Read Game 7 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.!
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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?
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The first poem, Do you Carrot all for me?, is about someone expressing their feelings in vegetables.
The second poem, The Castle in the Fire, is about a knight who saves a princess.
I picked The Castle in the Fire because it had more detail, it is a story, and it also has alliteration. For example,the author says, "Then, while we watch in wonder." That's why I chose The Castle in the Fire.
I think that Someone is about a person who lives alone and one day someone comes knocking on their door and then leaves.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me is about a person who is brave and not afraid of anything.
I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I thought it had a deeper meaning, it had repetition, and it had imagery.
The first poem I read was Life Doesn't Frighten Me. Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about someone giving examples of things that are frighting, but don't frighten them. I found a rhyme scheme in this poem it was (AAABB).
ReplyDeleteThe second poem I read was Some One. Some One is about that someone came knocking at their door, but when they open the door it was silent. I found a rhyme scheme in this poem (ABCB)
My favorite poem out of Some One and Life Doesn't Frighten Me was Life Doesn't Frighten Me. I liked Life Doesn't Frighten Me because they talk about stuff that doesn't frighten them like walking on water.
The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person that says "Life doesn't frighten me." In the first paragraph the poet uses rhyme scheme.(A)(A)(A)(B).
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Some One, is about someone knocking on a person's door and not knowing who it was.
The winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me. I like people that are not scared.I also like when poet's rhyme because it makes more sense.
The first poem,Someone I think is about a kid that knocks on his door and then runs away to prank him.It has some rhyme and has a good steady beat.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about someone who is not afraid of anything at all.It has writers scheme and has a good beat and has really good metaphors and rhymes.
my winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it has more writers craft in it and I like how it has a steady beat.
The poem, Some One, is about someone that thinks someone came knocking at their door. But, when he/she opened the door all she could hear was a busy beetle, an owl's call, and cricket whistling. Who came to her door?
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me is about someone telling somebody that life doesn't frighten him/her at all. The poem lists all the things that he/she is not afraid of.
For my winner, I chose the poem, Some One. I chose Some One because it has repetition when it says Some one, sure, only, and at all. I also like it because it has imagery.
The poem, Some One, is about someone getting a knock on their door, and they go to check the door, but when they check the door there is no one there.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about someone that can't be scared by anything, But the only time he is scared is in a dream. He can't be scared because he keeps a charm up his sleeve.
The winner is, Life Doesn't Frighten Me because I thought it was more interesting, and I liked the repetition it used with the sentence "life doesn't frighten me." I also liked the rhyme scheme (A)(A)(A)(B)(B). That is why I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me.
The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about saying no matter what happens life doesn't frighten me. An onomatopoeia is "I go boo"
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Some One, is about someone coming to a man's door, and ding dong ditching them.
I chose the poem Some One because it is a big mystery who came to the door. The rhyme scheme is (A)(B)(A)(B).
Some one is about a bettle tapping owel and a cricit.
ReplyDeleteLife Does Not Frighten Me is about someone that is not afraid.
Life does not frighten me is my favort because he can bleave.
Some One is about a person that hears knocking on his door, but nobody is there.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me is about someone that is not afraid of anything.
I picked Some One because it is short, but descriptive. The author uses repetition. For example,"At all, At all, At all,".
The first poem,Someone, is about something coming up to a door and knocking on it.The person inside could hear the mysterious thing outside. (She or He) went to the door opened it, looked left to right, and no one was there. (She or He) was just staring of into the dark night. (She or He) could only hear the animals in the forest.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person who is not scared of life. Like in the story when it said "Shadows on the wall, Noises in the hall, Life Doesn't Frighten Me" This poem is very good! It made be laugh at some points and made me really sad at the other! These are the types of poems I like to read.
My winner is,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, this poem really made me feel good and made me feel happy! This poem uses a lot repetition with the words (Life Doesn't Frighten Me) I like how it used those words over and over again. Like when it said "Panthers at the park, Strangers in the dark, Life doesn't frighten me at all!"
The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person's life that doesn't frighten him think of anything scary it doesn't frighten him. Not dragons not ghost not snakes and not spiders nothing at all. Try to frighten him I bet you can't frighten him.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Some One is about something came knocking at his door and he opened it and nothing was there not one little thing.
I think the winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it put a clear image in my mind and it has rhymes. For example, wall, hall, all, loud, cloud, goose, and loose.
The poem,Some One ,is about someone who knocked on their family's door and that person did not see anyone at the door. All she our he heard was crickets,and owls and more.This poem has repetition and rhyme scheme and more.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, Life does Not Frighten Me,The poem is about some one who is scared of nothing.This story has rhyme scheme,recepatition,and metaphors.
I think the winner should be Life Does Not Frighten Me because it is funny and has lots of Writer's Craft.
The first poem is Some One and it's about someone knocking on the door and the man doesn't know who is knocking on the door. The alliteration is sure sure sure tap tapping busy beetle at all at all at all.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is Life Doesn't Frighten Me and it's about A guy who is only afraid in his dreams but not in real life.The rhyme scheme for the first eight lines are AAABBACC.
For me the winner would be Life Doesn't frighten me because it's more detailed and thoughtful than the other poem.
The first poem Some One is about someone who comes knocking at the door. He looks left to right and nothing was there. I found some personification in the story when the author used "Only the busy beetle tap tapping in the wall"
ReplyDeleteThe second poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about someone
telling us that they are not frightened of anything in life
I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me as my winner because it tells you that you have to be frightened of anything that you do. I also like the rhyme scheme AAAB.
Some One, by Walter De La Mare, is about someone who thinks another person was knocking at their door. But when they go to see who it was, they only hear animals' calls. This poem uses repetition. For example, knocking is repeated 3 times. It also uses onomatopoeia. For instance, "Tap-tapping in the wall."
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't frighten Me, by Maya Angelou, is about someone who is not afraid of many things including life. The rhyme scheme is (A)(A)(A)(B) for the first 4 lines. This poem uses repetition for the words life doesn't frighten me.
I think Life Doesn't Frighten Me is the winner because it gives examples why life doesn't frighten them. I aso think this poem has a good lesson, don't be scared of everything.
The first poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a boy/girl how is not scared of anything but dreams he/she is not scared of lions, snakes, and other people.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Some One, is about a person he/she who hears a knock on their door in the middle of the night, and no one is there. The rhyme scheme is ABACDEAEFGHGAGAG.
I chose, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, because it used onomatopoeia like scream, boo, shoo, cry, and barking.
The first poem is called Life Doesn't Frighten Me, it is about a boy who thinks that life doesn't frighten him.So what he thinks in a simple way is I'm not afraid of anything.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is called Some One, it is about a man hearing someone knocking on the door but when he opens it there is no one there. The stranger knocks the door again then the man opens the door and sees that it was just a beetle.
I would probably pick the first poem because the boy is not afraid of anything which is pretty cool. The rhyme scheme is a,a,a,b,b,c,c,a,d,d,a
The first poem, Some One, is about a person who is lonely and lives alone and one day someone comes to their house and knocks at their door.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a man who is not afraid of anything.
The winner is Life Doesn't Frighten Me. I chose this because of the onomatopoeia, shoo and boo!. I also chose it because of the repetition, Life doesn't frighten me at all.
The first poem,Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a man who is not frightened at all by anything, and is really brave and strong.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, SomeOne, is about someone who knocked on a mans door and when the man opens his door he sees nothing.
I chose SomeOne because it used repetition. For example, only,only,only and someone came knocking, someone came knocking.
Some One is about a person who thinks he heard some one knocking at his door but all he heard was the sound of the night. For example, He says," All I heard was the busy beetle tap tap-tapping at the door, only the forest the screech owl's call." I liked how the author of this poem used onomatopoeia.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me is about a boy who isn't afraid of anything no matter what it is, he isn't afraid of it. For example, he says," Boys all pull my hair, kissy little girls with their hair in curls. They don't frighten me at all."
I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it had a lot of details and great imagery. The rhyme scheme is AAABBCCA.
Someone is about a man that heres knocking at his door and he answers it but no is there. I'm pretty sure that person was just there to annoy him. When he goes to answer all he hears a the beatle on the wall. He doesn't know who it was. I liked this because the man doesn't get mad.
ReplyDeleteLife doesn't frighten Me is about a girl who isn't afraid of anything. She just thinks it's life. Ilike this one and I choose it.
I choose Life doesn't frighten Me because it talks about life and to not be scared of it. I also liked the rhyme scheme: AAABBACCADDAEE. That's just a little because it is really long. I choose life doesn't frighten Me.
Someone is about a person who is alone and thought they heard someone knocking on her wee but there was nobody.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me is about all things that could make you be really scared. For example, dolls could scare you. Also scary clowns or The Walking Dead zombies can scare you, too.
I think Life Doesn't Frighten Me should win because nothing can scare him. The author used a ryme skeem For example, Shadows on the wall noises in the hall
The first poem, Some One, is about a person who gets a knock on the door is opening it, but he does not see anyone there. The rhyme scheme for the first 5 lines is ABABC.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Life doesn't frighten me, is about a guy who isn't scared of anything. The rhyme scheme for the first 4 lines is AAAB.
I like Some One better because it is mysterious at the end. Who knocked on the door? I think it was people ding-dong ditching the man. one use of writers craft is reputition.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a boy who is not scared of anything not panthers, not snakes, NOT even the dark!?
ReplyDeleteSome One is about a girl who thinks she heard someone knocking on the door, but when she looks out no one is there!
I choose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because of its repetition " life doesn't frighten me at all." I also chose it because of its rhyme scheme (AAAAAA BB A) which gives it a great beat. Also I love the onomatopoeia used in the poem. This is why I think it's the true winner.
The first poem, Some One, is about a person who heard someone knocking on the door, so he opens it, but no one is there. He wonders who is was, and uses onomatopoeia when he was looking out the door just to hear, "screech, the call." He never finds who it was.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a girl telling how NOTHING scares her. She uses examples like, "Big ghosts in a cloud, bad dogs barking loud" She is brave and powerful to make ghosts shoo.
I chose Life Doesn't Frighten me as the winner because of the rhyme scheme. The first five lines rhyme scheme is, (AAABB). There was also repetition after saying what she was scared of, then "That doesn't frighten me at all". Also the last two lines say, "Not at all, Not at All." Some alliterations are, "Bad dogs barking, Mean old Mother, Lions on the Loose, and Panthers in the park." There is also onomatopoeia saying, "Shoo and Boo". There was a lot of writer's craft that I enjoyed reading in the poem!
The first poem, SomeOne, is about the poet staying at home at night and suddenly "Knock Knock" and when they go to the door there is no one.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about how the poet can not be frightened like when she says "Even if I'm on the bottom of the ocean or there are panthers are in the park, Life Doesn't Frighten Me."
I think the poem Life Doesn't Frighten Me should win because I like the basic story and the concept. I also like how the rhyme scheme is AAB,CCB,DDB, the repetition of saying Life Doesn't Frighten Me, and I like how they used imagery.
Some One is about a person that thinks there is a person knocking at the door but there is nobody there. There are a lot of onomatopoeias in this tale.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't frighten me is about a person that is not afraid of anything. It repeats "they don't frighten me at all." AAABBACCADDEEFFGGAHHAIIAJJKKALMAMNOPQAAAA
I vote, Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it gives you a lot of examples and the rhyming is great.
SomeOne is about a man who hears a knocking sound at his wee little door. He listens and opens the door. No one is there! He doesn't know who was knocking at his door. I found four onomatopoeias, knocking, stirring, tap-tapping, and whistling.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Life Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a boy who thinks that he isn't afraid of anything. He lists all the things that he isn't afraid of. I'm afraid of some of those things such as, big boys fighting, strangers in the dark, and panthers in the dark. Life Doesn't Frighten Me has some onomatopoeia. Such as, boo, barking, and scream.
I choose SomeOne because it is not "scary" like the other poem,
Life Doesn't Frighten Me. I also chose it because it has good onomatopoeia.
Someone, is about a person who keeps getting knocks on his door but he looks outside there's no one there. All he can see is the darkness and all he can here is bettles.
ReplyDeleteLife Doesn't Frighten Me, is about a person isn't afraid of the world. He makes fun of the things that try to scare because it won't work.
I chose Life Doesn't Frighten Me because it has a rhyme scheme of, AAABBACCADDAEEFFGGHIAJJAKKALLAMNANOPQPAAAA. It also has onomatopoeia, for example, "scream, boo." It also tells you not to afraid.
Life Doesn't Frighten Me is about a person who uses text evidence such as there are panthers in the park, strangers in the dark, and alone all night. Then after they state one statement of evidence the person says life doesn't frighten me. I think this charter is trying to tell the reader tyhat there are moments that are scary, but don't give up, do not be scared, and it will turn out right.
ReplyDeleteSome One is about all the sounds that are happening in the charaters house. The rhyme scheme in the story is A,B,C,B. I think that the character is complaining that there are so many noises in his house that sounds like a knocking sound, and is frustrated.
I think that Life Doesn't Frighten Me should win because the author in my opinion the author is telling the reader not to give up. I liked that the rhyme scheme was A,A,A,B,B,A,C,C,A,D. I think that the character in the book is a very brave person because the person states that life doesn't frighten me, and states a lot of text evidence.
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ReplyDeleteThe New Suit is funny
My favort is The new suit because its funny