Chaucer's Poetry Lesson Plan

For this section, students should read Book I of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Cressida," from Section 1 to Section 33, in Middle English and/or Modern English.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9–10.1

   Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9–10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

2. 2

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9–10.3

   Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, identifying any fallacious reasoning or exaggerated or distorted evidence.

3. 3

   CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9–10.4...