Friday, September 19, 2008

September 4-5

Aim: Who likes Shakespeare why or why not?
Procedure: Teacher will give students handout and read aloud Sonnet 18.
Do Now: Students will read along and annotate. Answer the following questions on the handout.

Comprehension Check
:

What is being described in the sonnet?
- A girl's description about this boy's greatest strength and flaws.
Identify literary techniques or devices?
- Imagery, personification, similes, symbolism, and metaphors.
What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet? Indicate the rhyme scheme at the end of each line.
How many lines are in this sonnet?
- 14 Lines are in a sonnet.

Critical thinking:

What is this sonnet about?
- It is about the short season of summer.
What is the theme of this sonnet?
- The theme of this sonnet is that love is timeless.
Paraphrase the sonnet line by line as you would to a friend. You can paraphrase it using slangs, spanglish, abbreviated spellings etc.

On Handout: Write your definition of a sonnet on your handout.

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