Curated OER
Chaucer's Wife of Bath
A thorough and well-designed resource for older young scholars, this lesson focuses on Chaucer's character the Wife of Bath from his classic novel, The Canterbury Tales. As a way of understanding Chaucer's complex characterization and...
Curated OER
Wife of Bath's Tale Assignment
In this poetry analysis instructional activity, students read the poem "Wife of Bath's Tale" and analyze the literary elements within the poem.
Curated OER
Chaucer's Wife of Bath
Students analyze Chaucer's portrayal of the Wife of Bath in The Canterbury Tales. Students prepare class reports on the institution of marriage and the place of women in the Medieval society.
Simon & Schuster
Classroom Activities for Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Three lessons based on "The Wife of Bath's Prologue" from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales offer scholars an opportunity to examine literary satire, medieval attitudes towards women, and the form and function of a frame story.
K20 LEARN
Can You Tell Me Tales? Themes In Literature
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" and "The Pardoner, His Prologue, and His Tale" from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales take center stage in a lesson that asks scholars to update the tales, craft a script, and either video their version or act it out...
Curated OER
Cliff Notes for The Canterbury Tales: Quiz
In this Canterbury Tales quiz interactive worksheet, 9th graders answer 12 multiple choice questions about the tales with immediate online feedback.
Curated OER
The Canterbury Tales
Students read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and examine life in the Middle Ages. They create word webs and timelines about the Middle Ages. They complete research papers on chivalry and Thomas a Becket.
English Grammar
Fill in the Gerund with the Correct Preposition
Kids demonstrate their understanding of gerunds by providing the correct preposition and the noun form of the verb indicated in a series of 30 sentences.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Taj Mahal
In this Taj Mahal instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
Curated OER
Past Continuous Gap Fill
For this ESL grammar worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have missing phrases. Students fill in the blanks with phrases from the box.
Curated OER
Comparisons of the Past Simple and Present Perfect Verb Tenses
In this past simple and present perfect verb tense worksheet, students study two tables that show the proper use of the verb tenses. They complete 7 sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct verb tense.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
An excellent site from the UK. Includes biographical information on Chaucer, historical context, and in-depth information on the Wife of Bath, complete with the relationship between the prologue and tale, character analysis, and essay...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction: Wife of Bath
This lesson introduces the Wife of Bath from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. It provides information about and links to the "Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale," "The Wife of Bath's Tale," and the commentary "The Wife of Bath and the...
Harvard University
Harvard: The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: The Wife of Bath and the Painting of Lions
This paper "The Wife of Bath and the Painting of Lions" by Mary Carruthers is a literary analysis of the Wife of Bath's Tale from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and her reference to Aesopian fable of the painting of the lion.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
This is an interlinear translation of "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It provides the original Middle English line of text followed by a modern English line of text throughout the tale.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Female 'Soveraynetee' in Chaucer's 'The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale'
This article explores the character of the Wife of Bath and the ambiguity surrounding her outspoken views on marriage, power, and religious doctrine.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Chaucer's Wife of Bath
These lesson plans, focusing on Chaucer's Wife of Bath, encourage students to explore the roles of women and the views of marriage during the Middle Ages. Website includes several links to further related information.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue
A most interesting character in The Canterbury Tales, the wife of Bath reveals much about herself and others. This site analysis the themes and other characters in this fascinating story.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: T He Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Read and learn more about this fascinating tale in this comprehensive site about The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Other
Goucher College: "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"
The following from the Goucher College are examined in regard to Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales": Genre, Characters, Summary, and Issues and General Research Sources. Some thought-provoking...
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University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Diction is blue while tone is red and imagery is green. Click on any word to see the...
University of Michigan
Middle English Compendium: The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Read and search Chaucer's famous work, "The Canterbury Tales." Text is provided in untranslated Middle English.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Geoffrey Chaucer
Luminarium offers Chaucer quotes, a biography, a collection of Chaucer's works, both in Middle and Modern English, a selection of essays about his times and his works and links to much of the other scholarly information about Chaucer on...
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: A Brief Chronology
This timeline of Geoffrey Chaucer's life and times from 1300 to 1400 provides a historical and social context for The Canterbury Tales. Features links to related topics.