SONNET+ILLUMINATION

SONNET ILLUMINATION 

blow out the lights, and come at last to bed.
Sample illumination: Wordsworth [|The Daffodils.doc] [|sample illumination : Eurydice by H.D.] [|see this "qwiki" of sonnet 18] [|QR codes and poetry] You need a QR reader (free app) on your phone and a site to make the codes (I use Maestro, free). Ask me if you want to try it.

[|Shakespeare's new words]


 * SONNET ILLUMINATION PROJECT for BRITISH LITERATURE **


 * TECH CENTER DAY ONE: **

** 1. ** open a word doc and type your sonnet into the doc DOUBLE SPACED, so you can work on it. Proofread and save, but do not close.

** 2. ** Each time you work on the sonnet, saveit to your eLocker in Studywiz when you are done until it is time to post it to the Gallery.

** 3 **. annotate your sonnet to prepare for your explication.your handout is included here for convenience.

HERE are the STEPS for ANNOTATION:

Start “illuminating” your sonnet by annotating it with 8-10 comments and [|live (hyperlinks) links.]

Links must include

at least five notes on five literary devices used

two pictures or videos from images created by poem. Not just random

also check [|wylio], [|creativecommons] , googleimages, advanced search in google, your personal photo files from flickr, picasa etc


 * TECH CENTER DAY TWO: **


 * SUGGESTIONS for what the other 3-5 links could include....... **


 * ~use the COMMENT function under INSERT in the Word toolbar if you want to explain the metaphor, allusion, simile, etc **** . **


 * ~cultural references—something British that we don’t recognize **

~add any definitions that might be needed by other readers (dictionary)


 * ~add usage notes for the elizabethan language **

~explain mechanics or grammar that is difficult


 * ~note adherence (or lack of) to sonnet meter, rhyme scheme, etc **

HINTS:

*Note that the twist can come as a change in style of theme, concept too, not just a word "marker"

*Look up difficult words: check for older meanings in the dictionary (ME, MF, Latin, Greek)

*feel free to use my two-volume OED in the classroom. Use [| dictionary.com] in the Tech Center

*Hints for difficult syntax: line by line, sentence by sentence, quatrain by quatrain

*Note any words capitalized unexpectedly: decide why. Is it significant? (Usually is.)

**4**. When you are done with your annotation, paraphrase your sonnet into contemporary English. Resource:

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** 5. ** Add 3-5 sentences underneath the sonnet showing that this sonnet is still worthy of study, or relate it to your life or contemporary experience—however you can—past present future. SAVE.

** 6 **. Then post to the STUDYWIZ GALLERY with your class name on it. Post with your name at top with number of sonnet. SAVE.

Pages you might want to check for help:

[|http://ssrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/jturner/poeterms.htm - poetry terms]

[|http://dictionary.reference.com/ - dictionary]

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[|elizabethan online dictionary for those pesky renaissance forms]

  