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Baughn, Gary – English Journal, 2003
Considers how high school students can see reading "The Canterbury Tales" as daunting. Shares a series of units of study "combining the literary and the vulgar" that fully engage the students with the text. Suggests that with a masterpiece like "The Canterbury Tales," students are better served when educators take it…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Grade 11, Instructional Innovation