Work on literal and figurative meanings with a lesson plan focused on Robert Frost's "After Apple-Picking" and "The Road Not Taken." Readers identify the literary devices used by the poet to set the poems' themes, settings, and narrative movement.

Concepts

poetry, poetry analysis, robert frost, the road not taken, tone, figurative language, literary devices, rhymes, rhyme schemes

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the poems during the discussion
• Use as an assessment

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have experience analyzing poetry 

Pros

• Includes an answer key

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2 RL.9-10.4 RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RI.9-10.1