Unit Activity Unit: Common Core State StandardsYou will write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid...

You've read excerpts from secular works written in the medieval period such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Canterbury Tales. Both are quest narratives that reveal much about the social life and codes of conduct followed in the medieval period. Write an essay on one of the topics provided in part a of this task. Follow the guidelines in the table below for writing the essay. 

In this task, you will read George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language.” Write your reactions to the parts of the essay that cite rules for writing or state methods for stopping the language from decline and decadence.