Mending Wall First and Second Read

Mending Wall First Read

​Prediction

​We will be watching a short introductory video about the poem, Mending Wall. After the video, you will need to predict the contents of the poem.

Open Ended

Based on the video, what do you think this poem will be about? Complete the following sentence stem:

I think the poem will be about ________ because the video _______.

​Close Read Highlighting

• ​Orange: Words you don't know

• ​Green: Responses, predictions, evidence

• ​Yellow: Connections

• ​Pink: Questions

• ​Blue: Discussion

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Remember to annotate too.

​Before Begining

​You will be given a link to copy the poem and the Cornell Notes. Watch the video to the right to learn how to share your Close reading and Cornell Notes with me.

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​Remember to copy the URL. On the slide after accessing the Google doc, you will be asked to paste the URL.

​Add your name to the file

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Open Ended

Share the link to your copy of Mending Wall by pasting the URL in the text box below.

Multiple Choice

The two neighbors identified in the poem mainly meet ____________.

• A. every week to talk about repairing the fence

• B. during spring in order to fix the wall

• C. during winter to discuss expanding their property

• D. when the apple harvest is ready to take to market

Multiple Choice

What is most likely the author’s intent in using the underlined words to describe boulders?

"And some are loaves and some so nearly balls

We have to use a spell to make them balance"

• A. To imply that the boulders are eaten by some animals

• B. To indicate that the boulders are different shapes and sizes

• C. To explain that some boulders are hard and some are soft

• D. To show that the neighbors use other objects when they run out of rocks

Multiple Choice

What does the word abreast in line 4 mean?

And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.

• Alongside

• Longways

• Frontwards

• Rub

Multiple Choice

What do the speaker and his neighbor do every spring?

• Ask about each other's health

• Play old games

• Argue

• Rebuild a stone wall

Multiple Choice

What is the question the narrator asks his neighbor in the poem? [use the exact words from poem]

• Are walls really needed?

• Why do they make good neighbours?

• Why do we need walls?

• Are walls really important?

Multiple Choice

What does the neighbor reply when Frost asks why they need a wall?

• "I will not go behind my father's saying."

• "Walls make for perfect neighbours."

• "Good fences make good neighbours."

• "Walls are needed to keep the peace."

Multiple Choice

Frost describes his neighbor as...

• a traditional kind of man

• an ignorant man

• a wise old man

• old-stone savage armed

Multiple Choice

With which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree?

• Good fences make good neighbors

• Some people don’t consider the implications of what they’ve been taught

• Walls must be well-constructed in order to work.

• It’s important to live next door to people from a similar background.

Multiple Choice

What makes the wall fall the first time around?

• elves

• hunters

• snow/frozen ground

• time

Multiple Choice

Who is at fault the second time they mention the wall falling?

• elves

• hunters

• snow/frozen ground

• time

Multiple Choice

Have the neighbors heard or seen when the gaps are made?

• Sometimes

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Multiple Choice

Why does Robert Frost insist that they do not need a wall?

• The hunters destroy walls.

• Robert Frost has a spell to make the stones balance.

• "Good fences make good neighbors."

• His apple trees will never cross or eat the neighbor's pines.

Multiple Choice

The speaker's neighbor is depicted as

• uncommunicative and belligerent
• silent and aggressive
• quiet and friendly
• reserved and traditional