Year 7
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about the Three Estates in Chaucer's England and explore the technique of satire.
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6 Questions
Q1.
What is a frame narrative?
A story where someone is accused of a crime they didn't commit.
Two stories which run alongside each other.
Q2.
Which of these was the most important?
First Estate (Clergy)
Second Estate (Nobility)
Third Estate (Peasantry)
Q3.
Which Estate does the Knight belong to?
First Estate (Clergy)
Third Estate (Peasantry)
Q4.
Which Estate does the Prioress belong to?
Second Estate (Nobility)
Third Estate (Peasantry)
Q5.
Which Estate does the Miller belong to?
First Estate (Clergy)
Second Estate (Nobility)
Q6.
What is 'satire'?
Making something seem more than it is.
Making the reader laugh.
When our expectations are reversed.