3 E Important information for those who are not coming to the theatre February 9, 2017

GENTLE REMINDER

ORAL TEST UNIT 4 

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

ICT CLASSROOM

If you are not coming to the theatre to see the play "Canterbury Tales" please answer the following questions, you need to do some research and answer the questions, please do not forget to write your name and give it to me on Friday. Thanks ; )

The Canterbury Tales

About

At the end of the 14^th century a guy named Geoffrey Chaucer wrote ‘The Canterbury Tales’. They are a collection of stories (tales) that were told by the people who went to the Canterbury Cathedral together. Because it was a long journey, one of the men organized a story-competition. Everyone had to tell two stories on their trip and the person telling the best stories would get a free meal at the Inn when they got back.

à please check the blog to watch a couple of  Canterbury Tales videos

No: we’re not going to read the book... But you need to do some research to answer the following questions!

Question 1

In what language are the tales written?

Question 2

The Canterbury Tales starts with a prologue. What does ‘prologue’ mean?

Question 3

How many stories does The Canterbury Tales have?

Question 4

What is so special about the Canterbury Cathedral?

Question 5

Canterbury is (still) a place of pilgrimage. What does this mean?

 Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterbury_Tales

http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/