Wednesday, April 29

Wednesday, April 29
Agenda:
1. Romeo and Juliet
- Act 1 Quiz
2. The shakesperean Sonnet
- class discussion
3. Handout(group activity)
- Practice on Meter (stressed & unstressed)

HW:
1. Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2 scenes 1&2.
2. Answer Questions for both scenes 1&2.
3. Vocab Ex 4.

-- THE SHAKESPEREAN SONNET--

FORMATTING: usually no spaces between stanzas.
STANZAS: made up of three quatrains(4 lines) each expresses a different aspect or theme of poem.
ENDING: final couplet(2 lines) presents a concluding statement.
RHYME SCHEME: abab cdcd efef gg
METER: Iambic---> unstressed, stressed.
Pentameter---> five pairs.