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Close Reading of shakespeare (continued)
ACTIvITy 4
Synthesis Questions
Your teacher may choose or ask you to choose one of the following assessments as a way of showing your understanding of the texts you have read.
Writing Prompt: Review the two sonnets and the visual source. What common themes do you identify? Consider the way that both love and time are addressed in each. Write a brief essay that compares and contrasts the different themes of the three works. Use evidence from both the sonnets and the painting to support your position.
Debate/Discussion: Prepare to debate or discuss the different statements made by each work (the two sonnets and the painting) about the ability of something to defeat time and exist forever. Which of the three do you think makes the best case? Use specific evidence from your chosen source to support your answer, and be prepared to share your ideas with others who may think differently than you.
Multimedia Presentation: Look over the figure that is the subject of the included painting. Choose one of the sonnets, and create an image that displays the theme of the poem. These could be drawings or images you create yourself or find in magazines or online.
Reflection
Think about what you have learned from your close reading and analysis of the texts you have read in this workshop.
1 In these three works you have seen how a writer or painter transforms
an abstract concept like love or time into a sort of character through personification or allegory. How does a technique like this help us to understand these concepts? Which specific descriptions of these concepts were particularly effective?
2 Inthisworkshop,youhavelearnedhowtomakemeaningofthreedifferenttexts. How can you use what you have learned to help you when you encounter challenging texts in the future? What strategies best helped you as a learner during this workshop? When and why would you use these strategies again?
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