4/4/16 Monday Agenda

Welcome Back From Spring Break!

Pass back Dante essays and go over common mistakes:
Thesis
Quotes
WC page

• Students are still using "you" in a formal essay
• Thesis statements were not clear or written in the form of a question
• Students were using "I feel" or "I will prove" in a formal essay
• Quotes standing alone without commentary or explanation

This essay has been added to your grade this morning out of 100 points.  Check AERIES for your current grade with the essay included.

Distribute copies of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot

Prufrock Online

Discuss: What's in a name?  How does one's name or nickname shape who they are?

Prufrock Intro Activity

Directions: Answer the following questions with your elbow partner then write your answers on a piece of binder paper to be turned in for points at the end of the period.

1. What kind of person writes a love song?
2. What is the purpose or goal of a love song?
3. What kind of name is "J. Alfred Prufrock"?
4. What impression of this person is suggested by the "J"  in his name? What impression is suggested by the "Alfred"?
5. Why not "John Alfred," or "Joseph A. Alfred"?
6. Does the word "Prufrock" remind you of other English words?
7. What impression of this person is suggested by the name "Prufrock"?
8. Do you like this character based on his name? Dislike him? Why?
9. Does he remind you of anyone in a work of literature, film or history? In what way?

Meet with another person in class (someone other than your elbow partner). Compare and contrast your answers.  Press your peers for evidence:  If a student offers a particular impression of the personality suggested by Prufrock's name (ex. "He sounds like he's boring" or He sounds like a player"), encourage the student to offer justification for his answer.  In short, ask why he thinks so.

Read/Listen to the poem as a class and mark where we left off so that you can continue reading at home from the same spot.

HW=
1. Finish reading "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock" and mark the text as you read.
2. Write down three examples from the text (actually copy the line/s) that show how Prufrock's character is fussy, older, upper-class, careful, punctilious and not exactly a wild party animal! Label this HW assignment: 
Prufrock's Character Quotes
3. Read your LC text and be prepared to turn in your Individual LC Analysis on Thursday April 28th.