1. Day 45-Shakespearean and Elizabethan background; Sonnet study

2. OBJECTIVES
RECOGNIZE and APPLY standard conventions of the English (Shakespearean) Sonnet structure.
READ and INTERPRET Italian (Petrarchan) sonnets.
RESEARCH and RELATE historical and cultural context of the Renaissance time period to the literature.

3. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What are the conventions of an English sonnet?
What are the common themes of the Spenserian sonnets?
What are some of the obstacles that Shakespeare faced as a playwright in the Elizabethan Theatre and how does Tom Stoppard’s Shakespeare in Love reflect the irony of the age?

4. Warm-up: Sonnet Part IV
English Sonnets feature the following structural conventions:
14 Lines composed of 3 quatrains (4 line stanza and a couplet at the conclusion).
The last couplet is used to pull the sonnet together. This can be seen a summary of the events.
The couplet will have a GG end-line rhyme scheme.
Each line uses iambic pentameter as its meter (pace, rhythm, or tempo) featuring 10 syllables.
Example:
The which if you with patient ears attend, G What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend G

5. Come to Knighttime

6. English (Spenserian) Sonnets
Read the “About the Author” section on Sir Edmund Spenser on p. 318 and summarize the main points on the notes outline.
Read the “Poetic Forms” section on p and summarize the main points on the notes outline.
Read “Sonnet 30” and “Sonnet 75” (pp ).
Answer the “After Reading” questions on p on the notes outline.

7. Sample Spenserian Form
Abab
Bcbc
Cdcd ee

8. English (Shakespearean) Sonnets
Read the “About the Author” section on William Shakespeare on p and summarize the main points on the notes outline.
Read the “Poetic Forms” section on p and summarize the main points on the notes outline.
Read “Sonnet 18” through “Sonnet 130” (pp ).
Answer the “After Reading” questions on p on the notes outline.

9. Renaissance Jigsaw – Last chance 10 minutes
Your Jigsaws must be turned into Canvas.

10. A Review of Irony Situational – The opposite of what is expected.
Example: A firetruck catching on fire.
Verbal – Saying one thing but meaning another. (aka sarcasm)
Example: Student A – “I love working hard only to get a ‘D.’”
Dramatic - You know something that the character doesn’t.
Example: We know Romeo and Juliet will die from the beginning of the play.

11. Shakespeare in Love and the Elizabethan Theatre
Assignment: View Part I & II of Shakespeare in Love and answer the study guide question on CANVAS. Take notes on ironic elements throughout.

12. Review your notes on irony from Shakespeare in Love.
Closure
Review your notes on irony from Shakespeare in Love.
Discuss what scenes, characters, or lines can be considered ironic (detail the type of irony).
Discuss the humor derived from the use of irony.