Download or read book Oxford Playscripts: The Canterbury Tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging classroom playscript. Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer is dead! In a dramatic attempt to bring him back to life, four medieval alchemists invite a group of Chaucer's best-known pilgrims - the Knight, the Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, the Nun's Priest, and the Miller - to tell their Canterbury Tales. New, innovative activities specifically tailored to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to fulfil the Framework objectives. Activities include work on Speaking and Listening, close text analysis, and the structure of playscripts, and act as a springboard for personal writing.