Read Game 5 poems.
Answer each question below. Remember to explain WHY you chose the
winner based on poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks, punctuation,
simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition) AND your personal connection
to the meaning. Don't forget to write with M.I.N.T.S.!
Your post needs to include the following:
1. What is the meaning of the first poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one sentence)
3. Based on the criteria, which poem did you choose and WHY?
***Please tell me everything you think, but use your best writing.
The first poem,This Is Just To Say, is about how somebody ate your breakfast and he was sorry.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes, is about all the types of shoes you can buy.
I vote for, This Is Just To Say because I liked how it didn't even have a ryme scheme it just plain out said it. GO, THIS IS JUST TO SAY!!!!!
The poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a guy that ate something he was not supposed to eat. I think this poem is very weird and random.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Choosing Shoes, is about these kids wanting nice shoes but there family cant afford them.
I chose........ Choosing Shoes because I like how the kids name so many different kinds of shoes they want but they get what the always get.
The first poem, This is Just to Say, Is about someone is is just saying (he or she) has eaten plums out of a ice box.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about someone choosing a pair of chose from all different colors shapes and sizes.
The poem I chose was, Choosing shoes, because it had alliteration and rhyme scheme which is, A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B.
The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a boy who has eaten the plums in the icebox that his family was probably saving for breakfast and asking to be forgiven even though they were delicious. The second poem,Choosing Shoes, is about a girl asking what type of shoes you would buy if you could. I chose the poem This is just to say because of the imagery. For example, when he says," they were so delicious so sweet and so cold." I see a big plum that has just been washed and is ready to be eaten.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a person who ate the plums in the icebox and says that they were delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person explaining all the different kinds shoes.
I think the winner is the poem, Choosing Shoes. The reason I chose this poem is because it has so much more detail and also has repetition like,"New shoes, New shoes." The connection I made with this poem is that I LOVE shoes!
The first poem, This is Just to Say, is about somebody who ate some plums that somebody was saving for breakfast, they tried to ask for forgivness.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about somebody saying all of the different kinds of shoes that somebody will buy.
I chose Choosing Shoes, because it had a nice rhyme to it. I also liked it because it named alot of different kinds of shoes into one.
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a kid who has stolen plums from the icebox and eaten them. Now, he is confessing to his mother, and telling her how good they were.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is about a kid who is telling us all the different kinds of shoes, and which ones she'd choose. Unfortunatly, her mom is going to get her the only pair she doesn't like.
I choose Choosing Shoes because it has a very bouncy rhyme scheme, for example: the poem goes, AAA B AAA B AAA B AAA B. It also uses imagery when the author says: Pretty pointy toe shoes, "Strappy cappy low shoes;" It also has alliteration. For example: the poem says, "Dandy dance, and pretty pointy," It also was a lot more fun to say.
The first poem, This is Just to Say, is about a person that is being honest. And he was taking a plum out of a ice box. But it was another persons. At least he's being honest.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a lot of shoes and he can't find a pair that he likes.
The winner is ...... Choosing Shoes because it has a really good rhyme scheme. Which is : ABCD ABCD. tHANK YOU.
This Is Just To Say is about how a person ate a plum when they were not supposed too have ate the plum that was in the refridgerator.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about what color shoes the person is going to wear.
I liked Choosing Shoes because it followed the rhyme scheme AAABAAABAAABAAAB,and it is an interesting poem about shoes.
This is just to say is a guy a that his wife's or some one he knows plum was in the fridge and he got hungry and ate it. Choosing shoes is about a person talking in rhyming word about diffrent kinds of shoes you can buy ,like he's trying to sell you something. I like Just to Say because it is kind of funny and unespected in a poem. Also because you can see a guy getting a plum out of a fridge and eating thee plum.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem,This Is Just To Say,is about a little girl who got hungry in the middle of the night. She wanted a midnight snack so she got out of bed in her bunny slippers in her night gown and tiptoed down the steps.Then to the ice box where she found a plum and she gobbled it down.It was so juicy and delicious she put her hand back in the ice box and grabed another one and ate it. Then her mom comes down stairs and sees that she ate the plums that were for breakfeast and she was mad so the little girl said forgive me they were delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe poem ,Choosing shoes, is about a kid who is looking for shoes at the store.There is a lot to chose from and he can not chose which pair he wants.Because there all diferent types red shoes,blue shoes,bucled shoes,and red bucled shoes he just can not chose which shoes he wants.
I chose the poem,Choosing Shoes, because the poet Ffrida Wolfe used good repetition .Also she did ryme scheme A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B,A,A,A,B that is why I chose the poem ,Choosing Shoes,
The first poem,This Is Just to Say,is about a person apolgizing for eating the plums that the other person was saving for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes,is about a girl who is shopping and she wants to buy everything from red and pink blue shoes to Dandy-dance-by-night-shoes.
In my opinion,This Is Just to say,is the winner because I like how it rhymes and then stops rhyming and then describes the plums in an apology.
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about someone who eats someone's plums that were probably going to have as there breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person who explain all the different kinds of shoes.
I choose Choosing Shoes because it is more happy then This Is Just to Say. Also, because it has really good repetition by using shoes a lot of times. Lastly, because it uses good imagery
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about somebody that ate somebody's plums that somebody was saving for breakfast and ate them and said the were cold.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person who is telling what kind of shoes there are. Also, it is saying to buy them and what they would do with them.
I think the winner is Choosing Shoes because I like how it saying the color of shoes. Th rhyme scheme is ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD. Choosing Shoes is the winner.
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a little kid who someone put plums in the icebox that they were going to eat for breakfast but he ate them and he was asking for forgiveness.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is at a shoe store and is over whelmed by shoes and is say all the types of shoes she
Based on the criteria, I choose choosing shoes as the winner because it tells all about girls shoes and it says how she doesn't know what shoes to pick
The first poem,This Is Just to Say,is about a girl who got up in the middle of the night to get a snack and she ate what would have been the breakfast for the family breakfast.Also, the breakfast were plums that the people had left in the icebox.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes,is about kids who name all types of shoes.Also,they really describe the shoes well from color to shape and size.
In my opinion I chose Choosing Shoes because they told us all about different shoes,but they would always pick the same shoes.Also,I liked the pattern of AAABAAABAAABAAAB.That is why I chose,Choosing Shoes.
The first poem, This is just to say, is about a little kid taking plums and telling someone he did and that they were delicious.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person talking about shoes and how they are all different. I liked the rhyme scheme AAABAAABAAABAAAB also.
I choose Choosing Shoes because it was different then what you would usually read and I liked the rhyme scheme.
The first poem, This is Just To Say, is about a person who get hungry at night and she goes downstairs and she eat, and it does not make sense to me.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about a person who loves shoes, and she/he buys them.It also has rhyme scheme AAABAAABAAABAAAB.
I choose Choosing shoes because it's rhyme scheme is better and it has a better meaning than This is Just to Say.
This Is Just To Say is about someone that at a person's plum. He was telling him that he is sorry but they were just to good.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about someone telling us about shoes that the person would like. After that, he is telling us about shoes that he wouldn't want but other people would.
I choose Choosing Shoes because it makes more since to me. Also, it is more entertaining to me. The rhyme scheme is, AAABAAABAAABAAAB.
The first poem, This Is Jest To Say, is about a girl who ate something she wasn't supposed to but it looked so tasty that she had to eat it.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about someone who is describing different kinds of shoes and the poem rhymes, for example pink and blue shoes what would you choose.
My favorite poem was Choosing Shoes because I really like when poems rhyme and it described all kinds of shoes and was creative.
The first poem, Just to Say,is basicly about someone who eats plums out of an ice box and loves them.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing shoes, is about someone who is telling about different shoose. She ends the poem by stating that her parents are getting her plain shoes.
I choose Choosing Shoes as winner. The poet used the ryhm scheme,ABBC. I think this poem is great.
This Is Just to Say is about a guy who ate your plums that was going to be you breakfast and is very sorry.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about a kid who is naming lots of shoes he wants, and some he can get.
I choose Choosing Shoes because I like all the shoes he named and how he wanted all of the shoes. I also like the rhyme scheme of AABC AABC AABC AABC. This is why I choose Choosing Shoes.
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, was about someone who ate someone's breakfast and was sorry about eating it. The second poem,Choosing shoes, was about someone saying there are lots of shoes to choose from. I liked Choosing Shoes because it was kind of fun and the writer told us about the different kinds of shoes. It also had a rhyme to it.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem choosing shoes was about a girl who liked to talk about different shoes like fat shoes, strappy shoes and cute shoes. the rhyme scheme is AAABAAABAAABAAAB.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,This Is Just To Say, Is about a person who ate someones delicouse plums out of an icebox. I liked the poem because it gave me a great picture of a cold delicouse plum.
I chose Choosing Shoes because it was funny and humorouse. Plus it gave me a great image of different shoes.
The poem, This is Just to Say, Is about someone who ate some plums that were supposed to be for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing shoes, Is about kids who name lots of shoes. Also they describe the shoes from looks to size.
In my opinion Choosing Shoes is the winner. I want this poem to win, because it was fun to read. Also I liked the AAABAAABAAAB pattern. My last reason I picked this poem is, because it tells about different shoes. GO CHOOSING SHOES!!!!!!!!!!
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a girl that gets up in the middle of the night just to get a wonderful taste of some cold plums, that her parents left in the ice box.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl that is describing the shoes she would like to buy. For example, Buckle shoes,bow shoes, Strappy, cappy low shoes.
I chose as the winner, Choosing Shoes. I chose this poem because it was really fun to read. I like how the author made the rhyme scheme AAABAAABAAABAAAB. That is why I chose , Choosing shoes as the winner
The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a girl that ate a plum that was in a icebox, a plum that someone was saving for breakfast, and a plum that was delicious, sweet, and cold. The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about trying to pick out the right shoes and all the different sizes, shapes, and all the different sizes, shapes, and color. I also like the order of the rhyme scheme aaab, cccb, dddb,eeeb.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, This is Just to Say, is about a someone who is eating the delicious, sweet, cold plums that the family was saving for their breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who names all kinds of pretty shoes and says how much she would like to have them, but they'll buy boring shoes.
I liked Choosing Shoes the most. I like it because it names so many shoes from pretty pointy-toe shoes to dandy-dance-by-night shoes. I also liked the rhyme scheme of AAABAAABAAABAAAB. That is why I chose Choosing Shoes.
The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a boy or girl who is describing what plums taste like. He describes the plums, which they were supposed to be for breakfast he said "They were sweet and cold.".
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing shoes, Is about a person who is saying all these shoes. He was describing them by shape, sizes, and color
I chose, Choosing shoes, I chose Choosing Shoes because it's more entertaining than the other poem. I also loved the pattern of the story AAABAAABAAABAAAB. That is why I chose, Choosing Shoes.
The first poem,This is Just to Say,is about is about a girl that eats plums that she was not supposed to because her mom was saving them for breakfast.I think this poem really implies a lesson about how you should always follow directions.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Choosing Shoes,is about how some people do nice things and get rewarded with nice stuff,but mean people will get rewarded with bad stuff.
I chose Choosing Shoes because it tells a good lesson about how you need to always be nice.Also,the rhyme scheme is AAABAAABAAABAAAB.
The first poem,This Is Just to Say, is about some one that is saying he ate your breakfast, it was delicious, and I am sorry.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, choosing shoes, is about a person who wants to buy shoes, but they can't choose. After going through the shoe he/she figure out what shoes they want, and they want flat shoes,stump-along-like-that shoes,wipe-them-on-the-mat shoes.
In my opinion I would choose choosing shoes because choosing shoes makes it look like a hard decision and it is not, and i like choosing shoes. The writers craft is a very good because it is a different then any other. For example,it was AAABAAAB,etc.
The Poem, Choosing shoes, is where the author is telling us what shoes you can buy. It is asking us what is our favorite type of shoes.
ReplyDeleteThis is just to say is about a person telling us that he stole some plums that were supposed to be for breakfast the next morning.
I think the poem, Choosing shoes, is better because it has rhyme scheme throughout the poem. I think the poem made more since because was longer and had a deeper meaning then the poem, This is just to say.
The first poem, This Is Just to Say,is about this person eating plums and describing how good they were. The second poem, Choosing shoes, is about choosing different types of shoes. I think the winner is Choosing shoes because it has rhyme scheme like new shoes and blue shoes and gives me of a imagery of a person trying to pick some shoes, and This Is Just to Say gives me a imagery of a person eating plums.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Choosing Shoes, is about what shoes look like, and all of the different kinds of shoes.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Just To Say, is about someone who was sneaking to the icebox to steal some delicious plums that were sweet, and delicious.
I like Choosing Shoes, because it said more than 5 different kinds of shoes. I like the rimes they put in the poem also.