Friday, December 12 - Poetry Quiz and Sonnet 18

Objective: By the end of class, students will identify poetic devices (allusions, imagery, rhyme, etc) and characteristics of a sonnet in order to determine theme and prepare for the Keystone exam.

DO NOW

Why is the couplet at the end of "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" IRONIC? (bonus points on your quiz) if you get it right

Direct Instruction

Poetry Quiz - 50 points 
1. Read the headline and the title.
2. Underline the use of personification in the poem (giving human qualities to a non-human thing) (2nd stanza). What is being personified?
3. Underline a simile in the third stanza.
4. Underline a metaphor in the fourth stanza.
5. Underline another use of imagery in the third stanza (loaded word).
6. Answer the multiple choice questions on the back.

Independent / Guided

When done with your quiz, use the handout for "Shall I Compare thee to a Summer's Day" to complete the comprehensive questions on the back of that sheet.  Remember, the poem is paraphrased for you so that should help you answer some of the questions.

Closure

Review any questions regarding poetry.

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