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ELA - Fluency Practice and Homework Assignments
Parent, please initial each night after listening to your child read. Thank you! Also, students are responsible for the daily work on the back of this page.
My child has read the poem below with fluency and expression.
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“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. Lexile: 1200L
DIRECTIONS: Read the poem aloud and have your parent initial each night. You will need to bring this handout daily to class in order to discuss and check your homework. MONDAY: According to the MensaForKids.org, “’The Road Not Taken’ is one of the best known of Frost’s poems, and one of the most popular in the English language.” This poem has a strong rhyme scheme (the patterns of rhymes used in a poem). Underline or highlight using one color the words that rhyme within each stanza. Circle or highlight using a different color the words that are a different rhyme scheme within each stanza. TUESDAY: Summarize each stanza in your own words.
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Wednesday: What is the overall theme of the poem? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer.
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Text­to­Text: Is there a connection between the theme of the poem and Blood on the River? Explain why or why not. __________________________________________________________________
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Thursday: Reread the following line from the poem: “Two roads diverged into a wood, and I­ I took the one less traveled by…” Why do you think the author repeats the word “I” twice? What effect does it have on the poem? _____________________________________________________________
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Rock’n Researcher: Sometimes researchers interview and/or survey people in order to further investigate the topic they are studying. Your assignment is to ask an adult the following questions: What is your favorite poem?______________________________________
Why is it your favorite poem?______________________________________
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