sigh column. In the column, students age will ask questions about the lines they created, and we will discuss these as a class before reading the poem. Students will do a close-read of Robert Frost’s poem Road Not “The Taken,” (See Appendix 12) answering the following text- dependent close reading questions as they go: What is the setting of this poem? The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads. What lines from the poem support this statement? Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have wear” and been “wanted “grassy?” The word means in “diverged” “went different directions.” What line in the poem provides a clue to the meaning of “diverged”? According to the speaker, what has made the difference”? “all The speaker says that the second road has the better claim.” “perhaps Explain what the speaker means; support your answer with evidence from the text. reading the poem and responding to the questions, students will complete a (See “Recreation” Appendix 13) in which they list significant words and phrases, identify the theme of the poem, and
sigh age column. In the column, students will ask questions about the lines they created, and we will discuss these as a class before reading the poem. Students will do a close-read of Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” (See Appendix 12) answering the following text- dependent close reading questions as they go: What is the setting of this poem? The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads. What lines from the poem support this statement? Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have “wanted wear” and been “grassy?” The word “diverged” means “went in different directions.” What line in the poem provides a clue to the meaning of “diverged”? According to the speaker, what has made “all the difference”? The speaker says that the second road has “perhaps the better claim.” Explain what the speaker means; support your answer with evidence from the text. reading the poem and responding to the questions, students will complete a “Recreation” (See Appendix 13) in which they list significant words and phrases, identify the theme of the poem, and
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