim served his king well tells first tale Squire Yeoman Prioress Monk Friar Merchant Clerk Franklin Cook Doctor Prologue to The Canterbury Tales Wife of Bath Parson Miller Manciple Reeve Summoner Pardoner Host Misc
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