Overcoming Obstacles
Identifying Options
Making a decision can be more like a multiple-choice question than a yes/no one. Through a series of activities, middle schoolers learn how to consider and identify options, choices, and alternatives when faced with an important decision.
Curated OER
Crossroads Blues
The crossroads, and the decisions made and entities met there, are a common theme in literature, pushing readers to examine the choices and encounters that shape life experience. The theme has also been explored in blues music, most...
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Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum
Henry David Thoreau and Linda Ronstadt? Ann Tyler and Pete Townshend? Joyce Carol Oates and Pearl Jam? This richly detailed plan pairs classic literature with contemporary music and asks learners to analyze how the theme of conformity is...
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Dramatic Dilemmas
In this activity, students will develop skits that deal with the following aspects of decision making: projecting possible long term impacts of a decision and taking risks.
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Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life
Students read literature and view other media to discover how print and non-print texts answer the thematic question: Who am I? students compare the ways ideas are presented, and create their own portfolios or personal Web pages...
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Poetry, Take Me Away!
Students explore a variety of poetry and poetry concepts. They examine figurative language, mood, and literary devices. The students write and recite their own poetry.
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Poetry Interpretation and Figurative Language
Fifth graders discover how figurative language is used in poetry. They read selected poems and identify the figurative language with handouts and worksheets included in the lesson. They write poems of their own using figurative language.
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Six Trait Writing with Twain and Doyle
Students explore the traits of writing in this six lessons unit. Poems, fiction, and drama are evaluated to identify writing strategies. Utilization of vocabulary and writing rubrics help students judge the effectiveness of their own...
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Positively Poetry
Students complete a unit on poetry. In this poetry lesson, students complete 19 lessons that focus on reading and writing poetry as well as learning about literary elements and sound devices. Students read poetry orally, debate poetry in...
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Similes and Metaphors
Students explore similes and metaphors. They discuss and define similes and metaphors, identify the similes and metaphors in two poems, and create three original examples of each.
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Hoosier Artists
Students examine the paintings of various Indiana artists. Using the internet, they relate the landscapes shown to the history of the state and how it affected Native Americans. Using the information they gathered, they write story...
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Modern American Poetry
Students identify different types of literary terms in poems. They read different poems and create a packet summarizing them. They write a poem of their own and a biography of one of their favorite poets.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost: Analysis [Pdf]
This is a two-page PDF of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost with analysis including rhyme scheme and poetic devices. It also offers a list of websites for further analysis.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Read Works
Read Works: "The Road Not Taken"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Robert Frost about the choosing the less popular path. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost (1874 1963)
Critical analysis of numerous Frost poems by foremost literary critics like William Pritchard. This is a great resource for students learning how to analyze Frost's poetry.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Robert Frost
Discover a world featuring links about the life and work of the poet Robert Frost. This site features links to lesson plans, teaching ideas and more.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Contains an audio recording and text of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost provided by the Academy of American Poets.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: The Road Not Taken
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and highlight details of sight in blue, time in red, and agency in green. When finished, click save to see how others marked the text as well.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "The Road Not Taken" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Text details related to sight are blue, time are red, and agency are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
Using Frost's famous poem, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" as an example of narrative poetry, students explore the artistry and significance of the narrative poem. In addition, this lesson plan provides suggestions for writing...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Road Not Taken
One of Robert Frost's most well known poems, The Road Not Taken, is analysed in detail in this comprehensive site.
Other
Robert Frost: America's Poet
This site provides many full text poems by Robert Frost. There are also multiple links for more information on Frost and his works.