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Book Summary For Canterbury Tales

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  • Common Core alignment to "Reading: Literature and Subject-related Content" is to 3 key phrases: "Particular Topic", "Context" and "Reading Literature". CCSS Alignment Strand Numbers for Specific Grades: Particular Topic: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 4.6. 5.6, 6.6, 7.6, 8.6, 9-10.6, 11-12.6 Context: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: 2.4a, 3.4a, 4.4a, 5.4a, 6.4a, 7.4a, 8.4a, 9-10.4a, 11-12.4a Reading: Literature: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RL.2.4, RL.3.4, RL.4.4. RL.5.4, RL.6.4, RL.7.4, RL.8.4, RL.9-10.4, RL.11-12.4 Reading: Informational Text: "CCSS.ELA-Literacy." precedes these numbers: RI.2.4, RI.3.4, RI.4.4. RI.5.4, RI.6.4, RI.7.4, RI.8.4, RI.9-10.4, RI.11-12.4
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The vocabulary word list for Canterbury Tales is arranged in order of appearance:

  • Prologue, Knight’s Tale and Miller’s Tale for Canterbury Tales (43 words)
    rend jerkin yeoman mull wispy welter parson summoner pardoner amble quagmire drover magpie goaler pine(v) ravish asp melee millstone list billet caparison oriflamme divot tunic haft gauntlet reeve tuft traipse strident drone regale pert larder sepulchral settle(n) snigger squander wimple pommel prioress primp
  • Nun’s Priest Tale, Reeve’s Tale, Scholar’s Tale, Wife of Bath’s Tale (47 words)
    cockerel chanticleer palisade crenellated paragon mottle cluck flit scimitar trill privet stile dastardly wry brandish nonchalantly smock distaff bowsprit impudence warily inarticulate tithe doff cavalcade hovel bounden petticoat farrier scullery stern(n) canter fawning leering tendril cannikin tarantella crone cauldron nuptial cacophonous forlornly mote(n) moot dhow pustular charlatan
  • The Pardonerr’s Tale, Sir Topas (27 words)
    indignation duffer whorl muse ruffian forelock grovel apothecary intone conjuror macabre loll haberdasher furtive champ(v) scuttle(v) steed derring-do lattice ashen doggerel bray franklin benighted stifled bodice trencher
  • The Franklin’s Tale, Magistrate’s Tale, Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, Friar’s Tale, Merchant’s Tale, Epilogue (38 words)
    rankle dissuade bower founder(v) prow reprovingly fickle nit rickety sedate canon beckon steward venerable obstinately eaves retort(n) kiln dross soupcon solicitously alderman vicar mongrel touchstone loathsome bailiff flotsam spinney alyssum cavort slither gabardine refectory waspish florid callous frivolous

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