PPT-Tales from the Trenches

Evolution of Strategic Sourcing Chuks Amajor State of Texas Mike Smith NASPO Life Member Emerging Issues Committee To keep NASPO members aware of important issues affecting state procurement identify and assess procurement trends and emerging issues as to their potential to affect the states . Prologue Notes. Geoffrey Chaucer. Considered the “father of English literature.”. Wrote in the vernacular, middle English.. Was a public servant/diplomat and a writer.. Famous for writing . Troilus and Criseyde . Introduction. The Canterbury Tales. was . written . in Middle English, over a period of years between 1386-1400 . written by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400) . written in the London dialect of Middle English . 1. Canterbury Tales. Background. September 15, 2007. Above is a pilgrimage scene from a stained glass window in Canterbury Cathedral. 2-20-08. Mrs. Billet Canterbury Tales /58. 2. Canterbury Tales. Background. , Part 1. Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis. The Saylor Foundation – CC BY license . – . www.saylor.org/k12ela8#2.4.1. . Fairy Tales to Read. Your edition of . Grimms' Fairy Tales . contains over 60 tales. If you wish to read them all, please do so. If not, please make sure you read the following:. 2013 Spring . C&T 820 Gulinna Linda A. Introduction. I hypothesize teaching in a 6. th. grade language arts class in Kansas. . I will encourage students to explore stereotypes in fairy tales. Students will revise the stories in their distinctive voices.. L.O: identify . key features of a typical . trench, identify . some of the conditions in the . trenches AND explain . what daily life in the trenches was like. Starter: Yes/No. Who am I. What is trench warfare?. By Geoffrey . Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer. Born around 1340, died 1400, in London. Among the first writers to show that English could be a respectable literary language. Joined the king’s army to fight against the French in the Hundred Years’ War and was captured by the French. . Essential Question. What was life like in the trenches?. Learning Outcomes - Students will:. Preview – WW1 Description. Learn about life in the trenches. Play an interactive game for life in the trenches. Fables. Definition. : A brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth. Origin. : Found in almost every country. Handed down from generation to generation as oral literature. Content. : Usually contains incidents that relate to the unusual, sometimes supernatural. When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. Lesson objectives. "They left for war as boys never to return as men.". · . All will. – have a basic understanding of the main problems of life in the trenches and considered the usefulness of a number of primary sources. . Death. Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line. . Inexperienced soldiers were cautioned against their natural inclination to peer over the parapet of the trench into No Man’s Land.. When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. Moran. SWBAT:. . analyze different dangers of living in the trenches during WWI by answering questions based on notes, pictures, video clips, and readings from the textbook.. Trenches. Trenches were deep and narrow areas of dug out ground, often stretching for miles that troops used to fight in and defend from the .