1. Understand rubric terms Match rubric to Paper 6
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Goals:
Understand rubric terms
Match rubric to Paper 6
Continue working on Paper 6

5. the assigned poems, other (similar) poems, any commentaries on any of the poems, your own ideas about words/phrases might have different meanings to different readers, other texts (i.e., other than the poems) that might elicit multiple readings, your own (or other people’s) explanations for how/why readers might have different interpretations, stories about texts that have elicited (or continue to elicit) different interpretations, descriptions of how people read and generate meaning from texts

6. Conventions for writing about literature
Conventions for academic writing
Conventions for quoting poetry
Conventions for using sources
Conventions for organizing an essay
Conventions for formatting your paper

7. Sources: assigned poems, others texts that show your points clearly, scholarly commentaries
Skillful use: select the best examples to use, and integrate them gracefully into your sentences

8. Precise word choice, no unnecessary words, complete sentences, conventional mechanics

9. Write a paragraph in which you explain how different readings of the word “sigh” can lead to different readings of the poem.

10. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings.
Take, for example, the word “sigh.”
According to the Google dictionary, a sigh is “a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling.”
The last stanza begins with these lines: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
There are two ways to interpret the word “sigh” in this line.
It might be that the poet is sad, but it might also be that the poet is relieved.
In the first case, the poet must have taken the wrong road, and is therefore sad.
In the second case, the poet is glad that he took the road “less travelled by,” because he is sighing with relief.
The way you read a single word, “sigh,” affects the conclusion you draw about whether the poet made a good choice or a bad choice.

11. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings.
Take, for example, the word “sigh.”
According to the Google dictionary, a sigh is “a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling.”
The last stanza begins with these lines: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
There are two ways to interpret the word “sigh” in this line.
It might be that the poet is sad, but it might also be that the poet is relieved.
In the first case, the poet must have taken the wrong road, and is therefore sad.
In the second case, the poet is glad that he took the road “less travelled by,” because he is sighing with relief.
The way you read a single word, “sigh,” affects the conclusion you draw about whether the poet made a good choice or a bad choice.

12. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings.
The way you read this one word affects your interpretation of the whole poem.
Take, for example, the word “sigh.”
According to the Google dictionary, a sigh is “a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling.”
The last stanza begins with these lines: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
There are two ways to interpret the word “sigh” in this line.
It might be that the poet is sad, but it might also be that the poet is relieved.
In the first case, the poet must have taken the wrong road, and is therefore sad.
In the second case, the poet is glad that he took the road “less travelled by,” because he is sighing with relief.
The way you read a single word, “sigh,” affects the conclusion you draw about whether the poet made a good choice or a bad choice.
A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment.
According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it?
The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other; both roads have been worn “really about the same.”
Hence, the reader who assumes that “all the difference” refers to a good difference could be just as correct as one who assumes that it refers to a bad difference.

13. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings.
The way you read this one word affects your interpretation of the whole poem.
Take, for example, the word “sigh.”
According to the Google dictionary, a sigh is “a long, deep, audible exhalation expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or a similar feeling.”
The last stanza begins with these lines: “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
There are two ways to interpret the word “sigh” in this line.
It might be that the poet is sad, but it might also be that the poet is relieved.
In the first case, the poet must have taken the wrong road, and is therefore sad.
In the second case, the poet is glad that he took the road “less travelled by,” because he is sighing with relief.
The way you read a single word, “sigh,” affects the conclusion you draw about whether the poet made a good choice or a bad choice.
A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment.
According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.”
Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it?
The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other; both roads have been worn “really about the same.”
Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one.
The two different meanings of “sigh” can lead to two very different interpretations of the poem.
Hence, the reader who assumes that “all the difference” refers to a good difference could be just as correct as one who assumes that it refers to a bad difference.

14. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings
Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings. Take, for example, the word “sigh.” The way you read this one word affects your interpretation of the whole poem. A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment. According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.” Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it? The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other; both roads have been worn “really about the same.” Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one. The two different meanings of “sigh” can lead to two very different interpretations of the poem.

15. According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence.” 1 2 3 4 5
According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence” (16-17). 6 7 8 9 10
Each road is “just as fair” as the other; both roads have been worn “really about the same.”
Each road is “just as fair” as the other (6); both roads have been worn “really about the same” (10). 11 12 13 14 15
Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one. 16 17 18 19 20
Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” (20) refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one.

16. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings
Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings. Take, for example, the word “sigh.” The way you read this one word affects your interpretation of the whole poem. A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment. According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence” (16-17). Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it? The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other (6); both roads have been worn “really about the same” (10). Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” (20) refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one. The two different meanings of “sigh” can lead to two very different interpretations of the poem.

17. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings
Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings. Take, for example, the word “sigh.” The way you read this one word affects your interpretation of the whole poem. A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment. According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence” (16-17). Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it? The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other (6); both roads have been worn “really about the same” (10). Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” (20) refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one. The two different meanings of “sigh” can lead to two very different interpretations of the poem.
Take, for example, the word “sigh” in Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken.”
The way one reads this one word affects the interpretation of the whole poem.

18. Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings
Some words can have different, and even opposite, meanings. Take, for example, the word “sigh” in Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken.” The way one reads this one word affects the interpretation of the whole poem. A sigh can express sadness or despair, but it can also express relief or contentment. According to the final stanza, the poet “shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence” (16-17). Is it a sigh of regret, because the road turned out to be less than expected, or is it a sigh of relief, because the road turned out better – or maybe because the other road, the one the poet didn’t take, ended up being a dead end for those who took it? The poem itself offers no clue. Each road is “just as fair” as the other (6); both roads have been worn “really about the same” (10). Hence, a reader could just as easily assume that making “all the difference” (20) refers to a bad outcome as assume that it refers to a good one. The two different meanings of “sigh” can lead to two very different interpretations of the poem.

19. Sometimes, a closer look at a text shows that it might not mean what it at first seems to mean.
#1: Endless Love
Texts aren’t always what they seem to be. In fact, they can be the opposite of what they seem.
Texts aren’t always what they seem to be; in fact, they can be the opposite of what they seem.
Texts aren’t always what they seem to be; in fact, they can even be the opposite of what they seem.
Such is the case with “Every Breath You Take,” a song that could be mistaken for a love song, but seems much more likely to have been written by a stalker than by a lover.

20. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." 
On the one hand, some believe that the Amendment's phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" creates an individual constitutional right for citizens of the United States. Under this "individual right theory," the United States Constitution restricts legislative bodies from prohibiting firearm possession, or at the very least, the Amendment renders prohibitory and restrictive regulation presumptively unconstitutional. On the other hand, some scholars point to the prefatory language "a well regulated Militia" to argue that the Framers intended only to restrict Congress from legislating away a state's right to self-defense. Scholars have come to call this theory "the collective rights theory." A collective rights theory of the Second Amendment asserts that citizens do not have an individual right to possess guns and that local, state, and federal legislative bodies therefore possess the authority to regulate firearms without implicating a constitutional right.

22. Schedule: 04/07: Bring working draft.
Work on additional rubric categories.
HW – finish a complete draft. (Note: Saturday is Rec Day.)
04/12: Bring complete draft (3 full pages) to class for workshop.
HW – revise draft and turn in it to turnitin.com.
04/14: Turn in hard copy of Paper 6.
Begin work on Paper 7 (i.e., final exam).