Digital Agenda 5-6 Nov, 2015
Content Standards: |
Directions: Read the following standards. Identify what you think you will be required to do today based on the standards we are focusing on. RL 9.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in context, including figurative and connotative meanings and analyze their impact cumulative impact on meaning and tone. |
Learning Objectives: |
Directions: Read the following objectives to yourself. Try to paraphrase them into your own words. Today, I will be able to…
Level 1- Respond to direct questions related to the metaphor in the text Level 2- all of Level 1 and create a CEL paragraph in order to structure your analysis Level 3- all of Level 2 and responses must be essay length (5 paragraphs) |
Guiding Question: |
What purpose does the metaphor of the road serve in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”? |
Materials: |
Do Now: (10 minutes) RESPOND TO QUESTIONS IN CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT |
Directions:
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; |
Check for Understanding: 10 minutes Random Call on- What is happening in the first stanza of “The Road Not Taken”? What is a metaphor? If the two roads diverging are a metaphor, what are the two roads diverging being compared to? What does figurative mean? What does “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” mean on a figurative level? |
Grouping: | ||
Can answer 3 or less of the CFU questions independently Move to direct instruction. | Can answer 3 or 4 of the CFU questions independently Move to collaborative station. | Can answer 5 of the CFU questions independently Move to independent station. |
Direct Instruction: (30 minutes) | Collaborative Groups: (30 minutes) | Independent: (30 minutes) |
Directions:
| Directions: In a group, fill out the say-mean-matter chart for stanza one of the poem. | Directions: Choose: fill out the say-mean-matter for stanza one or move on to Check for Understanding 2 |
Say- Direct quote | Mean- Paraphrase (Literal) | Matter- Figurative |
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; |
Check for Understanding 2: (20 minutes) |
Directions: Random Call to the board- 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, What is happening in stanza two of “The Road Not Taken”? What does it mean to have a “better claim”? What does it mean to “want wear”? What does it mean that they had been “worn...really about the same”? This stanza continues the metaphor of the road given in the first stanza. How does the meaning of the metaphor change as it extends into the second stanza? |
Grouping: | ||
Can answer 3 or less of the CFU questions independently Move to direct instruction. | Can answer 3 or 4 of the CFU questions independently Move to collaborative station. | Can answer 5 of the CFU questions independently Move to independent station. |
Direct Instruction: (30 minutes) | Collaborative Groups: (30 minutes) | Independent: (30 minutes) |
Directions:
| Directions: In a group, fill out the say-mean-matter chart for stanza two and three of the poem | Directions: Choose: fill out the say-mean-matter for stanza two and three or move on to Independent Work |
Say- direct quote | Mean- paraphrase (Literal) | Matter- Figurative |
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, |
Say- direct quote | Mean- paraphrase (Literal) | Matter- Figurative |
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. |
Grouping: | |
If you can’t identify metaphors or understand the purpose of a metaphor Move to Teacher-Led group. | If you can identify metaphors and understand the purpose of a metaphor and Move to Independent Work. |
Teacher-Led: (20 teacher direct + 20 teacher facilitate) | Independent: (10 reviewing text + 30 writing) |
Directions: fill out the mean and matter section of the say-mean-matter for stanza four of “The Road Not Taken” | Directions: fill out the mean and matter section of the say-mean-matter for stanza four of “The Road Not Taken” |
Say- direct quote | Mean- paraphrase (literal) | Matter- Figurative |
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. |
Closure (Exit Ticket): | ||
Level 1: Students from teacher-led group that do not feel confident with writing a paragraph or do not have enough time | Level 2: | Level 3: Honors students or students who would like to be in honors |
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences How does the speaker describe the two roads? How does the speaker contradict his description of the two roads in the fourth stanza? What inferences can you make about why the speaker would contradict him/herself? (think about how he is looking back on the past) | Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences How does the speaker describe the two roads? How does the speaker contradict his description of the two roads in the fourth stanza? What inferences can you make about why the speaker would contradict him/herself? (think about how he is looking back on the past) In a CEL paragraph, respond to the following question. Highlight your CEL paragraph. What purpose does the metaphor of the road serve in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”? | Directions: Review the questions being asked to level 1 and level 2 in order to help you write your essay response. Write a full essay responding to this question What purpose does the metaphor of the road serve in Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”? |
Example Sentence Frames: Claim: In Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” he utilizes the metaphor of the roads in order to… Evidence: At first, the speaker of the poem notes, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (1). Paraphrase Evidence: Literally, the speaker… Link 1: Specifically, the word(s) _____________________ show/connote/create a sense/feeling of Link 1: This implies… or One can infer from this that… Evidence 2: [...] Paraphrase Evidence: [...] Link 1b: [...] Link 2: As a result of the connotative meaning/feeling of the word ______________ when describing the metaphor of the roads, one can conclude that in the poem, Frost uses the metaphor in order to... |
Homework: Directions: By the end of the week, each student must complete AT LEAST two articles at 75% or better on the first try. Review the Achieve 3000 tiers list to see how many activities you must complete. |