9-10 Warm-Up: 9th Grade

(Today’s Warm-up is for a grade. If you are talking, spacing out, or

anything other than writing about Maria, you will receive a

zero.)

Preview P. 33List the unfamiliar words from the poem:• yellow wood• undergrowth• trodden• claim• trodden• hence

Is this poem really about the woods? Is it really about walking through the forest?

The first road is . The

speaker feels that this road

is…On the other hand, the

second road is… For

example…

Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions to do what is right for you.

Sometimes it’s difficult to

know which path to take in

life.

Being successful can mean taking risks and not letting others make choices for you.

9/10 Warm-Up:Pretend you have a friend who isn’t doing well in school. Write a letter persuading them to choose to go to college. Be sincere and specify what they need to do. Be realistic.

Add to your notes…

• Blocks of Text

• Chart

• Graph

• Bulleted List

• Can be read in any order

• Organizes facts

• Illustrates numerical data

• Gives facts at a glance

After we read the first page…

•List 3 conclusions in your notebook about the pie chart entitled “Increasing Diversity”