This document outlines a unit plan for analyzing the works of Robert Frost in an 11th grade Honors class over the course of a week. The plan includes analyzing learner characteristics, setting the main objective to compare Frost's works for poetic devices with 100% accuracy, and outlining daily activities such as lectures, video analyses, group discussions, and presentations. Technology like videos, PowerPoint, poster boards, and a computer lab will be used to engage audio-visual and kinesthetic learners in examining Frost's poems like "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "The Road Not Taken," and "Nothing Gold Can Stay."

1. The Poetry of Robert Frost
Unit Plan
AnnaTupper
CI 350-201

2. Analyze Learners
General characteristics: 11th grade Honors class, 15 students (6 boys, 9
girls), 11 Caucasian, 4 African-American.
Specific entry competencies: Students should have a basic understanding
of poetry, poetic devices, and of Robert Frost.
Learning styles: 75% audio-visual learners, 25% kinesthetic learners

3. Main Objective
Students will analyze and compare the works of Robert Frost for poetic
devices such as metaphor, imagery, details, syntax, grammar, etc. through
the use of videos, group discussions, low stakes writing assignments,
readings, and presentations by the end of the week with 100% accuracy.

4. Day by Day Schedule
Monday: Low stakes writing assignment regarding what my students already know about
poetry, class discussion on Robert Frost/poetry in general
Tuesday: Lecture on Robert Frost accompanied by a PowerPoint or Prezi
Wednesday: Read the poems, “Stopping by theWoods on a Snowy Evening,” “The Road
NotTaken,” and “Nothing GoldCan Stay,” all accompanied byYouTube videos of Robert
Frost reciting them himself, cocktail discussion comparing and contrasting imagery and
metaphor in the poems
Thursday: Use posters to come up with class-wide comparison/contrast of Frost’s poems
read the day before
Friday: Look for a different Robert Frost poem that has similar elements to one of the ones
previously read, analyze poem for other poetic devices

5. Use ofTechnology
Computer and projector for videos and PowerPoint/Prezi presentation
Poster boards for whole-class comparison/contrast
Computer Lab for Friday’s activity

6. Works Cited
"NothingGold Can Stay" recited by Robert Frost (Timelapse). (2011, December 6). Retrieved
February 10, 2016, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hha8E2whFkk
Poetic Devices. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2016, from
http://www.chaparralpoets.org/devices.pdf
Robert Frost. (n.d.). Retrieved February 9, 2016, from
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-frost
Robert Frost - Robert Frost Biography - Poem Hunter. (n.d.). Robert Frost Biography.
Retrieved February 9, 2016, from http://www.poemhunter.com/robert-frost/biography/
Robert Frost readsThe Road NotTaken. (2010, July 25). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2Mspukx14
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening. (2010,April 21). Retrieved February 10, 2016, from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfOxdZfo0gs
Wilson, K. (n.d.). Poetic Devices: Definition,Types, and Examples. Retrieved February 9, 2016,
from http://study.com/academy/lesson/poetic-devices-definition-types-examples.html