Award style points for the intelligent use of slang and contemporary idiom within a coherent rhyme scheme. The sonnets can be shared at whatever time in the future seems best. Or they might jump start their sonnets by "borrowing" a phrase from a published sonnet and using it as a first line. This will give them a framework and may seem less daunting than just asking them to give it a go. They might wish to use the rhyme scheme of one of the sonnets studied to date. Suggested Homework: Ask students to write a sonnet on a completely modern topic (iPods, school lunches, the school dance, sports, etc.).
#FUNNY SONNET EXAMPLES BY STUDENTS FREE#
(See our modules on Petrarch and Petrarchan conventions.)
Ask them to note how diction and concerns change over the centuries.