Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Character Sketch

Character Sketch: take any of the sonnets and get an image from (online, magazine, personal pictures etc. please cite your sources i.e. url, name of magazine etc.) that you think represents one of a character in one of the poems and write a paragraph on why this image captures the character in your selected poem.

Picture

This picture can represent "Sonnet 130" because she is not a pretty woman, but there is a guy who knows she is ugly, but he still has this love towards her. This picture is from the show "Ugly Betty" in Colombia. This show is a lot like "Sonnet 130" because her hair are like wires, her lips aren't like cora;, and her breath must stink.

Love

Your homework assignment over the weekend is to write your own sonnet: 14 Lines, 3 four lines stanzas, iambic pentameter 10 syllables per line, correct rhyme scheme (abab…), must have a title, and finally it must be in today’s language/lingo. This is due on Monday/Tuesday.


1 - People think love is something we can play (A)
2 - It's really no joke, it's a game for real (B)
3 - Love may decide whether we go or stay (A)
4 - There are no secrets, nothing to conceal (B)
5 - Love gives us the sense of internal peace (C)
6 - No sorrow, no pain, no broken heart in two (D)
7 - There's a sense of freedom, our mind at ease (C)
8 - When you're in love, it's not all about you (D)
9 - Love can make us do the craziest things (E)
10- Love is out future don't dwell in the past (F)
11- It's desired for the joy it can bring (E)
12- In love we have no reason to be sad (F)
13- Love is something that will never get old (G)
14- For love we will give our heart and our soul (G)

Opinion Essay

Opinion Essay: Which of the sonnets do you think expresses the strongest commitment to a lover relationship” Write a 3 paragraph essay explaining your opinion with supporting from the Sonnets.

Most of Shakespeare's sonnets represent love, but out of all of them Sonnet 130 expresses the most love ro a lover relationship. The lover being portrayed in this sonnet has some good and bad flaw. The speaker talks about his mistress and how her "eyes are nothing like the sun", and "coral is far more red then her lips' red" - Sonnet 130. Those are some of the bad flaws he attributed to his mistress.

He knows that he didn't have a Cinderella, but he says "I think my love as rare" - Sonnet 130. That shows that she is not that pretty to him, but he still loves her, and that expresses a lot of commitment to their relationship. The reason you know he loves her is because he says "I love to hear her speak, yet well I know", and "And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare". Nobody would want someone who doesn't smell good or who's breathe is kicking, but he has made a commitment to this girl.

Sonnet 130 has the strongest commitment to the lover's relationship, because the mistress in this sonnet is not really pretty but her mister is still with her and loves her no matter what. Anyone with a woman that looks like the one from Sonnet 130 would probably be embarrased but the speaker isn't afraid to say he loves her.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Info Tech High School

Lyrics by: Vicky, Rocky, Johnny, Asia


Walking into ITHS feels like a different realm,
Ready to assess us, on every move, get into the groove.
It's vital now, our education, sports, and friendships,
Learning antiquated history,
Takes away the mystery of who we are,
Poignantly moving up and down the halls,
Captivating one another with our different views.

We go to ITHS because it is beneficial,
The yearning to get out is unofficial.
ITHS was made to be benign,
It is good to show decorum so you will be fine.
You should not fabricate because the consequence is Ignominious.
The teachers try to elaborate so you can be fiery at it.

As teachers teach the fundamental rights,
As they give you jovial but merciless work,
They cajole us to over work,
Even thought there gluttonous about the clerk.
But overall their magnanious to us.

If I could be candid,
ITHS is the most hypnotic school on the east.
Even though some people in it are not commendable
Everyone knows with ITHS anything is tangible.
You can never belittle an info tech student.
When you see us in the future it will never be abase.
Until they abduct us we will never go away.