1. The Miller’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Main characters:
Nicholas, the carpenter, Alison, Absalon
GROUP WORK:
18 pages: 9 groups ( 5 groups of 3 / 4 groups of 2)
2 pages per group ( 9 groups of 2= 18 + 5 students)
Group 1: 88-90 pages
Group 2: 91-92- 93 ( “… he said it wasn’t right”) pages
Group 3: 93-94 pages
Group 4: 95-96 (“ …. That’s plain” Finish)
Group 5: 97-98 ( Begin in 96 “This carpenter…). Finish in pg 98 (“ Now off you go and hurry up about it “)
Group 6: 99-100 pages Begin in 98 “And when the tubs have been collected, three..” Finish in pg 100 “
With one ear cocked, however, for the rain”
Group 7: 101-102 pages. Begin in pg 100 “ The carpenter with all the work he’d seen”. Finish in “… we shall
laugh to death”.
Group 8: 103-104 pages. Begin in 102 “This Absalon went down upon his knees” Finish in 104 “ You’ll hear
about it all some oher day”.
Group 9: 105-106 pages. Begin in pg 104 “He caught the coulter up” till the end.
GROUP TASKS
a. Vocabulary Task:
Read the text and look for:
15 words you don’t know.
b. Writing TasK:
Summarize the part of the story
c. Vocabulary Task:
Write an English definition for 3 or 4 words.
Remember How to write a definition. Example:
a. Grammar part of speech
b. Explain the meaning using easy and basic language.
c. Give an example in context.
