September 4-5, 2008

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?
Beauty

Identify literary techniques or devices?
Rhyme, repetition, personification, imagery, alliteration, setting, metaphor.

What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet? Indicate the rhyme scheme at the end of each line.
ABABCDCDEFEFGG

How many lines are in this sonnet?
14

Critical thinking:

What is this sonnet about?
This sonnet is about how beauty of an individual will not fade because its captured in this poem.

What is the theme of this sonnet?
The theme is that beauty can be preserved

Paraphrase the sonnet line by line as you would to a friend. You can paraphrase it using slangs, spanglish, abbreviated spellings etc.

you are as hot as summer days
you are beautiful and constant
the wind shakes the bud of may
summer is too short
the sun is really hot
the sun is blocked by the clouds
beautiful things will lose their beauty
its a natural process
you will always be beautiful to me
you will not lose your beauty
death cant take you
you will live forever
as long as people are living
as long as this poems exists making u immortal

Turn in your work at the end of today’s class for discussion tomorrow.
Students can use dictionaries to find the definitions of words or talk in their small groups. Or Feel free too ask the teacher to re-read it aloud to you.

Homework:
Research the following on William Shakespeare, note it in your notebooks, and remember to cite your sources:
Birth: 1564
Birthplace: Stratford-upon-Avon
Education: King Edward VI School Stratford-upon-Avon
Died: 23 April 1616
Research the Elizabethan Period: What was going on during that period. Highlight what you think the main points are of the period.What are his famous works or most famous work?
Elizabeth era. Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Macbeth.