Lesson Details

Classwork Thursday, March 5, 2015

2014-2015

Seniors English 7/8 Tue/Thur Period 1

Date

March 5, 2015

Additional Info

Instructions

  1. Do Now: Comparative and Superlative Worksheet (To be found on myHomework)
  2. Read John MiltonÕs biography on pages 518-519
  3. Read page 521 to refresh your knowledge of an epic.
  4. Read MiltonÕs Sonnet VII (page 522), and Sonnet XIX (page 523)
    1. Paraphrase both poems ***
    2. Answer the Critical Reading questions that follow the poems on pages 522, and 523

***Remember that a paraphrase is saying the same thing that the writer is saying in your own words, but speaking as if you were the writer. Before paraphrasing the poems, please read Paraphrasing, and Summarizing: The Good, The Bad, The Incoherent, to be found on myHomework.