Up The Down Staircase

Up The Down Staircase

Calvin Coolidge School
Teachers: Sylvia Barret; Beatrice Schachter;   Dr. Bester; Paul Barringer; Henrietta Pastorfield;   Ella Friedenberg
Students: Alice Blake ; Joe Ferone; Lou Martin (the class comedian); Jose Rodriguez (acting the judge); Harry (the apple polisher).
29. The Road Not Taken
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
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;

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 marked 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 traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.]

MODEL OUTLINE OF LESSON PLAN
1.   TOPIC   "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
2.   AIM Understanding and appreciation of the poem.
3.   MOTIVATION:     INTERESTING, CHALLENGING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS, RELATING TO THE STUDENTS' OWN EXPERIENCES.
1. What turning point have you had in your life?
2. What choice did you make, and why?
3. How did you feel about your choice later?
4.   ANTICIPATION OF DIFFICULTIES:
Put on board and explain words:
diverged
trodden
5.   FACTUAL CONTENT OF LESSON:
Read the poem aloud:
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . ." etc.
6.   PIVOTAL QUESTIONS, DIRECTED TOWARDS APPRECIATION OF HUMAN MOTIVES:
1. Why did he make this particular choice of road?
2. Why does he say: "I shall be telling this with a sigh"?
What kind of sigh will it be?
One of relief? Regret?
3. This poem ends with: "I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the...