Chaucer's Poetry Lesson Plan

Straight Outta Canterbury

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will build upon their understanding of the readings through creative writing.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.10 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5

Structure:

At the beginning of this activity, the teacher should have students listen to the following song from rapper Baba Brinkman's rap remixing of The Canterbury Tales: https://bababrinkman.bandcamp.com/track/prologue

Then, the teacher should assign each...