Two
And
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Lots
Match each word from the poem to its
meaning:
1.
2.
3.
4.
diverge
doubt
hence
sigh
d.
It symbolizes
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Hots
Comparing and contrasting
Different perspectives
Cause and effect
Patterns
Inferring
Solving problems
Problem / Dilemma
Option 2
Option 1
Solution
conventional ??
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HOTS: Inferring
What kind of a person do you think the
speaker is?
How do you think the speaker feels about his
choice ?
Last stanza takes place in the future
Sigh of relief ? Sigh of regret ?
The what if ??
Different perspectives
Post Reading
Which road would you have chosen? Why? How do
you feel when you are faced with choices in life? Do
you find the prospect of different options exciting or
confusing?
Choose one of these two assignments and write 120140 words.
Write a letter to your child or grandchild about the
choice you made (the road you chose) and why you
made that choice.
Write a description of any choice you have made and
your motives for making that choice.
Test
questions
a) In the first stanza of the poem (lines 1-5), what is the travelers dilemma?
b) In what ways are the roads in stanzas 1 and 2 (lines 1 10) similar? Give
TWO ways
c) The speaker of the poem says, Yet knowing how way leads on to way, /
I doubted if I should ever come back.
d) Give the literal and symbolic meaning of these lines.
e) Why does the speaker say he will be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere
ages and ages hence? Thinking skill I chose
f) Explain why you chose this skill
In the first stanza of the poem (lines 1-5), what is the travelers
dilemma?
He doesnt know which road to take (at a
crossroad) because the two roads are so similar he finds it difficult to
decide which one to take.
(5 points)
In what ways are the roads in stanzas 1 and 2 (lines 1 10) similar?
Give TWO ways. The student can either copy from the poem or
answer in his own words.
(1) The roads looked the same.
(2) No step had trodden black.
(3) Nobody had walked on either of the roads. OR
(4) Both roads were beautiful.
(5 points)
The speaker of the poem says, Yet knowing how way leads on to way, / I
doubted if I should ever come back.
Give the literal and symbolic meaning of these lines.
Literal meaning: Once you have taken one road, it leads to other roads.
You are unlikely to go back to where you originally started.
Symbolic meaning: Decisions you make in life lead to other
decisions. You cant go backwards.
(10 points)
Why does the speaker say he will be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and
ages hence?
Thinking skill I chose: (See Appendix One for the list of Thinking Skills)
Uncovering Motives
Answer: The speaker will be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages
hence because he may be sorry about his decision/choice in the future. He will
never know what would have happened if he had made a different decision.
(10 points)