HIS EARLY LIFE

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HIS EARLY LIFE

• Robert Frost was born in San Francisco,
  California on March 26, 1874.
• His father, a journalist and local politician,
  died when Frost was eleven years old.
• The family lived in Lawrence, Massachusetts, with
  Frost's paternal grandfather. In 1892 Frost
  graduated from a high school and attended
  Dartmouth College for a few months.

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HIS ADULT LIFE

• In 1894 the New York Independent published
  Frost's poem "My Butterfly" and he had five poems
  privately printed.
• In 1895 he married a former schoolmate, Elinor
  White they had six children.
• Frost worked as a teacher and continued to write
  and publish his poems in magazines.
• From 1897 to 1899 Frost studied at Harvard, but
  left without receiving a degree. He moved to
  Derry, New Hampshire, working there as a cobbler,
  farmer, and teacher at Pinkerton Academy and at
  the state normal school in Plymouth.

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HIS WORK

• In 1912 Frost sold his farm and took his wife and
  four young children to England. There he
  published his first collection of poems, A Boy's
  Will(1913) followed by North Boston (1914), which
  gained international reputation. The collection
  contains some of Frost's best-known poems
  "Mending Wall," "The Death of the Hired Man,"
  "Home Burial," "After Apple-Picking," and "The
  Wood-Pile."
• In 1916 appeared his third collection of verse,
  Mountain Interval, which contained such poems as
  "The Road Not Taken," "Birches," and "The Hill
  Wife."
• Frost's images - woods, stars, houses, brooks, -
  are usually taken from everyday life.
• Readers found it easy to follow the poet into
  deeper truths
• Frost participated in the inauguration of
  President John Kennedy in 1961 by reciting two of
  his poems.

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HIS LATER YEARS

• His wife died in 1938 and he lost four of his
  children.
• Frost suffered from depression and continual
  self-doubt.
• At the time of his death on January 29, 1963,
  Frost was regarded as a kind of unofficial poet
  laureate of the United States.

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The End of The World!!!

• (according to Mr. Robert Frost)

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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in
ice.From what I've tasted of desireI hold with
those who favour fire.But if it had to perish
twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that
for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would
suffice.
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Class Agenda

• Students listen to the poem being read by Frost
  and follow along.
• In groups, students can create a Venn Diagram
  that compares and contrasts the metaphors of fire
  and ice in the poem

• Reminder a metaphor compares two
  objects/concepts by saying that one is the other,
  i.e., fire is excessive desire/obsession and ice
  is hate.

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Poetry becomes Debate

• Once students have clarified their ideas via the
  Venn Diagram and group discussion, students will
  split into two groups and debate which evil,
  either fire or ice, is the most harmful to the
  world.

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Homework

• At home, students should write at least three
  paragraphs detailing how both the concept of
  excess passion or obsession (fire), and hate
  (ice) have been destructive in their own lives.
• Example The time you called your
  girl/boyfriends pager 15 times in 15 minutes and
  then he/she broke up with you, or the time you
  stopped speaking to a friend because you thought
  he/she dissed you.

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Poetry Discussion Board Fire and Ice
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Poetry Access. Access Poetry.

• Create an on-line discussion
• Say something that hasnt been said
• Get feedback on your ideas
• Respond to others interpretations
• Make a contribution to learning

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Entering the Website http//plagiarist.com

• From the Plagiarist.com home page
• 1. Click on poetry!
• 2. Click on poets!
• 3. Click on F for Frost, then Robert Frost!
• 4. Click on page 2 to find Fire and Ice!
• 6. Click on commentary! Youre There!

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Example of an Interpretation

• Fire Ice
• 2002-05-01
• Added by Tony
• FireDesire, and IceHate. Human nature creates
  these emotions for us to think about. Robert
  Frost could also be talking about how the modern
  scientist believed the world would come too close
  to the sun and burn, while others thought the
  world would go too far away from the sun and
  freeze. There is also a passage about this in the
  Bible. I think Frost is trying to make a mockery
  of these modern scientists.

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Putting in your two Pair Share

• You and your partner will
• 1. Find of the eighteen interpretations of Fire
  and Ice which you feel differently about.
• 2. Re-read Fire and Ice.
• 3. Respond in writing to the contributors
  interpretation by citing evidence to back up what
  you think the poem means.
• 4. Each person must write a paragraph in one
  hundred words or less explaining his/her
  interpretation.
• 5. Be prepared to share your responses.