Using Economy of Discourse game, students discuss the 4 stands of Road Not Taken

1. Harmon
ELA 11
Objective: You will learn The Economy of Discourse & TDQ Elements
Activator: Puzzle pieces
TITLE: The Road Not Taken Date: Nov 22, 2015
Activities
Read for Themes, Motifs,
Symbols
Economy of Discourse on
Topic
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STANDARD: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over
the course of a text.

2. Active Listening/NotetakingHarmon
ELA 11
Fill out
the Note
Taking
Worksheet
while
annotating
text:
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

3. BACKROUND
KNOWLEDGE
Author Spotlight
English
11
HARMON
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an
American poet. His work was initially published in England before it
was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic
depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial
speech.[2] His work frequently employed settings from rural life in
New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine
complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular
and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,[3]
Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four
Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public
literary figures, almost an artistic institution." [3] He was awarded
the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetical works. On
July 22, 1961, Frost was named Poet laureate of Vermont.
FROST
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4. English
11
Harmon
Economy of Discourse
Discuss all 4 stanzas in groups. What’s better?
Independence or conformity. Support with evidence.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, 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.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
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 travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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5. English
12
Harmon
ROLES For Economy of Discourse

6. English
11
Harmon
The Road Not Taken
Themes/Poetic Devices:

7. TDQ Evidence Share Whole Group
English
11
Harmon BY Robert
Frost
Activity: Dialetical Journal
Quote Analysis
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