The Basics:
Each student will sign up to explore and discuss one of the poems posted by Mrs. Pastore.
Student responses to poems will be posted on the blog for classmates to read.
Conversation among students via the blog is encouraged!
The Details:
Each student will sign up to explore and discuss one of the poems posted by Mrs. Pastore.
An example post is provided as a model of Mrs. Pastore's expectations for your analysis.
Students will all complete a practice post in the computer lab on the day the project is introduced--if you have questions about blogger, come after school for extra help!
You will earn a test grade for the completion of your post. Your work will be assessed according to completion of ALL criteria listed in the assignment directions. Sentence structure, grammar, and spelling are important to the clarity of your ideas, so pay careful attention to these things when proofreading your post.
You will copy and paste your post, and submit your response to turnitin.com for record of this activity in your digital portfolio. You will earn a homework grade for completing this on time.
Remember, this is a school AND public domain, so information that you post reflects you, your teacher, your school, and your community. It is important to demonstrate responsible digital citizenship. It is equally important to post only your own original ideas. Think before you post!
The Directions:
PART 1:
Write a brief (4-6 sentence) response
to the poem that:
-Identifies the speaker (voice) of the
poem
-Identifies who the speaker is addressing
-Identifies the setting of the poem
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) that proves the setting
b. Explains how this evidence conveys the
idea of the setting
-Identifies one of the following literary
devices:
imagery,
personification, onomatopoeia, metaphor, simile, repetition
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) of that literary device
b. Explains how this literary device impacts
the poem
PART 2:
Write a thorough (8-12 sentence) response to the poem that:
- Introduces the title and name of the poet
- Summarizes the main idea of the poem
- States the mood of the poem
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) that demonstrates mood of poem
b. Explains how/why this evidence conveys
this mood
- States the tone of the poem
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) that demonstrates tone of poem
b. Explains how/why this evidence conveys
this tone
- States the theme of the poem
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) that demonstrates theme of poem
b. Explains how/why this evidence conveys
this theme
- Sums up the ideas you explore in your
paragraph
- Draws a general conclusion about the
meaning/intent of the poem
PART 3:
Write a brief (4-6 sentence) response to the poem that:
- Expresses your overall opinion of the
poem
a. Offers evidence (quoted word, phrase, or
line) of what you like/dislike
b. Explains why this makes you feel a
certain way about the poem
- Poses a question to your classmates about
the poem or a question that the poem makes you wonder about
MT-
ReplyDeletePart one:
The speaker of this poem is someone who has to make a decision, and is mature. I think the speaker is giving advice to anyone that is also making a decision, by sharing their experience and saying that the path they took wound up being the better one. The setting of the poem is a journey within the mind. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- / I took the one less traveled by" (Frost). The two roads are not actually roads, they are two possible decisions or ways of life, and the speaker is deciding which choice to make. The whole poem is a metaphor, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" (Frost). As a said before, it isn't actually two roads, they are choices.
Part Two:
In Robert Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken, a man or women has a decision to make, and made uncommon choice. The mood of the poem is happy, because it was a good choice. "I took the one less traveled by, / and that has made all the difference" (Frost). The speaker is happy that he made the unpopular choice, because it changed their lives for the better. The tone is thoughtful, because the speaker makes the reader think about the decisions they are making, and if it’s the right choice. "I doubted if I should ever come back" (Frost). This shows how we all have doubts, even if we make the right choice. That also makes the reader not as uneasy when they make a hard decision. The main theme in this poem is making hard life choices. "And both that morning equally lay / in leaves no step had trodden black" (Frost). This shows the difficulty of decisions, and even if they seem the same, they are very different. The tone, mood, and theme of this poem are pretty self explanatory.
Part 3:
I enjoy this poem, and since it is a popular poem, I am guessing other people do too. It is easy to understand, and to connect to. People face decisions every day, so they can connect to the author’s doubtfulness and then their happiness over their decision. “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (Frost). People experience what the author is talking about everyday, which makes it easy to connect to. In your experience, do you ever think the other choice might have been better?