2. What do we know about the Pardoner?
KWL (Prediction)
3. What we want to know about him and his
tale after the Role Play?
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What do you predict the story is about
from the role play?
KWL (Prediction)
4. What we learned from the Pardoner’s
Tale?
◦ Moral of the story?
◦ What does it mean to keep a promise?
◦ Did they all deserve to die, why or why not?
◦ Karma
◦ What did the old man represent?
◦ Why would the Pardoner choose to tell this tale
on the pilgrimage?
KWL
5. “Moneyis the root of all evil”
◦ Moral from Pardoner’s Tale
Parable: A simple storyused to illustrate a
moral or spiritual lesson.
Fable: A short story, typically with animals as
characters, conveying a moral.
Parable/Fable
6. Exposition: Characters and Setting
Rising Action: Events leading to conflict
Conflict: Struggle in the Story
Falling Action: Events Resulting from Conflict
Moral:Lesson
Components of a Fable/Story
7. Write your own Fable/Parable.
Requirements/Rubric:
◦ No more than a page. (Preferred to be typed)
◦ Must have a moral that relates directly to the story.
◦ Must be descriptive especially with setting
Imagery (5 senses)
◦ Use Characterization
◦ Conflict must make sense as to why it is a problem
◦ Use your imagination.
Write your own Parable
8. Contest:
◦ Just like the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales
we will host our own competition between one
another. I’ll pick the best 3 parables/fables
from each class and YOU will vote who has the
best parable.
◦ The winner will receive 10 extra credit points!
Contest
9. What was something that made you
mad, or curious, or excited, or frustrated?
1.Thinkof asituation that has impacted
you
2. Boil it down to its most basic elements
3.Rebuild a new situation to make the
point even clearer
Brainstorming
10. What moral would you like to teach?
Who will your characters be? How can
you show that moral in a story?
What problem must your characters
solve?
How does your fable end?(What's the
solution to the problem?) Must learn a
valuable lesson.
Brainstorming
11. The Tortoise and the Hare
◦ Importance of patience and the dangers of
excessive pride
The Lorax
◦ Be kind to the environment
The Prodigal Son
◦ It is only by God’s grace that we are saved, not
by works that we may boast of
◦ http://www.ambrit-
rome.com/clasproj/mslit/7fables/7fables.html.
Parable/Fable Examples
12. The early bird catches the worm.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
Honesty is the best policy.
You can’t judge a book by its cover.
Look before you leap.
Pride leads to a fall.
He who tries to please everybody pleases
nobody.
Treat others the way you would like to be treated
Common Morals
13. Start writing down ideas
Share with your neighbors beside you
Fill out the sheet due Wed./Thurs
Parable/Fable due Friday.
Fable/Parable Guide
Hinweis der Redaktion
Chaucer’s Pardoner is the most corrupt of the pilgrims.Role Play Slips
What was the promise they broke?" "Why did they break their promise?" "Who is the old man?"
Draw conclusions based on yourknowledge of the Pardoner and your own experiences with promises/ broken promises.Moral of the story (something along the lines of "money or greed is the root of all evil").What it means to keep a promise.The pardoner tell this story to preach and perhaps to frighten the pilgrims into buying pardons for their sins, especially now at a time when death, in the form of the Black Plague, is lurking around every corner.The role of the old man is to illustrate deception and perhaps the idea that with age comes wisdom (the wisdom of deception). Discussion on whether or not students think the old man is death.
