Shakespeare's Sonnets

This WebQuest will guide you in the research and production of your assigment about one of the Shakespeare's Sonnets. Work hard, learn, have fun and get familiar with Mister Shakespeare!

Remember to use a Google Doc to develop the group project! This would be helpful for a future evaluation and opens the possibility of interacting with the teacher in case you need some help.

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1. Create a Thinglink sonnet and include the following information.
2. In terms of literature analysis, what  is a sonnet? Describe it's typical format (number of lines,rhyme scheme,etc).
3. Could you show the class examples of sonnets not written by Shakespeare?
4. Create a Soundcloud with a recording of your group reading your sonnet. You can be creative and figure out your own way of reading it or add special sound effects!
5. What is  the group's interpretion of the sonnet? What do you think Shakespeare was trying to say?  Then , compare it to the interpretation of an specialist.
6. Can you find any argentinian sonnet? How different or similiar is it to Shakespeare's style? 
7. Show your creativity! Add as many pictures, videos, links or music you find interesting about the sonnet. Remember that the different points you are supossed to complete can be written in prose or you can also use diagrams, images,etc.

• Now that your Thinglink is ready be prepare to deliver an oral presention to explain it to the restof the class.
• If you have any doubts about how to use the different Web tools , here are some tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5vQiEfk74  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CJ6kP8Wq5s
• For the research use academic bibliography available in any format  but feel free to include webpages and even blogs if you are sure it's a credible source.

Check the Google Doc of your group and try to evaluated your work!

This form is a guide for your self-evaluation.

By the end of this project, you would have research and learn about Shakespeare Sonnets. Shakespeare will no longer seem daunting: you will have conquered all your fears and nobly progressed into territory you never dreamed you'd visit. You will be proud of what you have accomplished, and I will be proud of you, too.

Shakespeare's sonnets can be a difficult topic to tackle with high school students. The language is dated and foreign, and its poetic character too often renders it inaccessible to many capable students. This activity is designed to help students gain access to the language, meaning, and form of the sonnets. Their creativity, interpretations and reflexions are essensial for the project.