Monday, March 15, 2010

Canterbury Tales Fact

Mrs. Moon can I use Congregating at the Tabard Inn, the pilgrims decide to tell stories to pass their time on the way to Canterbury. Each of the pilgrims will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, and two stories on the return trip.
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17 comments:

  1. quizzyMarch 15, 2010 at 3:31 PM

    The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle-English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century.

    Does that work for my fact?

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  2. LourensMarch 15, 2010 at 4:00 PM

    Geoffrey Chaucer,is refereed to as the "Father of English Literature" and is responsible for the forthcoming of the great vowel shift.

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  3. AllyMarch 15, 2010 at 4:33 PM

    Chaucer worked many jobs, including: a page, a soldier, an esquire, a diplomat, a customs controller, justice of the peace, member of Parliament, Clerk of the Works of Westminster, Commissioner of Walls and Ditches, and Deputy Forester of the Royal Forest.

    Ta-da!

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  4. ChandlerMarch 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM

    Chaucer was born in London and his name means shoemaker. He did not begin the Canterbury Tails until he was in his 40s and it was left unfinished when he died.

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  5. CaitlinMarch 15, 2010 at 4:53 PM

    Chaucer's father was a vintner(winemaker).

    :]

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  6. Rob KieberMarch 15, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    Canterbury Tales has strong parallels with The Decameron, which Chaucer encountered on his trip to Italy. One thing Chaucer did differently is to write about "sondry folk" instead of nobles

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  7. Mrs. MoonMarch 15, 2010 at 6:41 PM

    Everyone is good so far.

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  8. MsiskMarch 15, 2010 at 7:14 PM

    Im assuming this was the assignment for the day?

    Chaucer was in the army Edward III, he was also caputerd by the French, but was freed.

    Also,did I miss anything important?

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  9. Mrs. MoonMarch 15, 2010 at 8:29 PM

    Miranda--Yep. That's the assignment. Bring in your fact tomorrow.

    Did you miss anything important?!? Ha! Of course you did! It's English IV!

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  10. AllisonMarch 15, 2010 at 9:07 PM

    Chaucer vanished from the historical record around 1399. He is believed to have died of unknown causes on 25 October 1400 but there is no firm evidence for this date, as it comes from the engraving on his tomb, which was built more than one-hundred years after Chaucer's death.

    Is this okay? :)

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  11. JessieMarch 15, 2010 at 9:18 PM

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  12. JessieMarch 15, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    raleigh messed up my first one so here it is again.....

    -Chaucer's exact birthday is unknown.

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  13. C-RiddleMarch 15, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    The Canterbury Tales is among the first English literary works to mention paper, a relatively new invention which allowed dissemination of the written word never before seen in England.

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  14. JackieMarch 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM

    Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey

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  15. king jamesMarch 15, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    There are 25 tales in the canterbury tales.

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  16. sheed88March 15, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    Chaucer wrote canterbury tales between 1387 and 1400 and is about thirty pilgrims who travel to canterbury(England).

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  17. Jay SledgeMarch 16, 2010 at 12:22 AM

    the characters have different views of reality. this creates an atmosphere of relatism in the stories

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