Language Arts: May 14, Lesson 24 Post-Assessment

Date: May 14, 2009
Teacher: Ms. Gene
Subject: 6th Language Arts
Lesson 24 – Post Assessment of Literature Interpretation and Persuasive Writing

What we will learn (objectives):
Develop reasoning and interpretive skills in literature
Administer the unit post-assessment in literature interpretation and persuasive writing
Assess student progress on unit goals

What we will read or study (content):
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

How we will study it (process):
Students will read the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and then take the post-assessment for Literature.

As a class, discuss the poem using the discussion questions.

Literary Response and Interpretation Questions:
Why does the speaker stop to watch the woods? Why would the horse think that to be strange? What is the difference between what the horse would want and what the speaker wants?
What kind of snowstorm is illustrated in the poem? What words tell you about the atmosphere of the evening?
Read the line, “The woods are lovely, dark and deep.” How would the meaning of the line be different if there were a comma after the word “dark?”
How are the structure and rhyme scheme of the last stanza different from those of the other stanzas?
Why does the poet repeat the line, “And miles to go before I sleep?”

Reasoning Questions:
What inferences might you make about the owner of the woods? On what evidence do you base your inferences?
How does the concept of responsibility apply to the poem?

Change Questions:
How do the generalizations about change apply to the poem?
What feelings might a reader get from the isolated phrase, “The darkest evening of the year”? How doe the rest of the poem change or dispel those feelings?

After discussion, have the class take the Post-Assessment for Writing.


How we will know we learned something (product):
Post assessment for literature and writing

Who will score/grade what?:
Gifted education teacher will score both