English
120 Chaucer paper
The main idea: Each one of you will describe a modern-day "pilgrim" and then have your character tell a story in the manner of Chaucer.
We can define a "frame" more exactly as a class if you choose, but for now just assume that the group of 24 is traveling by coach bus to, say, Washington, D.C. and the bus is not equipped with a VCR. To pass the time, the tour guide suggests that each person tell a story. Since s/he is amazingly convincing (and since it's a twelve-hour ride), you all agree, and also agree that anyone who does not tell a story (on time in writing) will provide the class with donuts on Thursday, October 4. You further agree that your English teacher, doubling as the bus driver, will judge your work according to these standards:
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Requirement |
Points |
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Topic: chooses wisely; doesn't overlap with anyone |
10 |
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Illustration: drawn, scanned, or "found": it's appropriate and sized correctly and the source is credited |
10 |
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Prologue: 6 or more rhymed couples in iambic pentameter; this score is for rhyme, meter, and number of lines |
10 |
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Prologue: score for content: specific and telling details; irony, humor and generalizations as appropriate |
10 |
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Story: appropriate to teller |
10 |
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Story: characterization |
10 |
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Story: dialogue |
10 |
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Story: plot development |
10 |
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Errors: none |
10 |
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Format: text saved as HTML; images: .jpeg or .gif |
10 |
