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English 9 Bellwork 2-1-12

Get out your syllabus signatures and the syllabus hunt – on your desk Get out your assignment log and add:. English 9 Bellwork 2-1-12. William Shakespeare. (1564 - 1616) Famous English playwright 38 plays Over 150 sonnets (type of poem ). Key Terms. Quatrain Couplet Rhyme Scheme

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English 9 Bellwork 2-1-12

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  1. Get out your syllabus signatures and the syllabus hunt – on your desk Get out your assignment log and add: English 9 Bellwork2-1-12

  2. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) Famous English playwright 38 plays Over 150 sonnets (type of poem)

  3. Key Terms • Quatrain • Couplet • Rhyme Scheme • Sonnet • Iambic Pentameter

  4. Quatrain • A quatrain is a four-line stanza, as in the following example: This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me- The simple News that Nature told- With tender Majesty - Emily Dickinson, from “This letter to the World” A poem can have more than one quatrain.

  5. Couplet • Two line stanza Roses are red, Violets are blue. A poem can have more than one couplet

  6. Rhyme Scheme • The pattern of end rhyme in a poem. The pattern is charted by assigning a letter of the alphabet to the last word of each line. Lines that rhyme are give the same letter. Rhyme scheme = ABAAB

  7. Iambic Pentameter • A way to measure each line of a poem • Each line must have 10 syllables Let two more summers wither in their pride, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  8. Sonnet • 14 line poem • Three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (2 lines) • written in iambic pentameter • Rhymes • ABAB CDCD EFEF GG • Usually, expresses one thought or event

  9. Learning to Write a Sonnet • The sonnet form is old and full of dustAnd yet I want to learn to write one well.To learn new forms and grow is quite a must,But I will learn it quickly, I can tell. • And so I sit, today, with pen in hand,Composing three new quatrains with a rhyme.The rhythm flows like wind at my command.The A-B-A-B form consumes my time. • But I’m not done until there’s fourteen lines.One ending couplet, after three quatrains.I’ve tried to write this new form several times.The effort’s huge; I have to rack my brain. • But I persist, my fourteen lines now done.I wrote my poem; my sonnet work is won. • by Denise Rodgers

  10. Pick a partner and make a list of 10 topics • Poetry topics: • Love • Hate • Anger • Frustration • Family • 5 minutes

  11. Write 3 sonnets • Sonnet • Must be14 lines (3 quatrains + 1 couplet) • iambic pentameter • rhymes

  12. Time to Publish for Evaluation • Your classmates will be judging your poems • Your poems will not have your names on them when your classmates read them • Best poems will win prizes

  13. Publish • 3pieces of construction paper • 1 piece for each poem • On the front side • Type of poem • Title • Legible, color, poem • On the back side • Choose a random 4 digit number and 2 letters • Each poem needs to have a different number and letter combination

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