1. August 8, 2019- Homework final bio-poem
Opening: 1. Create this T- chart on the bottom right below the poem and fill in the blanks
Prose
Poetry/Songs
Sentences
 (lines)
Paragraphs
 (Stanzas)
Read
(listen/hear)
2. Neatly, number the stanzas: above each stanza in the middle
3. Neatly, number the lines on the left side
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2. The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost (the first reading/poem in your Springboard book—the first unit is all about the choices we make)
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;
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.
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,
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.

3. Always read a poem aloud or at least aloud in your head– a good idea for your bio poem too!
Always visualize a poem in your head as you read it– a good idea for your bio poem too!
Will your readers be able to visualize you?
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4. Visualize as you listen and read----a good idea to do with your bio poem too 
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5. Annotate a poem Step 1: look at the title---hmmm… “The Road Not Taken”
Silently read the poem and annotate it/What does it say? (five minutes)
read by lines and stanzas—remember try to hear it and visualize it
Discuss in groups– class– put in your keepers
Take out your poem
Let’s try it…
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6. Final drafts of bio poem
Review the rubric
Be reflective and ask yourself the following questions.
Do I have more than one word-have I used some description or added some specifics?
Do I have strong diction-word choice?
Have I created actual meaning and a visual of who I am?
Does it show the skills of a 7th grade ELA student?
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