Goal: Students will analyze poetry Students will interpret and make conclusions about the meanings and structure of the poems
Students will be introduced to different structures/ formats of poetry: sonnet, haiku

Monday
I. Bell Ringer - Define sonnet

II. Students will be briefly introduced to William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
-Actor, theater owner, playwright and poet
-wrote 38 plays over twenty years
-Wrote many of his sonnets and poems during a time when theaters were closed in London
-The sonnet was the most popular form of poetry during his time

III. Students will Read "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"
(Page 6 packet; 868 in text)
(read once for meaning and once to hear Iambic Pentameter)
Terms: Metaphor; Rhyme Scheme of a SS Sonnet; Iambic Pentameter

1. As in a Shakespearean sonnet, The first 8 (Octet) lines present a problem or issue and the last 6 (Sestet) have a solution or outcome.
To what is the speaker comparing the subject of the poem?
2. What does the speaker say shall not fade?
3. What does the speaker say Death shall not do?
4. To whom is the poet speaking?
5. To what does "The eye of heaven" refer?
6. To what does the world THIS in the last line refer?
7. In comparison, does the beloved fare better or worse than a summer's day?  Give a detail to support your opinion.
8. What makes the beloved immortal?

9. Find a metaphor