THE PROCESS OF METACOGNITION

• To record thought process• To use inquiry• To gather and study evidence• To create hypothesis or thesis• To do analysis and research• To draw conclusions and

construct meanings

PURPOSE

•Record thoughts and/or questions

•Consider different opinions

• Re-read text

•Analyze/Pick apart text

• Find Meaning

READ A PIECE OF TEXT

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN-ROBERT FROST

• Identify, explore, and explain topics and questions

• Highlight/analyze text

• Conclusion on meaning of text

RECORD THOUGHT PROCESS

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

HIGHLIGHT/ANALYZE

•1st Stanza: Describes Situation

•2nd Stanza: Decides to take Road Less Traveled

•3rd Stanza: Continues Description of Roads

•4th Stanza: Two Tricky Words

WHAT DOES EACH STANZA

REPRESENT?

• What was your thought process?

• What does this stanza imply?

• How did you create this hypothesis?

TO WHERE IT BENT IN THE UNDERGROWTH;

THEN TOOK THE OTHER, AS JUST AS

FAIR,AND HAVING PERHAPS

THE BETTER CLAIM,BECAUSE IT WAS

GRASSY AND WANTED WEAR;

•The speaker commits to a road

•Takes the Road Less Traveled By

•Then decides both roads are similar

TO WHERE IT BENT IN THE

UNDERGROWTH;THEN TOOK THE

OTHER, AS JUST AS FAIR,

AND HAVING PERHAPS THE

BETTER CLAIM,BECAUSE IT WAS

GRASSY AND WANTED WEAR;

THOUGH AS FOR THAT THE

PASSING THEREHAD WORN

THEM REALLY ABOUT THE

SAME,

• What was your thought process?

• What does this stanza imply?

• How did you create this hypothesis?

•Decides time made the roads

similar

•Claims to take the other road

soon

•Then doubts he ever will

THOUGH AS FOR THAT

THE PASSING THERE

HAD WORN THEM

REALLY ABOUT THE

SAME,

• What was your thought process?

• What does this stanza imply?

• How did you create this hypothesis?

I SHALL BE TELLING THIS WITH A SIGH

SOMEWHERE AGES AND AGES HENCE:

TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I-

I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY,

AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

•What does the word “sigh” represent?

•What does the word “difference” represent?

•Consider: “Somewhere ages and ages hence”

I SHALL BE TELLING THIS WITH A SIGHSOMEWHERE AGES AND AGES HENCE:

TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD, AND I-

I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY,

AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE

DIFFERENCE.

•To understand themes in a novel/poem

•To figure out unfamiliar words

•To build meaning beyond Literal Interpretation

WHY DO WE DRAW CONCLUSIONS FROM

TEXT/POETRY?

•Contribution of Collective Knowledge

•Supports Opinion/Decision Making

•Creates Adequate Evidence

RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF RESEARCH

• Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Poets.org. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717.

• Marco Bellucci, “Question Mark” August 4, 2005 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

• Horia Varlan, “Question Mark Made of Puzzle Pieces” October 23, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

• Andrew Latham, “knowledge” October 4, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

• Cdcoppola, “Blackboard Patent Shirt #2” October 5, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

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