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This illustrated PowerPoint serves as a comprehensive introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It includes information on the hero's journey, authorship of the poem, the Arthurian romance genre, the knightly virtues, the Code of Chivalry, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and an introduction to the main characters.

Introductory instructional PowerPoint provides background information on "The Nun's Priest's Tale" covering the following topics: digression tales, the interpretation of dreams, Biblical and historical allusions, the beast fable genre, and allegory.

This six-page handout provides students with background information on Geoffrey Chaucer, his storytelling techniques, medieval genres, satire, the frame narrative, and an introduction to the pilgrims and the pilgrimage to Canterbury. Best used as pre-reading material.

This handout provides five essay prompts relating to The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, and The Man of Law's Tale. These are suitable for in-class timed writing or out-of-class essay assignments. Great for preparing students for the AP English Literature and Composition exam.

This PowerPoint includes tips on how to read a play. Aristotle's elements of drama, modern drama terminology, genres and their characteristics, with a special emphasis on Elizabethan drama in the Age of Shakespeare. Makes for a great introduction to Shakespeare or Marlowe in the AP English Literature & Composition classroom.

This reproducible is a quiz on "The Wife of Bath's Tale". It includes ten multiple choice questions and three extended response prompts. This download includes a separate answer key.

This is an AP Literature-style passage analysis prompt with excerpted passages from the General Prologue and the Pardoner's Tale. Great for preparing students for the AP English Literature and Composition exam.

This download is a bundle of six reproducible quizzes on: - The General Prologue - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale - The Man of Law's Tale - The Pardoner's Tale - The Nun's Priest's Tale - The Wife of Bath's Tale Each quiz includes ten multiple choice questions and three extended response prompts. This download includes a separate answer key for each quiz.

This PowerPoint presents an overview of the Pardoner's Prologue and the Pardoner's Tale, including information about themes, characterization, and the exemplum genre.

This illustrated PowerPoint presentations introduces students to the English Detective story as outlined by W.H. Auden in his seminal essay on the Whodunit genre: "The Guilty Vicarage." Includes notes on detectives, crimes, suspects, motives, and milieu. Great for use with the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, et al.

This worksheet is geared toward analyzing Robert Graves's poem "To the Naked and the Nude". The emphasis is on the language resources of connotation and denotation. Includes AP-style analysis prompt and sample exemplary responses. Great for preparing students to take the AP English Literature & Composition exam.

This reproducible is a quiz on "The Nun's Priest's Tale". It includes ten multiple choice questions and three extended response prompts. This download includes a separate answer key.

This bundle includes 5 extensive instructional PowerPoints on Acts 1-5 of Doctor Faustus plus an introduction to Elizabethan drama.

This reproducible is a quiz on "The General Prologue" as well as introductory background material on the frame narrative and the medieval genres of literature. It includes ten multiple choice questions and three extended response prompts. This download includes a separate answer key.

This 18-slide PowerPoint presentation gives an informative outline overview of how to use the Classical Argument structure to craft an effective literary analysis.

This six-page introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight includes biographical information about the Gawain Poet, Middle English, literary allusions, the chivalric romance genre, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, alliterative verse, and questions to consider while reading.

This ten-page reproducible includes allusions and vocabulary word lists, quizzes and keys for The General Prologue, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, The Man of Law's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale, and The Canon's Yeoman's Tale.

This bundle of reproducible handouts includes a set of study questions (with answer keys) for: - The Pardoner's Prologue + Tale - The Wife of Bath's Tale - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale - The Man of Law's Tale

This bundle includes five instructional PowerPoints on The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: 1) Introduction to the Medieval genres, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale, The Clerk's Tale, and The Canon's Yeoman's Tale. Each PowerPoint includes 20+ slides.

This reproducible handout includes a set of study questions for "The Wife of Bath's Tale". It includes a separate answer key.