As you’ve discovered in your study of ―The Road Not Taken, ” the poem is about choices that change a life. You’re going to write a poem about a choice you’ve made. Your poem can be serious or silly. You may even want to write a parody of the original poem. Step One: Brainstorm ideas. What choices have you made that made an impact on your life? Write as many ideas as you can in the space below. Some examples have been done for you. Examples: take a drama elective, become a vegetarian, quit piano lessons, join the soccer team, ask the librarian for a challenging book, wear my roller blades to school Step Two: Share your ideas and expand them by talking about ideas with another student. Add any new ideas to your brainstorming. Step Three: Choose an idea for your poem, and an ―inciting ” incident. An inciting incident is something that happened that forced you to make a choice. For example, in ―The Road Not Taken, ” the speaker had to make the choice. He had to choose a road if he wanted to continue on his travels. Then, create a list of consequences of your choice. In ―The Road Not Taken, ” the speaker tells the reader that the choice ―made all the difference, ” but he doesn’t explain what he means by ―difference. ” In your poem, explain the results of your choice. An example has been done for you. Example: 1. Choice: becoming a vegetarian 2. Inciting incident: choosing at lunch between meatloaf and a salad 3. Consequences: my family thought I was weird, my friends teased me, people tried to trick me into eating things with meat in them, I felt healthier, I was doing something to help the earth, I had trouble finding a variety of meals in the school cafeteria, I started to do more cooking, I’m interested in becoming a nutritionist.