Sonnet Recitals: October 15, 2019

Focus: How does memorizing (and listening to) a sonnet change your understanding of it?

1. Warming up with your small group sonnet recitals and self-reflections

2. Offering you a quick recap of the sonnet essay's structure and a sample essay from last year

3. Discussing Chapters 25 and 26 in East of Eden, "save the last line" style

HW:
1. For MONDAY, Oct 21: E-mail me your sonnet essay thesis and any outlining you have completed.

• Click HERE for the overview of the sonnet essay.
• Click HERE for the sample sonnet essay.

2. For TUESDAY, Oct 22: Read Chapters 27 through 34 and prepare your next reading ticket. If you average about 11 pages today, you'll easily finish this assignment.

3. Friday, Oct 25 will be a drafting day.

4. For MONDAY, Oct 28: Complete rough draft of sonnet essay. We will peer edit this day.

You will have a window for submitting your final draft: Oct 30-Nov 4 by 4:00 pm. They will be graded in the order that they are turned in.