Bellwork: “Love Song of Prufrock”

What evidence can you find in the poem that J. Alfred is INSECURE?

Choose 2 allusions in the poem, and discuss WHY Eliot (might have) included them

Time: 5 minutes

CLASS CAPTAINS !(You GET to be Ms HB today!)Period 1: Kate & TimPeriod 2: Teairah & GabePeriod 3: Tracie & Quentin

Homework1 Minute to copy!NEW ONGOING

Prepare for Modernism In-Class Assessment 12/6 (1, 2, 3, 4); 12/9 (7)

Vocabulary Unit O Chantei, Austin, Ricky, (Ms

HB,) Melisa 12/6 (1, 2, 3, 4); 12/9 (7)

CHECK YOUR EMAIL… I send you a bunch of good links

Coached Project December 13—all items

DUE December 19—

Presentation Day Word Bank Tempus Trackers Book Reviews for MP2

Journal: “Putting Stevens in Perspective”

Report-Out: 10 minutes (From Last Class)

Poem Order:“Disillusionment of Ten O’Clock”“Peter Quince at the Clavier”“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”

What to take notes on/report out on:ThemeMajor Literary DevicesWhat the critical article had to sayTraits (characteristics) of Modernism

Prufrock Cartoon

Journal: “Love Song Intepretations”

http://www.shmoop.com/love-song-alfred-prufrock/

NOW answer with your groups:Why is this poem called “The LOVE SONG

of J. Alfred Prufrock”? CITE A DETAILWhy is J. Alfred Prufrock’s major “problem”?

CITE A DETAILTIME: 5 minutes

Journal: “What You Should Know about

Prufrock”(COPY THIS!)

Intro is from Dante’s Inferno (in Italian): it’s a man who is in the 8th circle of Hell (a BAAAD dude) talking to Dante about his experiences

It’s basically the story of an insecure man, J. Alfred Prufrock, who’s afraid to make a pass at any woman b/c he fears rejection

Major literary devices: allusions, personification, free verse, alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, anaphora

Themes/Topics: alienation, paralysis (inability to do anything or make decisions), fragmentation, appearance (perceptions) versus reality

Journal: “Stein & Symbols” Choose your role:

Stein Impersonator○ Reads the poems aloud

Discussion Leader○ Makes sure everyone

participates Symbologist

○ In charge of determining the meaning of the symbols

Reporter○ (reports!?)

Time: 10 minutes

As a table, choose one of the poem groupings: GROUP 1:

○ “Tender Buttons [a Box] “ Group 2:

○ “A Mounted Umbrella” ○ “A Frightful Release”

Group 3:○ “Susie Asado”○ “Red Faces”

Reread the poem(s) OUT LOUD

Discuss & take notes on what the objects might symbolize

Discuss & take notes on the SONIC (sound) devices that Stein utilized!

Journal: “Modernism Assessment!”

What to Study/Do/Know:Review the “Modernism Assessment Rubric” that I gave to you“Notes on Modernism”“Modernism” section of “American Literature Between the

Wars”Review ALL THE POEMS (except Prufrock and grasshopper)Review the poetic terms on the MODERNISM STUDY GUIDE

& the definition of Modernism on that pageCHECK OUT THE WIKI FOR ANY MISSING INFORMATION!

We’ll be IN THE ROOM instead of the computer lab (History Day has used up all the labs…)

If you will not be here, you need to come up with a VIABLE PLAN to complete this very important assignment