WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 

CLASSWORK:

• SURVEYS! All the themes in Romeo and Juliet revealed!
• SONNETS!
  • We can define SONNETS!
  • We understand iambic pentameter!
  • We can scan poetry!
  • We know that THE BARD wrote 154 sonnets!
  • We understand Sonnet 18!

HOMEWORK:

Put your new-found knowledge to use. Work on Sonnet 130: 

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

CLASSWORK:

• Shakespeare bio-film and notes

• What in the world is IAMBIC? (Or, what do Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss have in common?)

  • i AM a PI-rate WITH a WOOD-en LEG!]

  • are YOU? ARRRG!

HOMEWORK:

• Work with iambic pentameter on your Study Guide, page 6 (questions 1-6).
  • Look at the sonnets in the Study Guide to answer these questions. 
  • Can you mark the unaccented and accented syllables on your personal quote?
• Bring the first two surveys to class (the "white" one is due Friday)
• Who can make a birthday card for Shakespeare on the wiki??? Anybody want to bring a cake?
• SEX-CROSSED LOVERS? Go here...if you dare! After you visit this site, make a comment, below!

MONDAY, APRIL 20 

CLASSWORK:

• ENDER'S GAME tests returned. Congratulations on a good job!

• INTRO to THE BARD: SHAKESPEARE HIMSELF!

  • Anticipation guide for you to fill out

  • Parent survey

  • Survey of students and adults

HOMEWORK:

• Memorize your quote!
• Get the first two surveys filled out
• SEX-CROSSED LOVERS? Go here...if you dare!

CLASSWORK:

• SURVEYS! Now we know...

• SONNETS!

  • We can definitely define a sonnet, right?

  • We understand iambic pentameter.

  • We are experts when spotting quatrains and couplets.

  • We know the Bard wrote 154 sonnets and we understand the difference between the first 126 and 127-152.

HOMEWORK:

• Work on Sonnet 130 and have fun with it. So bitter...or is it?
  • Scan it (u or /)
  • Rhyme scheme (abab, etc.)