Monday, March 7th:
For homework:
This will be due on Monday, March 7th!
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Page 188
THINK and DISCUSS
SONNET 18:
1, 2, 3, and 4
REVIEWING
Question #1

THINK and DISCUSS
SONNET 29
QUESTIONS 1 and 2

SONNET 30
QUESTIONS 1, 2, 3 and 5

SONNET 71
QUESTIONS 1, 2, 3,

SONNET 116
QUESTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4,
SONNET 130
QUESTIONS # 1, 2, 3

APPLYING
QUESTIONS 1, 2, and 3

THINKING SKILLS
QUESTION 1

For homework which will be due on Monday, March 7th:
Write a two page analytical essay on Sonnet 73. Analyze Shakespeare's use of metaphor and imagery to advance theme and tone.

Monday, March 7th:
In class, analyze Sonnets 29, 30, 71 and 116 for structure; meaning; figurative language, tone and theme.
Read John Donne's "The Bait", analyze soapstone, and analyze for structure, meaning, figurative language, tone and theme.
Your personal homework is to go through the tone handout and look up the definition of every word you do not know. If we have time we will go over some of these words in class.

Tuesday, March 8th:
Multiple choice questions over John Donne's "Meditations"
Assign grammar handout over adjective clauses

Wednesday, March 9th:
Multiple choice questions over another poem by John Donne.
The grammar homework will be due today.

Thursday, March 10th:
Begin work on The Romantic Poets
Read background on the Age of Reason and on the Romantic Period
Read bio of Mary Shelley
Assign FRANKENSTEIN
Notes on FRANKENSTEIN
You must do a reading log on FRANKENSTEIN. The reading log must include a brief summary; any aspects of the book which falls under the rubric of romantic literature and any literary devices you notice; any vocabulary you do not understand and of course, the definition of the word(s).

Friday, March 11th:
Read Percy Bysshe Shelley's bio and and his "Ode to the West Wind"
Analyze the poem "Ode to the West Wind" in terms of its meaning, structure, image, metaphor, tone and theme.

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