Websites for Students and Teachers
Folger Shakespeare Library http://www.folger.edu/
At this website teachers can find lesson plans relating to all Shakespearean plays, but also to his sonnets.
Fooling With Words http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/main_revise.html
Bill Moyers is responsible for creating this website, which is closely associated with a PBS series and a book. The website is mentioned here because of the helpful poetry revision suggestions provided.
Modern American Poetry http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/
This online journal and multimedia companion to the Anthology of Modern American Poetry is invaluable to teachers and students. Many poems are presented at this site as well as excerpts from essays related to the poems.
Sonnet Central http://www.sonnets.org/
This website will prove to be incredibly helpful to all teachers and students studying the sonnet. Almost all of the sonnets referred to in this curriculum unit can be found at this website. In addition there is much information regarding the history of the sonnet as well as a contest for sonnet writers.
Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/
Maintained by the National Council of Teachers of English, this website provides a large assortment of lesson plans for teachers written by teachers. Several deal with the sonnet and close reading of poetry in general.
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