Sonnet Analysis Group Recitation
As sound leads to sense, sonnets aremeant to be read aloud to be best understood. For this “group” recitation, you and your group will explicate and analyze one of Shakespeare’s sonnets as a group and then perform the sonnet for the class. After you perform, you will write a brief reflective piece about why you made the artistic choices for your performance.
Learning Goals. Students will…
- Understand and appropriately perform Shakespeare’s language from one of his sonnets.
- Make artistic decisions concerning how to read it aloud based on diction and syntax.
SCORING RUBRIC. Follow the General Writing Rubric in addition to the following for this essay:
An EXEMPLARY Recitation… Meets ALL the requirements of PROFICIENT in addition to:
Explication goes beyond the obvious and digs deeper into the sonnet’s meaning and tone.
Performance goes beyond memorization and basic interpretation, showing clear mastery of prosody and interpretation.
A PROFICIENT and ACCURATE Recitation…
Explicates the sonnet for understanding and for diction/syntax meaning and the tone suggested by the language.
Recites their quatrain of the sonnet so that it demonstrates the sonnet’s meaning and Shakespeare’s tone.
Memorizes individual quatrain for recitation AND speaks with appropriate affect and interpretation.
A BASIC Recitation…
Meets all the PROFICIENT requirements at a BASIC level – OR – inconsistently.
A LIMITED Recitation
Shows little to no understanding of the sonnet’s meaning or the importance of Shakespeare’s diction and syntax.
Sonnet Analysis Group Recitation
As sound leads to sense, sonnets are meant to be read aloud to be best understood. For this “group” recitation, you and your group will explicate and analyze one of Shakespeare’s sonnets as a group and then perform the sonnet for the class. After you perform, you will write a brief reflective piece about why you made the artistic choices for your performance.
Learning Goals. Students will…
- Understand and appropriately perform Shakespeare’s language from one of his sonnets.
- Make artistic decisions concerning how to read it aloud based on diction and syntax.
SCORING RUBRIC. Follow the General Writing Rubric in addition to the following for this essay:
An EXEMPLARY Recitation… Meets ALL the requirements of PROFICIENT in addition to:
Explication goes beyond the obvious and digs deeper into the sonnet’s meaning and tone.
Performance goes beyond memorization and basic interpretation, showing clear mastery of prosody and interpretation.
A PROFICIENT and ACCURATE Recitation…
Explicates the sonnet for understanding and for diction/syntax meaning and the tone suggested by the language.
Recites their quatrain of the sonnet so that it demonstrates the sonnet’s meaning and Shakespeare’s tone.
Memorizes individual quatrain for recitation AND speaks with appropriate affect and interpretation.
A BASIC Recitation…
Meets all the PROFICIENT requirements at a BASIC level – OR – inconsistently.
A LIMITED Recitation
Shows little to no understanding of the sonnet’s meaning or the importance of Shakespeare’s diction and syntax.