Factual:
What is a Shakespearean (English) Sonnet?
What is a Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet?
Conceptual:
How do sonneteers express emotion in their poems?
Debatable:
Are sonnets relevant in the modern world?
How does poetry enrich our lives?
Choose one bubble in the graphic to the LEFT & discuss in 2-3 sentences in our Unit 2 Shared Doc HERE.
Poetic Devices Review:
1) Using our Unit 2 Shared Doc HERE and the resource to the LEFT choose & define one poetic device. Also give an example.
2) Create 3 Quiz Questions on our poetic devices student-made Quiz shared form HERE. Be sure to have 1 T/F Q, 1 MC Q, & 1 Short Answer Q.
3) Upload a 30-60sec explainer video of you discussing the poetic device HERE.
Q: How is a sonnet structured?
Q: What are common themes?
Structure (Big 5) Q: What is a couplet? a tercet? a quatrain? a sestet? an octave?
Q: How is an Italian sonnet structured?
Q: When does an Italian sonnet address the problem?
Q: How is an English sonnet structured?
Q: When does an English sonnet address the problem?
(ABOVE) Author John Green (The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns) breaks down a Shakespearean Sonnet.
As you watch the John Green video (LEFT) answer the Questions in the file (BELOW)
(ABOVE) Shakespearean sonnets don't just address matters of the heart they also follow it's rhythms.
Are you a traditionalist or an 'Anti-Stratfordian'? Did Will Shakespeare exist or was he a Pseudonym for an anonymous writer?
Unseen Poem Oral Explication
Creating Your Own Sonnet