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Poems from __The Hunger Games__ Instructor: Wendy Seitz 7th Grade   Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both And be one traveller, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; 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, And both that morning equally lay in leaves no feet had trodden black. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh, I kept the first for another day! <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yet knowing how way leads on to way, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I doubted if I should ever come back. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I shall be telling this with a sigh <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Somewhere ages and ages hence: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I took the one less travelled by, <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">and that has made all the difference <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As a class we will discuss the journey that Katniss went on during the book __The Hunger Games__. In what ways did she grow? What grown-up decisions did she make? Then, we will talk about journeys that most teenagers have to go through, with new responsibilities, planning for college etc. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will read the poem out loud as a class. How is the story told in the poem compare to the story of Katniss? What are some situations in which teenagers might have to choose between two paths? <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The students will start to compose their own journey poem. It does not have to be as long as Frost’s poem, but it should tell the story of a journey (either a journey they have taken or the journey of Katniss). If students do not finish their poem in class they may finish it for homework. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Example: <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Two roads went in different directions <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I could not take them both <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One was easy and flat <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The other was a rocky and steep mountain <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I took a deep breath and started at a run <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jumping from one rock to the next <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Going up and up, until I conquered the mountain <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The name of this path was college <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And taking is has made all the difference
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Road Not Taken **
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">By: Robert Frost **
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 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Road Not Taken **

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