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14 November 2024

B - The one with OP.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is the evolution of language so important to literature?

We continued our study of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and I used the language of poetry (and the sonnet) to model an appreciation for the poem.

HIGHLIGHTS: In the first quatrain, the speaker questions whether or not he should compare the subject to summer and decides that the subject is "more fair and more temperate." The speaker extends the "summer" metaphor in the second quatrain and suggests that the subject possesses (or will possess) a more everlasting beauty than that of summer. At the volta in the third quatrain, the speaker asserts the beauty of the subject directly, explaining why he thinks the subject's beauty will last to eternity. The couplet solidifies the speaker's assertions by suggesting that the subject will live on in the lines of poetry that the author (Shakespeare) wrote, and which will be read by others as time passes.

We viewed together a short video on Shakespeare's original pronunciation (OP):

We spoke briefly about all the missed puns from our previous experience of Shakespeare because we did not consider OP.

I assigned learners a sonnet and they used the period to prepare an appreciation of their sonnet for next Wednesday.

PRACTISE: Prepare an appreciation of your assigned sonnet.

NEXT CLASS: everyone is away for Encounter or something else, so November 20 - Shakespeare's sonnets

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