Link for poetry notebook rubric

Here's the googledoc for your poetry notebook rubric. Remember this is due Wednesday, December 12!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VVXy0ZB-XTHG_cdhSEQ2-6m435-fYt_tCvvIk9UbhSg/edit

And remember, I'm grading the dividers based on effort and quality. Be as creative as you can and try to have fun with these. You can make a collage, use pictures you take or pictures from online, use stickers, fun paper, crayons, splatter paint, buttons, ribbon, giftwrap, computer graphics, text graphics, words, newspaper, magazines, sheet music... the possibilities are endless.
Just take a moment to try not to be a square. :)

ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW

ROUGH DRAFT DUE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)--

BRING 2 COPIES OF YOUR PAPER TO CLASS!

poetry: on sonnets

We briefly discussed sonnets in class today. There are three different types of sonnets: Shakespearean (English), Petrarchan (Italian), and the Villanelle. Of these, Shakespearean is the most common. Go to this website and choose a Shakespearean sonnet: http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/all.php

Tell me which sonnet you chose (refer to it by its number, e.g., "Sonnet 18"), then briefly summarize what the sonnet is about. Answer the following questions:

1. What is the overall topic?

2. Write a thesis for the sonnet (i.e., if Shakespeare were to have a thesis for the poem, what would it be? What's his main argument about his topic here?).

3. Tell me one literary element he employs and briefly describe what effect it has on the poem (e.g., The use of irony reveals his skepticism of the woman's love).

This blog is due no later than tomorrow, Tuesday December 4 at 8am.