![]() Just for fun, a cartoon about iambic pentameter. This downloadable YouTube video (10:52) explains Shakespearean and Petrarchan sonnet structure, rhyme, rhythm, traditional subject, and the turn/volta. ![]() ![]() Discovering the meter and rhyme embedded in a sonnet, students will understand the power and magic that comes from choosing just the right word to make a poetic sentence flow.Įxplanation of sonnet structure, a model (Shakespeare #14), and some prompts for student sonnets. Using Elizabeth Barrett Browning's best known sonnet and some from Shakespeare and contemporary poets, students will be inspired to play with the 14-line form to create their own unique sonnets. This lesson focuses on word choice and conventions. After reviewing and analyzing the original poem, students will compose their own personal sonnet to imitate, yet not copy, Shakespeares idea of bliss or torment. For this assignment, writers will not only learn the form and meter of a sonnet, but also draw a similar comparison with something they love and/or hate. In Shakespeares "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day," the writer has perfected a comparison of something he loves to another beautiful or enticing object. In this technology-integrated lesson, students explore Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and an Italian sonnet, then write one of their own. ![]() Sonnets: Lesson plans for writing and reading them
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