Exam....

Here is your exam review sheet.  Turning in a completed review sheet will get you several points of extra credit on the exam.

Midterm Review Sheet

December 10's class

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Sonnet 2

sonnet 65

Sonnet 106

Wednesday, December 5 and beyond

On Wednesday, December 5 we shall work through our poetry focus statements.  Then you need to complete the sonnet project that is attached below. 

sonnet project

here is an example sonnet project (it's not that great), you can do much better.  This will get your started.

Sonnet 29

Monday's class and assignment for Wednesday

There are two types of sonnets--we took some notes on each type.  We took the notes on the attached page, you can refer to page 312-313 for most of the notes about Shakespearean sonnets.

Your assignment is to read sonnet 73 & 116 on pages 318 & 319 and to answer the questions and write poetry focus statements for both sonnets.

Here is what a poetry focus statement is and consists of:

Definition-a one sentence summary of a poem that can serve as a thesis

1. Expresses the title and the author
2. Expresses the narrative/situation (what is happening in the poem).
3. Expresses the figurative & thematic levels of the poem and the poem's meaning (the poetic techniques).
4. Expresses the tones of the poem.

the two types of sonnets

sonnet 73 & 116

vocab list 15

Here's an example focus statement,

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 wonders what a fitting comparison is for his beloved, the sonnet shows the joy the poet has for his love and how summer is not a fitting comparison this is a metaphor; in the end the only this that would fit his love is a poem.