Robert Frost
Lesson plans and teaching ideas

Cluing into Symbols Robert Frost
Using the Internet and video, students will discover how to find evidence in poetry in order to discover the theme(s) of the poems. Poetic devices like symbols, simile, metaphor and repetition will be identified and applied to the theme. Uses "The Road not Taken" and "After Apple Picking," designed for grades 9 and 10.

The Friends of Robert Frost
This delightful site includes extensive biographical information and critical resources. Click on "The Robert Frost Tutorial" for critical essays appropriate for students.

A Frost Bouquet
A collection of links to Frost's poetry online.

A Guide for Teachers with selected web resources and reading questions for five poems
This site offers resources for "Spring Pools," "The Oven Bird," "Hyla Brook," "Once By the Pacific," and "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening." Handouts require Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

In Quest of Robert Frost
Biography, poetry, analysis.

Mending Walls: Barriers in Communications from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Click on Lesson 22. Think: Robert Frost meets Pink Floyd. Strong interdisciplinary activities. Music, lyrics not available onsite.

Poems that Tell a Story: Narrative and Persona in the Poetry of Robert Frost
"By analyzing what a speaker in one of Frost's poems includes or omits from his narrative account, students make inferences about that speaker's motivations and character, find evidence for those inferences in the words of the poem, and apply their inferences about the speaker in a dramatic reading performed for other class members." This lesson is designed for grades 6-8.

Poetry of Robert Frost
Links to texts: A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval, New Hampshire, West-Running Brook, "Departmental," "God's Garden."

"Politics and Power"
Text of a 1964 speech by President John F. Kennedy in honor of Frost.

Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip
This lesson includes "Birches" as a model.

Repeat After Us
Audio files of some Frost poems. A good site for LD students, ELL students, and for those who read well and might like to record and contribute. Files are in alphabetical order by poet; scroll down.

The Road Not Taken: Robert Frost's Lesser Known Poems
Biography, commentary, links to other Frost sites, and poetry.

Robert Frost
Much of Frost's poetry is still protected by copyright. This site is a collection of links to some poetry, some criticism.

Robert Frost
This site offers some insights and discussion questions to use in approaching several Frost poems.

Robert Frost at Modern American Poetry
Explication of several poems.

Robert Frost Prompts the Poet in You
Students write poems similar in form and style to one of three poems by Robert Frost. Designed for grades 6-8.

Robert Frost's "Mending Wall": A Marriage of Poetic Form and Content
Students study both the content and the poetic form of "Mending Wall" to appreciate the intricate relationship between a poem's content and its form. This lesson is designed for high school students.

Robert Frost's Poems
Discussion questions for a variety of Frost poems. This link is a PDF file requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader for access.

Robert Frost: "After Apple Picking" classroom activity
Notes introduce the text of the poem, summarize it, and guide students into analysis.

Robert Frost: "The Road Not Taken" classroom activity
Notes present two contrasting critical views of the poem and challenges students to support both of them. Includes text of the poem.

Robert Frost Readers
Audio files of Frost reading "After Apple Picking" and "Stopping by Woods." Files are available in both MP3 and Real Media formats.

"The Sound of Trees"
Text of the poem.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Click on "Launch Lesson" to listen to the poem. Follow links to a paraphrase, analysis of image and theme, and more.

Traveling "The Road not Taken" with Robert Frost
Students use Web resources to explore Frost's life and poetry.

"War Thoughts at Home"
Students analyze the structure and theme of a poem about World War I. This 5-page document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or compatible application for access.

Writing Poetry like Pros
This extensive set of lessons includes an activity using Frost's "Birches" in Lesson 1, Group 2.