Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Pd 1
1. AR reading, no log
2. The Renaissance (1300’s to early 1600’s) was the:
• ReBirth of interest & achievement in Science, Literature, & Art as people looked back to ancient classical works from civilizations of Rome and Greece
• Birth of
1] the Modern World,
2] Modern English, and
3] Humanism, the philosophy which taught that" intelligence and imagination were gifts from God and humans had the obligation to use these gifts."
3. The SONNET is a major form of British poetry. An Italian named Petrarch invented the sonnet, a short poem with fourteen lines. Sonnets have a fixed rhythm and rhyme scheme that is followed precisely. The Petrarchan sonnet uses one octave (8 lines) and one sestet (6 lines). An English sonnet uses three quatrains (4 lines) and one couplet (two lines). The last part of a sonnet offers a solution, a reaction, or a conclusion to the first part. Sonnets present personal feelings and thoughts about life. Common subjects are love, grief, and relationships.
Pd 2
1. AR reading, no log
2. Hand in Tintern Abbey essay & definition of meditative poem.
3. Discuss
4. Read from Don Juan p684 aloud
HW: Finish Don Juan and write a 200 word Critical Response essay p690 with 2 quotes, comparing it to Rape of the Lock p533 using 2 of these elements : Verse forms, tones, use of irony, targets of satire
QUIZ on Don Juan Thursday
HW: Redo Tintern Abbey to 5 parts.
