Hello fellow Lit 12 members! We had a good start to the class with an interesting devotion from Kathleen. Her devotion really reminds us that we should not be lukewarm in our faith. Not being on fire for God sets us away from him. Instead we should stay strong and really work to have a strong faith.
Today was also spent learning about the sonnet. Sonnet originates from the Italian word "Sonetto", which means little sound. Many of the early sonnets had a common theme. Boy falls in love with girl. He gets rejected and then writes a sonnet about it.
We spent some time reading two poems. The first one was "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and the second was "The Nymph's Reply To The Shepherd". Though they were written at different times, the second one was intended to be a reply to the first. The two poems are a conversation, and in this conversation, we can see that the Nymph is very sceptical of the Shepherd. She challenges his love and whether he is telling the truth.
Shakespeare was also reviewed in class. In addition to plays, Shakespeare also wrote many sonnets. As we were talking about Shakespeare's sonnets, an interesting discussion came up. Kharis brought up her opinion about how studying Shakespeare's works was redundant. She said that many of his plays followed general patterns and outlines when writing his plays. In response, Mrs. Loconte asked Kharis to write an essay about this to receive ten extra percent on any test she wanted. Overall, it's not too bad of a deal!
Devotions Blogging
Thursday - Janice Thursday - Rachel
Friday - Tayler Friday - Kellie
HW
Remember to finish your PSA projects
Prepare for the essay writing activity which will take place this Friday
Start studying for the Renaissance Test
If you still want to complete the bonus assignment, you are still able to do so until Friday
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ReplyDeleteThe PSA project is for English 12 not Lit 12 right?
I believe we also have Sonnet 116 to read and answer as well.