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Grade Level: 9

Unit: Different Types of Poetry

Lesson Objectives:  


 * Student will have a knowledge of the history of the sonnet
 * Student will be able to identify some authors most associated with sonnets
 * Students will be exposed to sonnets from different time periods
 * Students will know the basic form of a sonnet

Time Required to complete this lesson: 2-3 days  

Title of lesson: The History of the Sonnet

Description of lesson: Designed as an introduction to sonnets, this lesson will give a brief history of sonnets as well as of William Shakespeare. Students will look at a some sonnets and be exposed to the basic form of a sonnet.

Assignment: Online Flashcards- go to [|iqfuse] and create an account. Create a set of flashcards for the following terms: alliteration, allusion, apostrophe, cacophony, ceasura, connotation, enjambment, extended metaphor, eye rhyme, free verse, haiku, implied metaphore, irony, lyric, metapphor, personification, simile, slant rhyme, sonnet. Here is an [|example] (using different literary terms) Also: assignment of final project (due at the end of the poetry unit). Resources/materials needed: Vocab words/definitions     

Technology used: Internet/iqfuse.com   

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: Technology is used to make this assignment more modern. It is a vocabulary assignment (reviewing lit terms covered before). However, this assignment is done online to give it a more realistic spin. They are not just copying down definitions in their notebooks, they are using technology to learn and review something through repitition. 


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