Lesson Plan I
This lesson plan helps students have a grasp on Geoffrey Chaucer's life. He went through many struggles, hardships and lessons. He was not only a poet, but an influential person. As an educator, it's important that students see that some personal experiences can encourage people to write stories and use their imagination. It's an useful lesson plan because it allows students to use their resources and become interested in the poet. Students get to go beyond just the reading material and into dept on the writer. Hopefully by doing some research, they will be influenced to write some of their own stories.
Chaucer Timeline
The Objective
Students create a timeline of Chaucer's life and major career changes. This could include his family history, jobs that he did for royality, and mainly his writings and dates. As they research Chaucer's life, they should reflect on what they believe to be his most influential moments in his life.
The Process
As the students conduct research, they should cite their sources. They will need to start from where Chaucer was born and end the time of his death. In between these two dates, they should incorporate where he was born, who his parents were, how many children he had, and his education. Secondly, they should be able to identify his job experiences. With all these things researched, they will then design a timeline of his life.
The final product should include the following:
Date of birth, where he was born, parents, children, education, literary works, and job experiences.
Lastly, the students should write up 1-2 pages of what they believe the kind of person Geoffrey Chaucer was. Also, what they believe to be the greatest influence on his writings and his greatest experience was and why.
Grading Rubic
The educator will grade based off if the student has all of the information of Chaucer. His date of birth, where he was born, parents, children, education, literary works, and job experiences.
The reflection will be graded off how well they used their information to back up their belief. The student should of explored the experiences and education that he received. They should maintain a balance between the incidents and his writings.
This lesson plan was written by Brian Ausland in 2000 in San Diego County Office of Education.
