Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Copywork
Frost's quiet winter poem for handwriting practice, four short stanzas
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About this printable
Sixteen short, evenly measured lines make this one of the friendliest poems to copy by hand. The interlocking rhyme scheme rewards careful reading, and the repeated closing line gives writers a chance to compare their own letterforms side by side. A calm, wintry choice for a seasonal handwriting unit or a quiet morning warm-up. 12 pages, 1/4-inch letters in joined cursive on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Robert Frost, 1923. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: Whose woods these are I think I know. · His house is in the village though; · He will not see me stopping here · To watch his woods fill up with snow. — My little horse must think it queer · To stop without a farmhouse near · Between the woods and frozen lake · The darkest evening of the year. — He gives his harness bells a shake · To ask if there is some mistake. · The only other sound's the sweep · Of easy wind and downy flake. — The woods are lovely, dark and deep, · But I have promises to keep, · And miles to go before I sleep, · And miles to go before I sleep. — Robert Frost, 1923. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: joined cursive. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
- Category Poetry
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Inside the PDF
3 pages from the 12-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A longer text: give Steps 1, 2 and 3 about two weeks, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–4 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 5–8 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Days 9–10 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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