“Mending Wall”

 

I.                    Intro: thesis statement, author, title

II.                 Literal meaning (two guys mend a fence each year)

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

III.               Neighbor believes “Good fences make good neighbors”

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

IV.              The speaker does not believe they need a wall and tries to convince his neighbor

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

V.                 The speaker looks down on his neighbor and his arrogance builds a wall between them: irony

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

VI.              What Frost is saying about metaphorical walls and what you think of them

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

VII.            Conclusion

 

 

 

“Blades”

I.                    Intro: thesis statement, author, title

II.                 First understanding: punky kid

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

III.            After the first turn: racism

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

IV.         After the second turn: memory

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

V.         After the third turn: forgiveness

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

VI.           What is Williams saying about humanity and violence and forgiveness, etc.

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

VII.         Conclusion

 

“One Art”

I. Introduction: title, poet, thesis

II. Surface meaning (the progression of lost items, light hearted)
a. Topic sentence
b. Context of the quotation
c. Quotation
d. Reflection/analysis (several sentences)


III. The turn: the final stanza reveals that the poem has a more serious topic
a. Topic sentence
b. Context of the quotation
c. Quotation
d. Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

IV. Repetition of “the art of losing isn’t hard to master”
a. Topic sentence
b. Context of the quotation
c. Quotation
d. Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

V. The real meaning: the art of losing is hard to master, writes the poem to convince herself that she can handle it

VI. Conclusion

 

“Mother to Son”

I.                    Intro: thesis statement, author, title, Literal meaning (life has been a wooden stair, not a crystal one)

II.                 Really about having a hard life and having to struggle for each achievement

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

III.         Develop the metaphor: life on the crystal stair = XXXX

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

IV.              Develop the metaphor: life on the wooden stair = XXXX

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

V.                 Pride in achievement: why life on the wooden stair can be better than life on the crystal stair.

a.       Topic sentence

b.      Context of the quotation

c.       Quotation

d.      Reflection/analysis (several sentences)

VI.              Conclusion