ESL Lesson PlansLet's Read a Poem: Shakespeare's Sonnet 25

Let's Read a Poem: Shakespeare's Sonnet 25

This ESL lesson plan invites B2-C1 level adult learners to dive into classic literature by analyzing Shakespeare’s Sonnet 25. Through this individual reading lesson, students explore vocabulary, poetic expressions, and themes, fostering their interpretative skills. The lesson includes exercises for simplifying poetic language, discussing interpretations, and comparing personal reflections on love, fame, and success. Engaging activities and discussions build students' confidence in describing their emotional responses to poetry and improving their understanding of classical English literature.

Skills

Can describe their emotional response to a work and elaborate on the way in which it has evoked this response.
Can express in some detail their reactions to the form of expression, style and content of a work, explaining what they appreciated and why.

60 min B2 (Upper-Intermediate)C1 (Advanced)Adults Individual Audio Reading

Online Interactive

Based on CEFR

Fully Customizable

Who wrote these sentences, Taylor Swift or Shakespeare?

1. "I dream of cracking locks, throwin’ my life to the wolves or the ocean rocks" 2. "My pride fell with my fortunes" 3. "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" 4. "If the glint in my eye traced the depths of your sigh down that passage in time" 5. "In black ink my love may still shine bright"

Require students to provide an answer