OBJECTIVES
Research Sir Philip Sidney’s life and times
Construct meaning, building on explication of theme, purpose, and literary devices
Justify analysis through selecting textual evidence
BELLRINGER
If you were forced to share your brain, whom would you choose to share it with?
AGENDA
Jigsaw research of Sir Philip Sidney: Personal life (family, romance, religion, death), Career (education, offices, positions), Era (ruling monarch, philosophy, social/political issues), Writings (form, structure, themes, inspiration), Contemporaries (who they were, what they said about him, what historians say about him)
Begin analysis of poem “Thou Blind Man’s Mark” as a class