Sonnets and Web Site Evaluation

First and fourth periods finished up the poetry mini-unit by looking at how to write a sonnet. There’s substantial planning involved, and we went through the steps as a class. First period’s initial effort: This poem can’t write itself so I despair....
Sonnet 130 and Comparison

Sonnet 130 and Comparison

First and fourth periods broke into groups and worked on paraphrasing Sonnet 130, and then went over it. Students also practiced writing iambic pentameter in preparation for our sonnet writing adventure. We looked at a couple of things to be aware of when writing in...
Sonnets and Close Reading

Sonnets and Close Reading

First and fourth periods finished up their in-depth analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. After analyzing the sonnet, we moved on to Sonnet 18 to start piecing together the elements of a sonnet. Second and seventh periods, after doing some comparative reading...
Analyzing and Comparing

Analyzing and Comparing

First and Fourth periods continued working on their projects by analyzing and dividing, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. We’ll take a bit more time tomorrow to finish this up Second and seventh periods compared the original diary Anne Frank wrote with the...
Slips of Understanding and Play Prep

Slips of Understanding and Play Prep

First and fourth periods looked at Shakespeare’s Sonnet number twenty-nine. When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing...