Group Presentations
Last week in english was quite slow. We didnt start our presentations until Wednesday and then another on friday. First was the franklins tale. Mans dominance and magic were key factors in this story which i knew would be touched on in the presentation. The use of magic in the story was actually quite odd because magic was definitely not a socially acceptable art at the time of the canterbury tales. In fact at the time accused witches were actually often burned at stake. But in franklins tale magic was quite accepted.
The presentation started slow but part of that comes down to the fact that they were the first group. After they got going they got more good points out. The powerpoint was well done and i like doing socratic circles even though it helps those that dont want to participate fade into the background. But overall i thought it was good.
The second group was actually my group! i dont think i need to write a Miller’s tale summary since i have already done so, so here goes. I thought we actually did surprisingly well, getting a lot of class discussion and delving deeply into the story. The beginning was a bit unorganized but we soon found our stride. I feel like we could have done more on social class, but we were on a time table. Overall though i think we did pretty good.
