Welcome to Mr. Newton's Class
November 9, 2007 (Friday)



What are we doing today?

1a. We are responding to questions about "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

1b.. We are supporting our responses with text evidence

2. We are creating criteria for a) What makes a good story b) What makes a story entertaining c) What makes a good life lesson

3. Respond to text-specific interpretive questions about a text and other sources

4. We will analyze podcasts that are thematically connected to "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

5. Create a criteria for text-specific interpretive responses

PART 1: Responding to questions about "The Wife of Bath's Tale"







Question # 1 Go to the discussion forum (bottom page) and post your responses to the first text-specific interpretive question

Question # 2 Go to the discussion forum (bottom page) and post your responses to the second text-specific interpretive question

Question # 3 Go to the discussion forum (bottom page) and post your responses to the second text-specific interpretive question



PART 2: Creating Criteria

A: What makes a good story according to Chaucer?


Introduction to podcasts:

1. Here's a podcast on Gender Differences and Cognitive Abilities
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5036084

2. Here's a podcast on Gender Differences in Net use
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5080998

3. Here's a podcast on the salary gap between men and women
http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/the-womens-equality-amendment/4122171/







B: What makes a story entertaining?



C: What makes a good life lesson?
PART 3: Responding to text-specific interpretive questions about a text and other sources

Question # 1 (Character)
Video and text

Question # 1: How is the character in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" similar to the woman in the video?


Question # 2 (Theme)
Song and text

Question # 2: How is the song thematically connected to "The Wife of Bath's Tale"?

PART 4: Creating a text-specific interpretive responses

What makes an effective text-specific interpretive response?