William Shakespeare CentersWilliam Shakespeare Centers

Sonnet 18: Sonnet 18:

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;And every fair from fair sometime declines,And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeBut thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest:When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Sonnet 130:Sonnet 130:

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;If snow be white, why then her breast are dun;If snow be white, why then her breast are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks;But no such roses see I in her cheeks;And in some perfumes is there more delight And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowI love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;That music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walk, treads on the ground:My mistress, when she walk, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareAnd yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she bellied with false compare.As any she bellied with false compare.

Center 1: Evaluate the writings of Center 1: Evaluate the writings of Shakespeare by answering the Shakespeare by answering the attached questions:attached questions:1.1. What is your opinion of Shakespeare’s motives for What is your opinion of Shakespeare’s motives for

writing the poem?writing the poem?2.2. Give the rhythmic pattern, rhyme scheme, and stanza type Give the rhythmic pattern, rhyme scheme, and stanza type

for the sonnet.for the sonnet.3.3. Shakespeare’s sonnets often require the reader to question Shakespeare’s sonnets often require the reader to question

traditional themes such as love, family, peace, friendship, traditional themes such as love, family, peace, friendship, etc. What theme does Shakespeare call into question? etc. What theme does Shakespeare call into question? Justify your choice by giving explicit interpretations from Justify your choice by giving explicit interpretations from the poem that illustrate Shakespeare perspective.the poem that illustrate Shakespeare perspective.

4.4. See the literary terms chart and identify devices See the literary terms chart and identify devices Shakespeare utilizes in this sonnet. How does it effect this Shakespeare utilizes in this sonnet. How does it effect this piece of writing?piece of writing?

5.5. Sketch an imagine to symbolize this sonnet.Sketch an imagine to symbolize this sonnet.6.6. Develop questions or wondering you have from reading Develop questions or wondering you have from reading

this sonnet.this sonnet.7.7. Choose the best format for you to complete this activity Choose the best format for you to complete this activity

some suggestions are a layered book, flip booklet, some suggestions are a layered book, flip booklet, desktop project.desktop project.

Center 2: Construct your Center 2: Construct your Macbeth study guide.Macbeth study guide.

Construct your Macbeth study Construct your Macbeth study guide complete with the guide complete with the following sections:following sections:

Characterization Characterization Plot DevelopmentPlot Development VocabularyVocabulary ComprehensionComprehension

Section detailsSection details

Characterization: Image/ Characterization: Image/ description/ Importance to the description/ Importance to the storystory

Plot development: Options: Act Plot development: Options: Act comic strip, plot curve, chapter comic strip, plot curve, chapter summary, plot conflict analysis, summary, plot conflict analysis, story webstory web

Center 3: Life and Times of Center 3: Life and Times of William Shakespeare Matchbook William Shakespeare Matchbook ActivityActivity Create a nonfiction matchbook Create a nonfiction matchbook

page with biographical facts page with biographical facts about Shakespeare.about Shakespeare.

Center 4: Trip Back in TimeCenter 4: Trip Back in Time

Think of what life would be like if Think of what life would be like if you were to live during the you were to live during the Elizabethan era (1500’s – Elizabethan era (1500’s – 1600’s). Construct a pyramid to 1600’s). Construct a pyramid to display yourself in three-display yourself in three-dimensional scenes that display dimensional scenes that display life alterations for school, home, life alterations for school, home, play, interest.play, interest.