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"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Instructional Video"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost Instructional Video
Publisher
TED-Ed
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:12
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Projection
Internet Access
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Closed Captions
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Year
2019
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"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

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What happens when people take the road less traveled? Scholars explore the topic using the first episode from season one of the There's a Poem for That playlist. Viewers watch an animated adaptation of Robert Frost's classic and well-loved poem "The Road Not Taken."

74 Views 43 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

robert frost, the road not taken, poetry, poetry analysis

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have partners discuss how their lives might be different if they'd made alternate choices
  • Encourage individuals to write their own poems in a similar style

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires speakers and projection 
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Graphics and animations support content and make the video more engaging
  • Includes a link to an analysis of the poem

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2

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The Road Not Taken

K12 Reader
"The Road Not Taken," is the focus of an exercise that asks readers to identify the figurative meaning of Robert Frost's poem.
6th - 9th English Language Arts
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Primary

Ga Virtual Learning: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost: Analysis [Pdf]

Georgia Department of Education
This is a two-page PDF of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost with analysis including rhyme scheme and poetic devices. It also offers a list of websites for further analysis.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Using Poetry As Inspiration for Composition

Curated OER
A reading of Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" launches an interdisciplinary study of the connection between the meters of a poem and a melody. After identifying the number of beats in each line of the poem, young musicians use...
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Lesson Plan

Discovering Genre: Poetry

Prestwick House
Work on literal and figurative meanings with a lesson 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...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Traveling Robert FrostÕs The Road Not Taken

Curated OER
Explore poetry with this resource featuring the work of Robert Frost. An instructor describes Frost's life and poetry in this video. It could provide a short introduction to a lesson on his poetry.
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Audio

Poetry Foundation: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

Poetry Foundation
This is the original, online text of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost from his Mountain Interval.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Primary

Repeat After Us: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

Repeat After Us
[To hear audio, use Chrome browser.] This site offers the text and audio of the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Neh: Edsit Ement:narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost

National Endowment for the Humanities
Using Frost's famous poem, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" as an example of narrative poetry, young scholars explore the artistry and significance of the narrative poem. In addition, this lesson plan provides suggestions for...
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

The Road Not Taken

Curated OER
Learners analyze Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." In this poem analysis lesson plan, students review vocabulary for the poem and read the poem. Learners discuss the meanings in each stanza, the theme, and its rhyme scheme....
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Activity

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost (1874 1963)

University of Illinois
Critical analysis of numerous Frost poems by foremost literary critics like William Pritchard. This is a great resource for students learning how to analyze Frost's poetry.
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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