By doing so, you create an assertion, which is often called a topic sentence. 119ħ The Road Not Taken Writing a Paragraph When you are given a prompt and asked to write a paragraph in response, first turn the prompt s question into a statement and answer it. Robert Frost s poem The Road Not Taken uses an extended metaphor to develop his theme of. Remember to use AEC paragraph structure, including topic sentences, closing sentences, textual evidence, commentary, and transitions. Make sure to use the five pieces of evidence from the graphic organizer to support your argument. Line Number Copy the line EXACTLY from the text How does this line help to develop the poem s theme? 118Ħ Final Assessment Task: Complete a fully developed paragraph with the following assertion/topic sentence.
Use the graphic organizer below to help you trace the development of the theme throughout the poem. What is the overall theme or message of this poem? Fourth (and FINAL ) Read: Re-read the poem one last time, keeping in mind its theme. Why is the poem entitled The Road Not Taken? 7. How can taking the road less traveled by make a difference in any person s life? 117ĥ 6. Do you think the narrator s feelings about his decision are positive or negative? Why? 5. In stanza 4 the narrator says that one day in the future, he will be telling of this moment with a sigh. In stanza 3, what does the narrator mean when he says, Yet knowing how way leads on to way / I doubted if I should ever come back? 4. What might the literal events symbolize? (What could the two roads symbolize?) 3. What is literally happening in the poem? Write a short summary. After you read, answer the following questions. What do the final two lines mean? 116Ĥ Third Read: Re-read the poem for a third time this time to yourself. When will the narrator reflect on this decision? 9. Does the narrator believe s/he will ever return to take the other road? Why or why not? I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. What does the phrase I kept the first for another day! mean? 7. What is the difference between the two roads? 6. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. Why did the narrator make this decision? 115ģ And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Which road did the narrator take? What line tells you this? 4. What is the conflict or dilemma the narrator is facing in stanza one? Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, 3. What is the setting of the poem? Underline words and phrases that help you make this inference. Text Targeted Task My Thoughts Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth 1. After each section, answer the corresponding questions. 114Ģ Second Read: With your group, re-read the poem, section by section. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear Though as for that, the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. 1 Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken Close Reading First read: Follow along as I read the poem aloud.
0 kommentar(er)
