lesbrief 3/3 Late Middle Ages - Canterbury Tales & Gawain

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Canterbury Tales and Gawain

-recount knowledge Canterbury Tales

-look deeper into Gawain

-meet Morgan

-theme of Gawain?

-watch the story

recount the story

in 1 minute tell your partner about The Canterbury Tales

- author, when written, in what language and why, main characters, theme, storyline(s)

who was Thomas Beckett

who will rid me of this priest?

ask forgiveness 

on your knees

Who will take off my head?

In a year, I will take off yours

greed and temptation

Lady Bertilak, Lord Bertilak and Morgan le Fey are scheming together. The lady tries to seduce Gawain, testing his loyalty under the roof of his master. Morgan le Fey is a very powerful enchantress in Arthurian legend

Morgan

Also known as Morgana, she is a character of great duality, sometimes good, sometimes evil. She is the youngest daughter of Arthur's mother, therefore Arthur and she are half brother and sister. She is the apprentice of Merlin and also his lover, she hates Guinevere, Arthur's wife and she has many lovers herself. She becomes the queen of Avalon, a mystical island where Arthur's sword is forged 

Evaluation

How did it go?

Did you like this subject?

What do you think of Beowulf?

What do you expect from the next subject?

Homework

no homework. Again, if you have not handed in your challenge your mark is a 1. There will be one date set in December for you to resit this challenge. 

Lesbrief 2

The Late Middle Ages

The knight

deadly rivalry 

or

chivalry?

What is a flanged mace?

what is a claymore?

what is a longbow?

what is a recurve bow?

what is a bardiche?

what is a glaive?

what is a ranseur?

What's this called?

introduction

1. How many different kinds of weapons can you name in English? What is striking about the names we have just found?

2. What do you already know about the knights and legends of King Arthur? Why is he famous? What were his knights called? Did he actually exist?

3. What do you know about the expected behaviour of knights?

4. What century/ centuries are covered here?

 curricular aims

1. understanding the time culturally and historically by...

2. gaining insight into two major literary works:

- The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - author unknown

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next time...