

Each portion of this product is easily editable through Google Docs or Slides.William Shakespeare, playwright and a bubonic plague sonnet writer? You can easily change it to a different day, or change that text entirely, by right clicking the slide and choosing a different layout.


My first slide of the each day reads Monday, Tuesday, etc. You can use this as an answer key (though depending on the students' grade/ability level, I sometimes grade the annotations based on effort and completion rather than correctness, or let a certain number of errors not count.) Here are some helpful links if this is something you could use a refresher on before teaching the lesson:Īnd here are the sonnets used in this lesson annotated. There is a slide breaking down what iambic pentameter is, but you may find it difficult to use/teach these lessons if you do not have an understanding of how iambic pentameter works. NOTE: Some of these slides require the teacher to demonstrate how to annotate iambic pentameter for the students the annotations are not already present/there is no answer key. A Google Slide with a prompt/instructions for students to write their own love sonnet (this may sound dangerous with teenagers, but I encourage them to not take it too seriously - my sample sonnets are about Mountain Dew and Stranger Things.) A worksheet giving students step by step instructions on re-writing sonnet 130 in a way that shows an understanding of the language, tone, and meaning.ĥ.

A worksheet that contains Sonnets 116 and 130 with instructions for students to annotate the sonnets, as well an open-ended question about the message of each sonnet.Ĥ. It contains two open-ended/reaction type of questions, a fill in the blank portion they complete using information from the Google Slides lesson, and a pop sonnet to practice annotating iambic pentameter.ģ. A notes sheet for students to follow along with as they learn about iambic pentameter. A Google Slide presentation that guides both you and the students through each lesson I display these slides using my smartboard (though they work equally well on a standard projector) as I teach class each day.Ģ. This listing is for a set of lessons that typically takes four class sessions to cover (though this can be stretched to five if students need more practice annotating iambic pentameter.
