Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Poetry Madness: Game 5!

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. 


Here is an example of proficient writing:
The Eagle is about an eagle flying over the sea and close to the sun. Then he is watching the mountain and swoops down like a lightning bolt to catch his prey.

The second poem, Casey at Bat, is about a boy whose baseball team is losing,but there are two people on base. Casey gets two strikes, and the crowd is very upset. Finally, Casey strikes out, and the crowd is outraged.

For the winner, I choose The Eagle. I choose it because it had a deeper meaning and understanding for me. I also liked how used a rhyme scheme of AAABBB. Also, the author used a simile comparing the eagle to a thunderbolt, "He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls." That is why I choose The Eagle.

26 comments:

  1. This is just to say is about a kid who ate the plums that his parents were going to eat for breakfast. Choosing shoes is about a kid who is complaining about how his parents wont let him have fancy shoes. I like This Is Just To Say because it is kind of funny and it is more brief than choosing shoes plus the person is whining because he doesn't get what he wants.

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  2. The first poem, This is just to say, is about someone taking the plums from the icebox, and eating them.
    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is all about different types of shoes, and wondering, which one should I buy?
    I chose Choosing Shoes for the winner because it was quite entertaining, and it talked all about the different kinds of shoes.

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  3. The first poem ,this is just to say, is about a man who took someones plums from their icebox and ate them.

    The second poem choosing shoes is about someone who can't have nice shoes.

    I choose This is just to say as the winner because it was funny and entertaining.

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  4. choosing shoes is about a boy who gets new shoes. just to say is about a kid who likes to eat plums. the winner is just to say because it has detail.

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  5. The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a boy who ate the plums that were in the icebox that his parents were probably saving for breakfast. Then he asks his parents for forgiveness.

    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a boy who wants all the kinds of shoes including fat shoes.

    I choose Choosing Shoes to win because it was funny. The rhyme schme is AAABAAACAAADAAAB.

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  6. This Just to say is about a boy who eats plums his parents were saving for breakfeast and asks them to forgive him.

    Choosing Shoes is about a boy who goes to get shoes and does not know which pair of shoes he should pick.

    I chose Choosing Shoes as the winner because I like how the author of the poem uses many different ways to describe different pairs of shoes.

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  7. The first poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a person who is telling everybody that he has eaten someone's plums, and that the person was probably saving them for breakfast, and that they were really good.

    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, Is about a person who is getting new shoes, and there are so many fancy and good shoes, but this person will choose the very worst shoes of all.

    I choose Choosing Shoes to win, because it really was a funny poem, and had lot of detail to all of the shoes that the person was looking at. This poem is great because it has a lot of rhyming in it or what you call rhyme scheme. That is why I choose Choosing Shoes to win the game.

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  8. The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about someone eating plums that someone else was going to eat for breakfast.
    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a kid who wants to buy fancy shoes but always gets shoes that aren't fancy.
    I think the winner is, Choosing Shoes because its rhyme scheme is AAABAAABAAABCAAAB

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  9. This Is Just To Say is about a person who is eating plums. Choosing Shoes is about a kid buying shoes. I chose This Is Just To Say as the winner, because it was entertaining.

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  10. The first poem I read was This is Just to Say. It is about a person who has eaten plums they were probably saving for breakfast.

    The second poem I read was Choosing Shoes. It is about Someone who is trying to pick out some shoes, but he dosen't know which ones to choose.

    I think the winner should be Choosing Shoes because it has lots of rhyme schemes and rhyming. It entertains me with the rhymes that interest me.

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  11. The first poem, This is Just to Say, is about a little boy who ate all the plums out of the ice box because it gave me a context clue, "I have eaten the plums."

    I think Choosing Shoes is about choosing shoes because it talks about the different color and size shoes.

    I want Choosing Shoes to win because I could figure out the rhythm better than This is Just to Say, I also found Choosing Shoes more enjoyable.

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  12. The first poem I read, This is Just to Say, was a funny, entertaining poem about plums that were eaten without permission.

    The next poem I read, Choosing shoes, is a poem about a girl (or boy) that is asking for the readers advice on what shoes she (he) should buy.

    I think that This is Just to Say deserves to win because of its funny twist and excellent description of the plum (makes me want one)!!!

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  13. The first poem, This is Just to Say, is about a little boy eating plums and is very selfish.

    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a couple of kids check out some shoes that they might want to buy. I choose this one because it gives you examples and is detailed and it gave me a mental movie in my mind. That is why i chose it.

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  14. The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a person admitting that they ate someone else's plums.

    The second poem, Choosing shoes, is about a person trying to choose a pair of shoes and can't decide.

    I choose Choosing shoes because it has 4 1/2 stanzas and a rhyme scheme of AABCAAACAAACDAAAC.

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  15. The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about how a boy ate someones plum that were for breakfast. The plums were from the icebox.

    The second poem, Choosing shoes, is about how someone is buying shoes and he does not choose the fancy ones instead the plain ones.

    I choose This Is Just To Say because it was a funny and entertaining poem.

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  16. The first poem, This Is Just To Say, is about a guy who ate plums that were supposed to be for breakfast.
    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a person who is trying to get a good shoe.
    Th poem I choose is This Is Just To Say because it is about a guy who ate plums that were supposed to be for breakfast. One thing I noticed are that it doesn't rhyme.

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  17. This Is Just to Say is about a person who was apologizing about eating the plums and how good they were.
    Choosing Shoes is about a person describing all the shoes that she looked and what to choose.
    I choose Choosing Shoes to win because I like how it rhymed and it was really fun and catchy. I think this will win!

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  18. I think the first poem This Is Just To Say is about a boy who ate plums that were for breakfast.

    The second poem is about a girl who wants new shoes but her parents will probably buy her fat shoes.

    I think the winner is Choosing Shoes I think that because I like the rhyme scheme in it and all the different type of shoes.

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  19. This Is Just to Say, is about a person who just wrote something that came to their mind.
    Choosing shoes is about a girl who wants new shoes and she wants different kind of shoes besides flat shoes and fat shoes.
    I think This is Just to Say won because I like saying things that I think about and I smiled when I read it also.

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  20. I think This Is Just To Say is about a person who eats plums out off the icebox and did't know if they were for breakfast.

    I think Choosing Shoes is about someone who can't decide what shoot get.

    I think This Is Just To Say should win because it makes more sense and it has a little rhyme scheme.

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  21. The first poem, This Is Just To Say is about someone who ate plums.
    The second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about someone advertising about new shoes.
    My favorite poem is, This Is Just To Say, because I like plums to and I would eat lots of them.

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  22. I think choosing shoes is about a kid who can't choose the right pair of shoes.
    I think this is just to say is about a boy who eats so much plums he can't find any more plums.
    I choose Choosing shoes because it rymes

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  23. The first poem ,"This Is Just To Say," was about a girl saying that I ate your Plum. And she was saying I ate the plums that were in a icebox so she is telling the reader that if your plums were in a icebox then I ate them.

    The second poem ,Choosing Shoes," was about a person telling the reader all the different types of shoes. and she also said what would you choose in the first paragraph out of the colors.

    My favorite story was probley ,"This Is Just To Say," because I liked how the author said if yours was in the icebox than I ate them and I thought that was really funny. And what I also thought was funny was she said they were really delicious.

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  24. The first poem,Choosing Shoes, is about a shoe clerk telling about the shoes he has in his store to let the people choose.

    The second poem, This Is Just to Say, is about a person eating a plum when it was not supposed to.

    I choose Choosing Shoes because it cout my eye because it was talking about shoes. And had a lot of patterns.

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  25. new shoes is about someone that gets new shoes
    this is just to say is about a boy that eats plums with out permision
    i think new shoes should win because it has detail and its easy to understand

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  26. How to Eat a Poem is about a boy that eat a plum with out permision and Choosing Shoes Is About a clerk telling a custumer what the most populer shoes my favorit one is choosing shoes because it is more interesting.

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