1.  Complete Vocab Unit 4

2.  Start memorizing a sonnet that is either by Shakespeare (your choice of any on the website, whether we covered it in class or not)   or by another poet whose sonnet is in Sound and Sense. This will happen when we finish presentations. Recite WITH FEELING, paying attention to punctuation in order to convey the sense of the poem and giving appropriate dramatic weight to important words and ideas.

3. Read your outside Reading book

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Old Hmk

Prepare your sonnet for class presentation. Sonnets were assigned from the following pages in Sound and Sense: pp. 77, 153,167,235,239,246, 252, 405.

 

• Read the poem twice
• Identify the speaker, the adressee, the situation or occasion, and the subject of the poem.
• Paraphrase the poem line for line
• Discuss significant uses of language (figurative language, rhetorical devices, sound devices)
• Answer questions

Period 1: Nicole and Rodger: Sonnet on p. 66 also see me regarding vocab.

               Kira: see me on return

Period 3: Charlie and Connor: Sonnet on p. 77

 

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Be prepared to share your sonnet. Please reprint it in 14-16 point font.

Read your outside reading novel. Check the "Outside Reading" category for deadlines and details about the assignment.

Read the Sonnet  by Sidney in your packet.

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Vocab 3 quiz

http://www.ehow.com/how_3335_write-sonnet.html
http://softsaber.tripod.com/poetry_howtowriteasonnet.html http://blog.poemofquotes.com/poetry-how-to-write-a-sonnet/

Old Homework

1.Read over Shakespeare sonnets  29, 55 and 65several times. Determine the problem presented (first half) and the resolution or conclusion offered  (second half )--- and write a short summary of problem and solution in your own words. Identify 3 language techniques (figures of speech or rhetorical devices) in each poem and explain what effect the technique creates (in other words, explain how the technique works).

 

 If you didn't get the handout in class, find the above sonnets online at

 2. Identify two themes that run through the Shakespeare sonnets you have studied so far: sonnets 18,29,55,65 and 71. Be prepared to support your answer.

3. In what way does the Billy Collins's poem "Sonnet " satirize the sonnet?  Take notes. +++++ This poem is on pp. 155-156 in Sound and Sense.Bring book to class if you can't print a copy from a website.

 

4. Vocab quiz Wednesday##Show vocab 3 words to me if you were at Nat Helpers. Absent people: turn in quotation sheets and self-evaluations.

 

 

 

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Check out the website below which provides information about the structure of the sonnet.

Read over Shakespeare sonnets 18, 24, and 71several times. Determine the problem presented (first half) and the resolution or conclusion offered  (second half )--- and write a short summary of problem and solution in your own words. Identify 3 language techniques (figures of speech or rhetorical devices) in each poem and explain what effect the technique creates (in other words, explain how the technique works). If you didn't get the handout in class, find the above sonnets online at

 

 ######Vocab quiz Wednesday##Show vocab 3 words to me if you were at Nat Helpers. Absent people: turn in quotation sheets and self-evaluations.

Start making index cards (4x6) for each work we read in class. Make a card for BNW, Summer Selections, and The Metamorphosis. Keep going as you add to the list of works read.You may use the model and layout below or put main elements such as author-title-background on one side and the others on the back . I don't partricularly care how you arrange the 8+ pieces of information, or even if you add a 9th or 10th component that might be valuable to track, just as long as the components are the same and in the same place on each card. These will keep help keep the works prominent in your mind. I will probably check that you have them close to AP Exam time. You should do the cards on completion of the work or within a reasonable period of time after finishing them.

Title     The Metamorphosis	Language of Text   German	Author Biography   Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a German-speaking Czechloslovakian  of Jewish origin; dominant father	Setting middle class apartment
Major characters Gregor Grete Father Mother Family (as unit)	Plot Gregor, a  salesman , wakes up transformed into vermin.  Family members change as a result. G becomes increasingly isolated, ultimately ignored-dies	Ending Gregor is neglected; dies quietly; family finds positions and unity	Thematic Issues   Family dynamics; Effects of Dependency, Ugliness, Change & isolation