Lesson one

• Engels
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs

Goals

At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

1. use a sonnet to express your love

2. know the different types of sonnets

3. read poerty dramatically

First Things first

In this lesson you are going to dive into the world of poetry, and

learn how poetry has been used to express emotions and love  romantically.

Before we start , we have to try the quiz about some literary devices used in poetry.

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Input

In this section you are going to watch a short clip about how the notion of LOVE has been perceived throughout history. Yet before you watch the clip, You should answer the following 2 questions.

Is love something that scares you?
Explain

If I had to compare my beloved one, I would compare him/her to?

While watching

Answer the following questions while watching the video clip

1. What was meant by transactional marriage in 1775 B.C.?

2. Why was the notion of loving your wife then considered as ridicilous ?

3. What was meant by the 'crush side of love'  in 1147 A.D. ?

4. How was the relationship between marriage and love considered in the 18th century?

5. What is Romanticism?

Possible answers

1. Beneficial marriage

2. personal answers

3. personal answer

4. pleasure and sex

5. Romanticism privileges feeling over reason and impulse over tradition

In pairs (In English)

Discuss the following reflective questions with your tablemate.

Reflective Questions

Try to discuss the following questions in pairs

1. What is your experience with poetry so far?

2. What is a sonnet?

3. What two types of sonnets can you distinguish?

4. What is the form of both types of sonnets?

5. Would you say it is easy for a poet to write sonnets?

5. What is your experience with poetry so far?

Time for Theme words

Use an English-English dictionary to explain the following words:

1. Temperate

2. Bud

3. Lease

4. Untrimmed

5. Brag

Theme words

1. Temperate: a moderate climate

2. Bud: an incompletely opened flower

3.lease: for a short time

4. Untrimmed: not made neat

5. brag: arrogant talk / manner

How to read a poem

You have 3 minutes to practice reading the sonnet out loud.

After that listen to the following audio version

Digging deeper

1. What is the theme of the above sonnet?

2. Can you trace the poet's argument from his initial question to his final conclusion?

1. What is the theme of the above sonnet?

2. Can you trace the poet's argument from his initial question to his final conclusion?

Sonnet 18 being tuned

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"Sonnet 18" is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. It was written in about 1595, and most scholars now agree the poem is addressed to a man. How far do you agree with those scholars? give arguments

Sonnet number 18 today

You can read the modern version of sonnet number 18 on the next page

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Rounding off

Before you finish this project, you have to try the quiz found on the next page.

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