AP Lit 3G: Sonnets & The Swimmer & Design Thinking (& Hamlet ?)

We'll start today with a deep dive into Foster's chapter on sonnets.  Woot.  We'll be doing a lot jot experience, then culling the sonnets you read for today for evidence of Foster's brilliant assertions in action.   It shall be grand and marvelous and cause people to christen ships with bottles of homemade brandy.

Then . . . design thinking.  A review of the DEEP design thinking stages and how you employed them to make meaning of Cheever's "The Swimmer."

Finally, we'll discuss your work for the weekend:  ideating & developing working prototypes of our personal analysis & writing process products.

How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?

Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.

If there is time today, Hamlet!

Next class? Meet in commercial arts. 2nd floor.  boom.

HOMEWORK

Blogs: 3+ Posts
Req'd Post:  Hamlet Writes a Sonnet
Choose any character from Hamlet and write a sonnet from that character's point of view.  Pay particular attention to which sonnet form you choose.  Be certain to include all elements of that sonnet form within your creation AND to make those choices with deliberate intention.  How can the format and rhyme scheme reflect the character?
Due: Friday, December 6

Design THinking:
How might we create a process of gathering evidence of our thinking/analysis & writing processes and how might we demonstrate our understanding through a product?

Document the development of your ideas on your blog so we can all see and share as we try to figure out what works best for us.
Due: Monday, December 9

Sonnet Work:
Read: "The Sonnet" chapter in "How to Read Lit" and annotate. 
Read: you’ve got a pile of poetry to read and it’s gonna be great.  We will be examining the sonnet form and discussing why it endures.  I’ve put three links on Diigo — and highlighted the poems you need to read on the “Sonnet” page.  There are two Shakespearean sonnets you need to read as well,  ”Let Those Who Are in Favour”and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”  
Annotate three of the above sonnets.  Your choice.  
Due: TODAY 

Read Hamlet:
Hold . . . we may be a little bit getting back to H.
Due: tBA