A Nonet is a 9-line poem where each line contains 1 syllable less than the line before. So the first line contains nine syllables, the second has eight, the third has seven, and so on.
I asked my class to complete the sentence Monday (or Tuesday) is ___ and complete with adjectives, feelings and language of comparison or anything they wanted. The B2 group used some recent vocabulary. Here are some examples of what we put together as a group on the whiteboard:
Monday (An A2/B1 level Nonet)
Monday (An A2/B1 level Nonet)
Monday is more boring than Friday
It is not as great as Friday
Monday is a normal day
Monday is the worst day
It is not as great as Friday
Monday is a normal day
Monday is the worst day
It is depressing
disappointing
disappointing
annoying
It’s bad
Man
It’s bad
Man
Monday (A B2 level Nonet)
Monday is the worst day of the week
Monday is as bad as Sunday
Monday is a confession
Monday is pitiful
Monday is tiring
It is pure hell
Monday night
It is
odd
Tuesday (A C2 level Nonet)
Tuesday (A C2 level Nonet)
The day the gates of hell open wide
Tuesday is no bed of roses
Seldom do weeks cease to be
Hearts will be filled with woe
There’s no salvation
That’s depressing
Or is it?
It is
Help!