Focused Journal: 5 min-5 pts Imagine that you lived abroad for 10 years (any country). How do you think an experience like that would change you?
Sonnets Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Sonnet Learning Goals Today: The history and basic parts of the sonnet. Two examples. Sonnets in media: Review of Allusion. Wednesday: Iambic Pentameter. Quatrains and Couplets. Shakespearean rhyme scheme. Begin creating our own sonnet. Fri: Finish our own sonnets.
The Sonnet: An 800 Year Old World Traveler Today s Notes: 15 pts 14 line poem that originated in 13 th century Italy. -These sonnets were structured as a means of storytelling, first proposing a problem, then the solution. Sonnets came to England in the 16 th century where they were quickly adapted by William Shakespeare. His form is still widely used today.
2 Sonnets, 2 Eras, 2 Topics Ozymandias by Percy Bysche Shelley (1818) High Flight by John Magee (1941)
Ozymandias Written in 1818 by Percy Bysshe Shelly. Inspired by this statue. Ozymandias was the Greek name for Ramses II, one of the most powerful Egyptian pharos. Tells the story of finding the ruins of a statue.
Ozymandias Reading Qs (20 pts) When you finish reading the poem, please record your first impressions. What do you think is the theme? What is the irony in the statement, Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair?
High Flight The author, American John Magee, joined the Canadian Royal Air Force in 1941 before America entered the war. Wrote the poem as part of a letter to his parents. Died in a training accident that same year at the age of 19.
High Flight Qs: 20 pts. How does Magee feel as he flies at 30,000 feet? In what ways is flying a spiritual experience? Do more than just quote the last line.
High Flight as an allusion. What is an allusion? A brief reference to history, literature or classical Greece/Rome. Using an allusion creates a deeper understanding of the present story/situation etc.
Challenger Disaster: Jan 28 th, 1986 Freezing temperatures the night before caused a fuel leak that lead to the explosion of the fuel tank 73 seconds into flight. That night, President Reagan made an allusion to High Flight as he
Speech Questions (20 pts) Along with the allusion to High Flight at the end of his speech, how does Reagan express why the exploration of space should continue? Why do you think High Flight continues to inspire flyers today, even though its author d
Sonnets Discussion What is the common element between both sonnets. (Hint: It s not content, it s structure)
Wednesday Goals To understand the components and structure of a sonnet. To outline our own sonnet that we will write on Friday. Notes will count for 20 points today.
IAMBIC PENTAMETER because complicated ideas need big words
Iambic Pentameter unstressed syllable + stressed syllable = Iambic foot. feet or foot : an combination of small groups of syllables. Pentameter :An iambic foot repeated five times.
Let s Create! Two examples of iambic pentameter!
The Shakespearean Sonnet Every line uses iambic pentameter. Rhyme scheme at the end of each line: abab-cdcd-efef-gg abab, cdcd, efef =quatrain (3 per sonnet) gg =couplet (1 per sonnet) Ozymandias and High Flight Though they have certain rhymes, do not follow Shakespeare s rhyme scheme.
ABAB-CDCD-EFEF-GG As only rhyme with As, Bs only rhyme with Bs..and so on. Let s create our own sequence of words in this pattern
Shall I compare thee to a summer s day? (2 minutes) Read Shakespeare s sonnet. Make a mental note of his signature rhyme scheme.
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Review Q: The rhyme on lines 2&4 is what kind of
Let s outline our sonnet. Workspace: 3 quatrains and one couplet. Make brackets for each quatrain and a smaller bracket for the couplet. Write 2-3 sentences in each bracket, a general idea of what you will try to accomplish on Friday. Right now don t use iambic pentameter and rhyming.