1. British Literature Monday October 31, 2016 Day 60
ACTIVATOR: (4-6 sentences, S.E.E.D. format)
Is it better to live in the country or in the city? Why…?
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss One – Pager
Vocabulary unit 6 – collect & share stories
(15 words, 2 appositives + bat, grenade, skateboard)
Introduce Renaissance Poetry Notes…
- The Shakespearean sonnet, Spenser and Donne, Marlowe
- read sonnets 73 & 138
4. Last 10 Silent Reading
SUMMARIZER:
- What is an example of satire from our time?

2. Renaissance Poetry
Sonnets
Pastoral Poetry
Psalms/religious poems

3. Sonnets Sonnets originated in Italy.
The idea spilled over into France & Spain.
Finally it reached England.
Petrarch’s love poetry to Laura originated the sonnet.

4. Sonnets
One of the most popular literary forms during the Elizabethan Age was the sonnet cycle.
A cycle is a series of sonnets that loosely fit together to form a story.

5. Sonnets Fourteen lines Usually in iambic pentameter
Rhyme scheme can vary
Tell the tale of the sonneteer’s love for a beautiful and frequently unattainable woman.

6. Pertrarchan Sonnets
The women of sonnets were as frustrating as they were inspiring
Each poem tried to unravel another knot in a confusing love relationship

7. Petrarchan Sonnets
First eight lines (octet) – develop a theme or problem
Last six lines (sestet) – formulate some sort of solution to or final analysis of the problem
Rhyme scheme: abba, abba, cdecde

8. English Sonnets
Shakespeare adopted and perfected his own sonnet style.
The Elizabethan sonnet now bears his name: – Shakespearean sonnet.

9. Shakespearean Sonnets
First twelve lines divided into quatrains
Ask a question or present a thought
Last two lines a couplet
Answer the question or resolve the thought
Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg

10. English Sonnets
The first of the great Elizabethan sonnet cycles was Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sydney.
Another major poet of this time was Edmund Spencer, who wrote intricate verse with rich imagery.

11. Spenserian Sonnets
In a sonnet sequence, the one hundred or so sonnets are linked by theme or person addressed.
To connect 100 or more poems without growing dull, writers used a basic fictional situation:
The speaker of the sequence is in love
His love is unfulfilled
Rhyme scheme: abab, bcbc, cdcdee

12. Pastoral Poetry
Lyrics that celebrate the pleasures of a simple life in the country.
Renaissance poets use a number of traditional conventions borrowed from ancient Greek and Roman poetry.
One example: making the speaker a Shepard who addresses or describes a Shepardess whom he is in love and presenting an idealized world of nature.

13. Pastoral Poetry
Christopher Marlowe is a well-known playwright (DR. FAUSTUS) and was also a pastoral poet.
Famous poem: “The Passionate Shepard to His Love”
It has inspired a number of responses to the invitation issued in the poem.
The most famous response was written by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1600: “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepard.”

14. Scripture as poetry
Psalms – sacred songs or lyric poems in praise of God. The Old Testament’s Book of Psalms contains 150 such pieces.
Psalms may feature vivid, memorable metaphors.

15. British Literature Tuesday November 1, 2016 Day 61
ACTIVATOR: (Grab NEW calendar from front table!)
Complete a 3-category chart using unit 6 voc. words that have something in common (label categories you create)
ACTIVITIES:
Vocabulary unit 6 review (QUIZ tomorrow)
Discuss Shakespearean and Petrarchan Sonnets
- sonnet 73 & 138
- sonnet 164 and “Death be not Proud”
Last 10 Silent Reading
SUMMARIZER:
- What is an example of satire from our time?

16. British Literature Wednesday November 2, 2016 Day 62
ACTIVATOR:
Complete a One-Pager for article on front table…
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss One-Pager…
Vocabulary unit 6 Quiz today
Write your OWN Shakespearean Sonnet!
- due tomorrow (use handout for structure)
Last 10 Silent Reading
SUMMARIZER:
- What is an example of satire from our time?

17. British Literature Thursday November 3, 2016 Day 63
ACTIVATOR:
complete the active / passive voice worksheet from front table
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss grammar / writing worksheet
Turn in / Share sonnets!
Read “Passionate Shepherd…” (pg. 266)
Read “Nymph’s Reply…” (pg. 268)
Last 10 Silent Reading
SUMMARIZER:
- What is an example of satire from our time?

18. British Literature Friday November 4, 2016 Day 64
ACTIVATOR:
complete the parallel structure worksheet from front table
ACTIVITIES:
Discuss writing / grammar activity
QUIZ over renaissance poetry
Read in text (Restoration & 18th century)
- summarize into 15 facts (to turn in)
Last 10 Silent Reading
SUMMARIZER:
- What is an example of satire from our time?