The Road Not Taken-Review
Bridging Text and Context
How to find and write the
connection
Stages in Writing the Bridging
• Read the task carefully and translate difficult
words.
• Highlight with 2 different colors the words
that are connected to words or sentences in
the poem
• Use the same colors to mark similar
sentences/words in the poem
And now let’s start writing…
• Start your essay with “There is a connection
between the information and the poem”
• Make the first connection:”From the
information I learned that…(Copy the first
sentence you highlighted)
• Add “This information is reflected in the
poem.”(Copy the similar words /sentences
from the poem)
• Explain the connection
Let’s Practice
• "In the long run, we shape our lives, and we
shape ourselves... And the choices we
make are ultimately our own responsibility." •
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Make a connection between the above quote •
and the poem.
Give information from the poem to support
your answer.
• “1 In the long run, we shape our lives, and we
shape ourselves... And 2 the choices we
make are ultimately our own responsibility." •
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Make a connection between the above quote •
and the poem.
Give information from the poem to support
your answer
Information
• “In the long run, we
shape our lives, and
we shape ourselves”
• “the choices we
make are ultimately
our own
responsibility”
Poem
"that has made all the •
difference"
– "I shall be telling this •
with a sigh" (the decision had
such an important impact that he will
talk about
it in the future) •
Two roads diverged in a •
wood and I-- / I took the
road less traveled by" (or
anything else that
relates to him talking about how he •
made the decision on his own)
anything about him taking time
– •
to think about his decision or describing
the difficulty in choosing
Information
“the choices we •
make are ultimately
our own
responsibility”
Poem
“Two roads diverged in •
a wood and I-- / I took
the road less traveled
by“
(or anything relates to
him talking about how he
made the decision on his
own)
anything about him – •
taking time to think about
his decision or describing
the difficulty in choosing
Final version(Answer key)
• In the quote Eleanor Roosevelt says that we are
responsible for our choices. The speaker in the
poem also talks about a choice he has made
• . He has chosen a road less traveled by and he
says that it has made all the difference in his life.
This probably means that he is happy with / •
regrets his choice. Although he is
sorry he will never know what the other road •
might mean for him, he takes responsibility for
his decision.
Our Final Version
• From the information I learned that Eleanor
Roosevelt says that we are responsible for
our choices. This information is reflected in
the poem. The speaker in the poem also talks
about a choice he has made He has chosen a
road less traveled by and he says that it has
made all the difference in his life.
I also learned from the information that the •
choices we make are ultimately our own
responsibility. Although he is sorry he will
never know what the other road might mean
for him, he takes responsibility for his
decision.
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