Literature: William Shakespeare's sonnets - 18, 29, and 130; Romeo and Juliet's Prologue
Writing: Concession poem or essay (persuasive)
Vocabulary: From "Sonnet 29" - disgrace, beweep, bootless, fate, featured, scope, thee, lark, sullen, scorn; From "Sonnet 130" - damask, dun, reek, tread, belied, hath, coral, mistress;
From Romeo and Juliet - adjacent, afflict, augment, beseech,brawl, constrain, cunning, defiance, endure, envious, feign, idle, loathe, mutiny, foe, forfeit, scorn, pursue, shun, portentous
Academic/poetry terms - sonnet, meter, feet, stanza, quatrain, couplet, iambic pentameter, volta, rhyme, revelation, epiphany, Renaissance, William Shakespeare, concession
Homework:
- SAT vocabulary sentences for AF#s 219-228, AF#s 229-238 and M#s 31-40 - due: Tuesday, April 16
- Animal Farm book report - due: Wednesday, April 24
- Maus II take home reading check - due: Wednesday, April 17
Activities:
- On Monday, students will take a vocabulary quiz covering AF#s 219-228, AF#s 229-238 and M#s 42-51. Students will also receive vocabulary lists today and review sonnets. (Note: Remember "Ozymandias"?)
- On Tuesday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 18."
- On Wednesday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 29."
- On Thursday, students will read, annotate, and analyze "Sonnet 130."
- On Friday, students will read and take notes (Cornell notes) pages in the Literature textbook about William Shakespeare; and read, annotate, and analyze Romeo and Juliet's Prologue.
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