Love and Politics in the Sonnet

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.02.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. The Speaker's Voice
  3. Rationale
  4. Making a Connection to my School
  5. The Sonnet
  6. Love or Politics?
  7. Strategies
  8. Classroom Activities
  9. Standards
  10. Teacher's Resources
  11. Student Resources
  12. End Notes

Using the Sonnet and Other Poems to Unlock the Speaker's Voice

Denise D. Hall

Published September 2011

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Overview

Who would think that the dull-colored green and off-white encyclopedia set that was shelved across from my bed when I was growing up would influence the person I have become today? When I was younger, I would take those books down and read until I fell asleep. From an early age, I developed a deep love for reading and writing that still exists today. It has always excited me to know that I could be influenced by another person's words to the point that I could laugh, cry, share, and sing. I was an only child, and those books were my friends. What I read in them excited me, and sometimes I would write those exciting thoughts down on paper. In essence, the prose and poetry I read gave me a voice in my own writing.

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