This resource provides teachers with a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and is perfect for introducing a unit on Chaucer or English Literature in general. It works well as a homework assignment, independent work, or to place in your sub file.The resource includes two reading passages about the author of, among several works, The Canterbury Tales. The biographical texts form a brief sketch of his life from his birth ca 1342 to his death in 1400. A page of questions (assessing comprehension