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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...
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eBook
Luminarium

Luminarium: Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable list to the full texts of selected poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt, including his songs, sonnets, odes, epigrams, and satires.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503 1542)

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-three selected full-text poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) are included with a bibliography and notes.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder

For Students 9th - 10th
Links from this site access biographical information concerning Sir Thomas Wyatt, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works and a list of other available sources.
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Article
Other

Petrarch and Laura: Peter Sadlon: How to Write a Sonnet [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an 8-page PDF article on "How to Write a Sonnet" by Peter Sadlon. It provides background information about sonnets, discusses the two main kinds of sonnet Italian or Petrarchan form and English or Shakespearean form. It explains...
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Prosody in Wyatt and Surrey

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction to Wyatt and Henry Howard and their influence on English poetry and the changes in prosody.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Sir Thomas Wyatt

For Students 9th - 10th
Links from this site access biographical information concerning Sir Thomas Wyatt, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works and a list of other available sources.