Shakespeare was well pleased with our efforts to find him a dentist, and he now is the proud owner of a brand new (well, a “gently used”) tooth.

In payment, he offers to work us through how to write sweet words.

We started out learning about iambic pentameter with the phrase “I am a pirate with a wooden leg.” Then Riley tried to dance to The Heat of Moment by doing the “pirate shuffly”, but it didn’t work out too well. It was fun to laugh at her. Some classes took video of her “dancing”, so we’ll see if we can get those uploaded.

We then read Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130. You can read these in NoFear, but understand that the original sonnets will be what you see on the final exam.

We ended the day with practicing writing our own Shakespearian sonnet by creating a diorama. The template is in LMS. Riley will print in color, and you can create the foldable yourself!

Riley said don’t worry too much about trying to get the imabic pentameter down – but she did say you need to focus on the RHYME SCHEME and the SYLLABLES!

Turn it in and see if Shakespeare is impressed with your words!