Eighth graders completed their Shakespearean sonnet projects last week. Students wrote 14 line poems in Shakespearean verse, using iambic pentameter and traditional vocabulary from the point of view of various characters in Much Ado About Nothing. Students considered each character’s emotions, values, and narrative style, and addressed a love or hate poem to another character, using the sonnet rhyme scheme. Students will have a chance to see the play performed in December at Shakespeare Theater Company.
