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media type="file" key="Pardoner's.m4v" width="300" height="300" Clip from student work sample: Taylor Abernethy, Kelly Barry, Hillary Preddy, and Keri Purvis star in (or contribute to) "The Granville County Edition of 'The Pardoner's Tale'" from //The Canterbury Tales// by Chaucer.

Course: AP English Literature and Composition (IV)

Objectives: 5.02--Students will extend engagement with selected works of British literature (//The Canterbury Tales//) by: 1. Observing how the imaginative experience of literature broadens and enriches real life. 2. Demonstrating a modern adaptation of the Tale through video that relates the significance of the work.

Logistics: To expose students to a major work of British literature without spending a ton of time on it and while allowing students to collaborate with one another to produce a product, I: 1. Divided the students into small groups 2. Assigned each group one of the pilgrim's tales from Chaucer's //The Canterbury Tales// 3. Asked each group member to read the entire tale and collaborate with each other to create, act out, and film a modern adaptation 4. Each group presented their tale to the class, along with necessary background info, supplementary information, etc.

Technology Tools Needed: 1. Flip (or otherwise recording) camera 2. MacBook for portable editing of film 3. iMovie for editing, compiling, and production of film 4. Projector (or iChat capability with teacher) for presentation of finished film to class
 * Without the combination of these tools, this project would not have been possible for students.***