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 me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

They divided into groups and wrote one line on a strip of paper. The students wrote their questions on the back of the slips of paper. The slips were cut up to be reorganized, so the students could understand the sonnet more.

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Second and seventh periods began a week of dual-work lessons: first halves of lessons this week will be devoted to comparing the text of the play with Anne’s original diary. Today we began looking at an extended passage by marking the original diary entry about going into hiding.

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Afterward, students received their group and selection assignments and began working on their acting/presentation projects.

Homework

• English I Honors: work on article of the week as necessary.