The Road not Taken
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Go to the link, watch the clip and answer the questions.
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What is the problem the main character is facing?
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In what two ways (at least) can he solve the problem?
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What are the pros and cons of each option?
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What decision did he end up reaching?
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Why in your opinion, did he choose to deal with the problem this way?
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Pre-Reading:
Making Decisions in Life
Here are some examples of decisions that you may have to make in life:
- feeling tired – going to school or not
- drinking at a party
- what to wear in the mornings
- telling a teacher about a problem
- choosing roommates for a school trip
- choosing what to do in the army and when to start
- going on holiday with family or friends
- choosing a career
Task – Choose 3 of the situations from above that you have had to deal with.
For each situation share:
- What did you decide to do and why?
- What factors helped you to make the decision? (emotions, peer pressure, risk taking, grown ups, importance, personal preferences, future plans, friends, current trends, advice from others, past experience)
- What were the consequences of your decision? (Were you happy with the decision you made or not?)
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Read the poem
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 kept 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.
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Go to the following link and go over the new vocabulary. Make sure you understand the words.
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Understanding the Poem:
Go to the following link (Quizlet) and review the questions and answers.
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Go to the link and answer the LOTS questions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pob9Htx1t_mgInH7GaA166ZV4xSOkP5CjYu9zdrDCnY/copy
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Go to the link and answer the analysis questions
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1adnYtEhHlvsUzRm_N5vQx8QVYYtWQWaBzL-MjzPsCDA/copy
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Watch the two clips below. In groups of 3-4, discuss your answer to the following question:
How do you make a life decision – which of the two clips do you relate to the most and why?
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Published: Jul 23, 2020
Latest Revision: Jul 23, 2020
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