BEFORE READING THE POEM, PLEASE READ ABOUT THE POET AND WRITE A BRIEF SUMMARY IN A DOC ENTITLED, "Robert frost POET PROFILE" IN YOUR "FROM LIGHT TO DARK AND BACK" FOLDER IN GOOGLE DRIVE.
"Acquainted With the night" by Robert Frost
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right
I have been one acquainted with the night.
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I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,
But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right
I have been one acquainted with the night.
See more at: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/22505#sthash.Qad1nm1P.dpuf
Collaborative reading Directions
With 4 people from your group, please select a facilitator who will make sure each person in the group speaks.
All of the answers should be recorded in a doc called "Acquainted with the Light" in your "From Light to Dark and Back" folder in Google Drive. Do not forget to include your LA class number as well as you complete your documents and folders. A group recorder should take notes on what the group says and check back with the group members to make sure their notes represent what the group wants to say. The notes should be "shared" with each group member for submission to the teacher.
The facilitator will ask the following of the group:
All of the answers should be recorded in a doc called "Acquainted with the Light" in your "From Light to Dark and Back" folder in Google Drive. Do not forget to include your LA class number as well as you complete your documents and folders. A group recorder should take notes on what the group says and check back with the group members to make sure their notes represent what the group wants to say. The notes should be "shared" with each group member for submission to the teacher.
The facilitator will ask the following of the group:
- One person to read the poem out loud for the group
- Another person to read the poem out loud
- What jumps out at you in the poem? What do you see?
- What kind of light is in the poem?
- Where is the light coming from? Where does it go?
- Where is the dark in the poem?
- What associations are made with the light?
- What associations are made with the dark?
- What do you think the poem is about?
- What is your evidence?
- What questions do you have about the poem?
After reading the poem
Answer the following questions:
- What kind of light is in the poem?
- Where is the light coming from? Where does it go?
- Where is the dark in the poem?
- What associations are made with the light?
- What associations are made with the dark?
- What do your group members think the poem is about?
- What is your evidence?
- What questions does your group have about the poem that you would like to share with the class?