Students determine how author create and communicate meaning. Benchmark 8.5-4 Students use technology to assist in reading, writing, viewing, speaking and listening. Students review the sonnet form i.e. structure, meter and rhythm. Students also review figurative language used in poetry. Analysis should also include word choice, speaker, tone, and fluency.
Students then apply analysis to their particular chosen sonnet .
The sonnet's expression of feeling should be analyzed in terms of the structure. The traditional form of the Italian sonnet of octave-sestet can be seen in many of the Shakespeare sonnets. The answer to the poem in the rhyming couplet can be explored. In light of diction or word choice, discuss meaning of the poem. Students present to class their analysis of their sonnet with the help of their slide show.