1. Shakespeare’s Sonnets The Bard writes a sonnet sequence waiting out the plague 1592 - 1594

2. Sonnets 18, 29, 106, 116, 130 pgs. 252 – 256 Choose your sonnet by selecting from Mr. Kirk You must read and digest page 250 to understand what’s going on in the sonnets. You will receive no help from Mr. Kirk in solving the meaning of Shakespeare’s sonnets, but you will have a full class day today and tomorrow to work on the project. The same five tasks from the Spenser/Sidney sonnets are required for these sonnets.

3. Sonnet Test The sonnet test will be a test on all 10 sonnets, sonnet origins, and sonnet structure (4 elements) It’s worth 2 grades (the group oral is 2 grades also)