Robert Frost WebQuest

Introduction

Robert Frost is a widely known American poet born on March 26, 1874. His interest in reading and writing piqued when he was in high school. Frost later attended Dartmouth and Harvard and obtained a degree. Through a string a jobs Frost worked as an editor for a newspaper, a cobbler (a person who fixes shoes), and a teacher. His first poem "My Butterfly" was published in a New York newspaper.

After his marriage to a high school sweetheart Elanor Miriam White in 1894, she became an inspiration for plenty of his poems. In 1912, Frost went abroad in England and met several influences such as Edward Thomas and Robert Brooke. He finally became a published and recognized writer —along with the fame came four Pulitzer Prizes.

Frost has several poems with differing themes. He uses irony and ambiguity to benefit get across his meaning for the poem. He mastered the literary vernacular early in his writing. Robert Frost is still quoted today, and he remained a teacher until his death in 1963.

More about Frost on https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-frost

and

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/life.htm

Task

When you walk into class, you will each take a copy of Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." Read over the poem. After each of you is done reading, I will play "Unwritten" by Nastha Bedingfield. Do a quickwrite on the similiaries you find between the song and the poems.

Afterwards each student will get into his or her group. I will assign each group one of the four poems: "The Road Not Taken" "Fire and Ice," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "Nothing Gold Can Stay." As a whole, the group will work together to analyze the poem and figure out the theme. Discuss an idea each student agrees upon to make a movie poster on Glogster. Answer these questions

1. What do you believe the theme to be?

2. What context clues help you to deciede that this is your theme?

3. What is text-to-world relationship you made with this poem?

4.What did you think about this poem? and why? (Should be answered individually, not as a group)

Process

Once each group has discussed the theme, work together on the Glogster. It is easy to access and maneuver. (Use the assignment sheet to state theme, context clues, and text-to-world relationship on, in order to organize thoughts for the Glogster). Please include: the title of the poem, a picture, tell why that picture was chosen, a description of what the group as a whole believes the theme to be, try to incorporate a video, and present the project before the class. Be able to tell how this poem can relate to your life and/or the world around you.

Evaluation

I will walk around to make sure that each group is staying on task and not talking about other information. The grade will be taken on the Glogster and if each group has all the information I required. Turn in the assignment sheet so each member can get full credit for the project. I will also give each member a participation grade for helping one another on the project and presenting.

A rubric provided on the website below is very similiar to how I will grade the presentation. Please let me know if you need time to finish!

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson416/O…

Conclusion

After each group has presented, I will clear up any questions the rest of the class may have for me. I will add comments to the presentation that helps further the theme.