Shakespeare Week 2

Shakespeare 
Week 2
Shakespeare's London
The Shakespearean Sonnet

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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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Shakespeare 
Week 2
Shakespeare's London
The Shakespearean Sonnet

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In Class Today
- Random Student Reading of Sonnet 
- Information on Shakespeare's London
- The Shakespearean Sonnet 

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Shakespeare's London
Week 48

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Take a guess: The current population of London is 8.1 million, in 1530 there lived...
A
50.000 people
B
100.000 people
C
200.000 people
D
250.000 people

Slide 5 - Quiz

Take a guess: a huge fire occured in London in 1666, what percentage of the city burned down?
A
40%
B
60%
C
80%
D
100%

Slide 6 - Quiz

16th Century London
- religion changed depending on ruler (catholic < > protestant)
- Elizabeth loved plays: lots of theatres were built
- 1530: 50.000 people  >  1605: 225.000 people in London

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London in the 16th Century

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Shakespeare's Sonnets

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What is a Sonnet?
Fourteen lines: 
All sonnets have 14 lines, which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains.

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Rhyme

A strict rhyme scheme: 
The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet, for example, is ABAB / CDCD / EFEF / GG (note the four distinct sections in the rhyme scheme).

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Rhythm 
Written in iambic pentameter: 
Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables.

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Shakespeare
- Take a look at the content (inhoud) of the reader.

- Pick one of the sonnets from the reader. 

- Be prepared to give a reading of and some information on the poem in class. 

- Continue working on Stepping Stones

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