The Pardoner's Tale
The Power of Language to Transform Lives
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Model UDL Lesson
In the transformation from oral language to the written word, universal truths of human nature were formalized.
The unit begins with activities exploring the process of transformation. Students read the anchor texts Beowulf and the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales. The lesson are the first few days of The Pardoner’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer.
It offers online resources and activities for various levels of understanding and is appropriate for students in grade 11. The lesson is intended to be taught as part of a co-teaching team.
Link to Complete Lesson Outline
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Link to UDL Lesson Quick Write
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Link to Modified UDL ELA Unit
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Embracing Technology - Frankenstein.pdf
On-lineResources
Recognition Network Options
Electronic version of
The Pardoner's Tale
with interactive Middle English translation
dictionary.
http://www.librarius.com/cantales/pardotal.htm
Links
to Baba Brinkman's multimedia rap versions
of
The Canterbury Tales.
http://www.babasword.com/writing/rapcantales.html
http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/chaucervideo_external_large_pardoner.asp
Link
to the Weekly Reader's multimedia, interactive sit
exploring
The Canterbury Tales.
http://www.weeklyreader.com/canterbury/
Summative Assessment Example
Link to an example of a student's Digital Story
modeled after Chaucer's The Canterbury
Tales.
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID=151
