---
title: "09.07.07"
date: 2007-09-07
url: https://learningischange.com/2007/09/07/090707/
author: Ben Wilkoff
categories: ["Lesson Plans", "Uncategorized"]
tags: []
---

# 09.07.07

Core 1:

- Write-On: What is the most difficult dichotomous choice (only two options) you have had to make in your life?
- Read [The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost](http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html)  What do you notice in this poem?
- Answer questions on theme and change (from handout).
- Discuss poetry analysis, dichotomous choice, and change.

- Extension:  Answer the following question with supporting details from The Road Not Taken: What does this poem tell us about the idea of change?

Core 2:

- Write-on: Write the most simple sentence that you can think of that is still a sentence. Then write the most complex sentence that you can think of that is still a sentence.
- Share imponderables.  [![zebras.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/zebras.thumbnail.jpg?w=1225)](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/zebras.jpg)
- [![i-before-e.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/i-before-e.thumbnail.jpg?w=1225)](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/i-before-e.jpg)
- [![ice-cream.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ice-cream.thumbnail.jpg?w=1225)](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/ice-cream.jpg)
- [![thongs.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/thongs.thumbnail.jpg?w=1225)](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/thongs.jpg)
- [![thongs2.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/thongs2.thumbnail.jpg?w=1225)](https://i0.wp.com/academyofdiscovery.com/bhwilkoff/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/thongs2.jpg)

- Continue reading “Thou Shalt Not Kill Thy Sentences.”  Take notes on types of sentences.

- Extensions:  Find a simple and a compound-complex sentence in a book (AR or otherwise) and bring it in for **next Thursday.**

Class Notes:

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Core 3:

- Write on: How can you change/question tradition when everyone else seems to buy into it?
- Read [The Lottery by Shirley Jackson](http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lotry.html)  Answer questions on theme and change (from handout).
- Discuss the nature of this tradition, change, and choice.

- Extensions:  Answer in your notebook or on your blog: What lengths do we (in this American Society) go to in order to preserve our sense of tradition and society. (Categorize with 1940’s)

Core 4:

- Write-On: What is the most difficult dichotomous choice (only two options) you have had to make in your life?
- Share the best Authentic Writing Idea that you had with at least 4 other people.
- Read [The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost](http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html)  What do you notice in this poem?
- Answer questions on theme and change (from handout).
- Discuss poetry analysis, dichotomous choice, and change.

- Extension:  Answer the following question with supporting details from The Road Not Taken: What does this poem tell us about the idea of change?