Thursday, May 28, 2009 May 28, 2009

SWBAT describe and write a sonnet by reading, annotating, and prewriting.

Vocabulary: couplet, quatrain, sonnet, iambic pentameter, iamb

Essential Questions: What is a sonnet and how does it incorproate couplets and quatrains?

• Homework Review/turn in homework (write 9 couplets and 1 quatrain)

• Jumpstart: Author’s Choice

• Sonnets

  • Define the vocabulary words.

  • Read the sonnet.

  • Discuss and annotate the poem.

  • Write your own sonnet.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 May 27, 2009

SWBAT describe and write couplets and quatrains by annotating and writing.

Vocabulary: couplet, quatrain, iambic pentameter

Essential Questions: What are couplets and quatrains? How do you write them?

• Review haikus and odes.

• Jumpstart: What is a haiku? What is an ode? What are some similarities and differences between the two forms of poetry?

• Couplets, Quatrains, Sonnets

  • Couplets: Definition, Reading and Annotating,  Writing

  • Quatrains: Definition, Reading and Annotating,  Writing