L.A 3
11th
Modern Period Unit
3/11 to 3/15/2013
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Bring Textbooks this week! / The Love Song
of
J. Alfred Prufrock
p. 718
1. Review Prufrock
Poem
2. Complete Chart
(back of Prufrock Handout)
3. Prufrock
Alphabet Quiz
/ “A Worn Path”
Eudora Welty
p. 821
1. Journal 3A
What is the meaning of the title? What is an obstacle? What obstacles might you face? If it is a “worn” path, what does that suggest? What would it suggest about one’s life?
3B. Goals
Write about a goal that you have established. Explain the obstacles you may have to overcome in order to achieve the goal. (1/2 pg. min. Use complete sentences.)
2. What is a phoenix?
What is ambiguity?
3. “Mother to Son” poem
Langston Hughes
Read aloud
4. Groups:
Answer Quest. 1-6
5. Discuss poem:
Why would speaker use a staircase to describe her situation?
6. Read ¶1 p. 821
7. Ambiguity Worksheet
Draw a 6-step staircase on
back of this worksheet / “A Worn Path”
Eudora Welty
p. 821
Tone Activity
1. Review Vocab.
2. Read “Worn Path”
3. While reading, on each step of the stairs, list 6 obstacles that Phoenix must overcome to reach her goal.
4. List death & bird
imagery
/ “A Worn Path”
p. 821
1. Read story
2. While reading, on each step of the stairs list 6 obstacles that Phoenix must over-come to reach her goal
3. List death & bird
imagery
4. Journal 4
Now that you have read “A Worn Path,” write examples from the story that illustrate each of the following themes:
A. Endurance: The power to withstand hardship or stress
B. Love: A strong positive emotion of regard and affection
C. Power: One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; Physical strength
D. Faith: Institution to express belief in a divine power
Finish Story / Journals 1-4 due
& Ambiguity Wksht.
“Richard Cory”
p. 668
1. Why might a person
who is famous &
wealthy be unhappy?
2. List 3 celebrities
who have lead
tragic lives.
3. Define Irony. p. R10
4. Read poem &
answer questions
Take Notes
Reflection:
How does Richard Cory see himself?
5. Write a Richard
Cory type poem.
(Get directions)
Home-work
/ Ambiguity
Wksht & Staircase
Journal 1-4 due Fri.
/ Write a Richard Cory type poem. Type it include an illustration. due Tuesday