For your blog today, I want you to write a Shakespearean sonnet. We will go over the criteria on the board, and I encourage you to take notes. I don't expect you to finish during class today. It will be due next class; the beginning of next class.


Everyday you wake up feeling sad,
Your life is sometimes difficult I guess.
Really though it can't be that bad,
Other people deal with a bigger mess.

So don't you dare cry tonight,
Don't you shed a single tear.
Many have bigger monsters to fight,
Stop hiding in that shadow of fear.

Can't you see you've got it good,
Compared to a lot of the rest.
Maybe you should change your mood,
This should take a load off your chest.
Others deal with monsters much worse,
Treat your problems like a blessing or curse.