No reading this week! Instead, we're going to have our second Reading Exam in class on Monday, which is basically an in-class writing response to The Canterbury Tales--so please bring your book! The question should only take you about 20-25 minutes to respond to (depending on how much you like writing in-class), and we'll have time to discuss it afterwards.
On Wednesday, I'm going to introduce the world of Shakespeare and his language to prepare for our viewing of As You Like It, which we'll actually watch in its entirety before reading the play (we'll watch it next week). And of course on Friday your Paper #1 is due, so no class--just work on the paper.
To help put you into the proper mindset for writing, here's a video from Ensemble Unicorn, an early-music group that specializes in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. This is a "Saltarello," a famous dance piece from Italy that would have been played by roving music groups in Chaucer's time. So you can imagine the Wife of Bath, the Miller, and maybe even the Pardoner dancing to it! (but not the Knight; he's far too dignified for that...his son would, though!).
Enjoy!
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