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Now that you have read through all of the poems and chosen a winner to advance to the Elite 8, the pressure has mounted. Read the winners of Game 5 and Game 7.
Choose your winner based on the following criteria:
- Which poem's meaning is more important to you?
- What personal connection can you make?
- Which poet's craft do you enjoy more? Be sure to give examples.
- Poet's craft can include: repetition, imagery, personification, rhyme, alliteration, couplets, onomatopoeia, simile/metaphor, etc
Here is an example of a proficient blog post:
I chose “The Falling Star” as my favorite poem because I thought it had a deeper meaning. For example, I liked how it was about a special moment and you should not waste it. I try to enjoy the special moments I have with my grandparents when they come to visit.
I also liked this poem because I can make a connection. I really enjoy watching beautiful stars, too. I have fun looking at the stars at the beach with my family.
Finally, I really liked this poem because it had poet's craft. For example, it had a rhyme scheme AABBCC. Also, the author used couplets in the poem. For example, "I saw a star slide down the sky. Blinding the north as it went by." I enjoyed the writer’s craft in this poem.
This is why I chose The Falling Star as my favorite poem.
"Choosing shoes" is more important to me because my clothing item are shoes. I can make a personal connection to "Choosing shoes" because I have a struggle shoe shopping. I enjoy the poets craft on choosing shoes because I love shoes and it rhymes a lot. Chase
ReplyDeleteI choose " Choosing Shoes," as my favorite poem because I enjoyed the poets craft more. For example, " Choosing Shoes," has a lot of alliteration. For example, the author uses alliteration when she says the line," Flat shoes, fat shoes." I like the writers craft in " Choosing Shoes."
ReplyDeleteI also liked this poem because I can make a connection to it. For example, sometimes I can not choose what shoes to buy either. I like this poem because I can make a connection to it.
Finally, I like this poem because it had a deeper meaning. For example, I liked how it told about so many different type of shoes, but you can't decide. " Choosing Shoes," has a deeper meaning to me. I choose " Choosing Shoes" as my winner.
- Anna Byrns
"Choosing Shoes" is more important to me because what would we do without shoes? Shoes are fashionable.
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal connection to "Choosing Shoes" because I don’t have the shoes I need, and I can’t buy my own shoes because I’m broke.
I enjoy the poet's craft on “Choosing Shoes” because it has a rhyme scheme, AAAB. It also has repetition. It repeats “shoes” at the end of most lines.
"choosing shoes" is my favorite one because I like choosing shoes
ReplyDeleteI have connection with it. its that my mom has pointy shoes.
I like tnis poem because it has alliteration " buckle shoes bow shoes." and the rhyme scheme aaab -French
This poem ‘’Choosing Shoes’’ is more important to me. One reason that this is more important to me Is that I can relate to the author. I relate to the author by how many choices there are but you just don’t know what to get. This poem is more important to me. A personal connection that I can make with ‘’Choosing Shoes’’ is that I enjoy choosing shoes but I can never decide. I always have trouble deciding on which shoe I get. I can make a personal connection to this poem. I enjoy ‘’Choosing Shoes’’ writers craft the most. I like its rhyme scheme the best. For example, A A A B. This poem has the best writer's craft. My winner is ‘’Choosing Shoes’’ because of its alliteration. For example, ‘’ Pretty Pointy’’ and ‘’Dandy Dance.’’ Also, because it has a simile. For example, ‘’Stump along like that shoe.’’ This is the clear winner! -Lucy
ReplyDelete"Choosing Shoes" is more important to me because its a fun and enjoyable poem. And i like all the different types of shoes. I can make a connection to "Choosing Shoes" Because In a store i always pass by shoes i would like but i cant get them. I like the alliteration in "Choosing shoes" For example, " Dandy dance like that shoes." Choosing shoes is my winner!!!
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The poem,” Life Doesn’t Frighten me,” is more important to me. One reason it’s important to me is because it’s something someone would say. Another reason I like it is because it gives me confidence.
ReplyDeleteI can give a connection to,” Choosing Shoes.” One reason I can give a connection to it is because I can’t pick shoes right away. Another reason I can give a connection to it is because I recently got new shoes.
I like the poet’s craft in the poem,” Choosing Shoes.” I like the repetition in the poem. For example, the text says,”New shoes, new shoes.”Another reason I like the poet’s craft is because it has a rhyme scheme of AAAB and so on. “Choosing Shoes” is clearly the winner.
-Harper
"Choosing Shoes" has a more important meaning to me. The reason why is because i can relate to it. I love shoes and it is hard to choose shoes.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is to "Choosing Shoes." I can connect to it because I can't choose between shoes. All of them are so cool!
I like the writers craft in "Choosing Shoes." The poem has a good rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is AAAB. It also has good alliteration. For example, "Pretty pointy-toe shoes," and "Dandy-dance-by-night shoes."
I chose " Choosing Shoes" as the winner.
CHARLIE
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ReplyDelete"Choosing Shoes" has a more importent meaning to me because I love shoes and I think they are really useful.I can connect to "Choosing Shoes" also because ther are so many different types of shoes that I have seen and I know that there are bad shoes, and good shoes. the writers craft
ReplyDeleteis very interesting also. I like how it has alot of alteration like dandy dance, and pretty pointy. I really like how it has good rhyme sceme AAAB.
ReplyDeletethat is why I like "Choosing Shoes" the best
KATE
The poem that is more important to me is "Life Doesn't Frighten Me." It is more important to me because I like how she is proud that nothing frightens her. Although she does sound like she is bragging about it because she goes on and on about what doesn't frighten her. I can make a connection to "Choosing Shoes." Whenever I go shopping for shoes I would like to get one pair but end up getting disappointed when I have to get a different pair. I choose "Choosing Shoes" as my favorite poem because I like to poet's craft. One example of the poet's craft is the alliteration. An example of the alliteration is when it says "Dandy Dance." Another example of the poet's craft is the rhyme scheme. It is AAAB. I think "Choosing Shoes" is the clear winner.
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Life doesn’t frighten me, is more important to me than Choosing Shoes. It is more important to me because it tells me to not be afraid of the world around you.
ReplyDeleteA connection I can make is T-S. My brother is not afraid of any of those things. He watches all the horror movies he can find. He walks straight into the dark.
I enjoy “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me,”s writers craft more than “Choosing Shoes,”. I like the Repetition in the poem. For example, “Not at all Not at all.” Also, it has Alliteration. For example, “Bad dogs barking loud.” I think “Life Doesn't Frighten Me” is the clear winner.
Walker
I think the poem with a more important meaning was “Choosing Shoes” because the rhythm was very good and it was an interesting story. It also used alliteration in the sentence, “Dandy-dance-by-night shoes”. Choosing shoes has a more important meaning.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection t-s. In the poem, “Choosing Shoes”, I made a connection t-s that when you want a pair of new shoes that you can’t get. Sometimes they cost too much, other times your parents won’t let you get them.
I enjoyed “Choosing Shoes” ’s writer's craft more than “Life Doesn’t Frighten me” ‘s writer's craft. “Choosing shoes” has a very good rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme pattern was, AAABAAAB etc. Also, it used repetition. It used repetition in the sentence, “New shoes, new shoes”. That is why the winner is “Choosing Shoes”.
Lucy Kate
Choosing shoes is about a girl who wants to choose her own shoes.
ReplyDeleteLife doesn't frighten me is about a boy who is saying all this bad stuff and saying he is not scard.
I think choosing shoes won because it had couplet shoes and choose,,and it also has repitition it repeats shoes.That is why choosing shoes won
WILL R
I chose "Choosing shoes" as my winner. I chose it because it has so much detail.I also chose it because of the rhyme scheme. Also, I could understand this story more than the other one. "Choosing shoes" is clearly the winner.-CARSON NEUMANN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy connection with “choosing shoes” is sometimes if you don’t know what shoe to wear then you can name all your shoes to figure it out.
ReplyDeleteThe one with the more important meaning to me is “ Life Doesn't Frighten Me because if life can’t frighten you than you can be SUPER tough.
The writer's craft in “ Choosing Shoes” is way better because it has couplets. For example, There are five couplets. Also there is repetition. For example, it says “shoes” seven times. The clear winner is “choosing shoes”
Lock
"Life doesn't frighten me at all" has a more important meaning because it's about a kid not being scared at all.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with "Chosing Shoes" because choosing shoes is very boring and you uselly get boring shoes.
I enjoy "Choosing Shoes" because it has rhyme scheme here it is: AAAB,AAAB,AAAB,AAAB.
Miles
I have read two poems. The first poem that I read was called “Choosing Shoes.” The second poem that I read was called “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.” The poem that I felt gave the most meaning was “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me.” I thought this because this person keeps talking about how nothing frightens him. For example, he keeps repeating the exact same words over and over, “Life doesn’t frighten me at all.” He says these words ten times.That is why I thought this poem gave the most meaning. Out of both poems I found one poem that I could make a personal connection with and that poem was, “Choosing Shoes.” The connection I made with this poem was this, in “Choosing Shoes” it talks about all the fun, pretty, and cool shoes everyone likes , but once it comes to buying shoes the only shoes they’ll choose are the “Flat shoes,fat shoes, stump- along-like-that shoes, wipe -them-on-the-mat shoes,that’s the sort they’ll buy.” This is kind of what happens to me. Sometimes I want something I really like , but I end up having to get the things that I need. The poem that I thought had the best poet’s craft is “Choosing Shoes.” For example,It’s rhyme scheme is AAAB. This poem also uses couplets. For example, “Red and pink and blue shoes. Tell me, what would you choose.” The poem that I chose as my winner is “Choosing Shoes.” “Choosing Shoes” is the clear winner!
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My connection with "Choosing Shoes" is that my mom does not let me get the shoes I want. With "Life Doesn't Frighten Me At All" it has a bigger meaning because the person i saying how he is not scared of anything.I choose "Choosing Shoes" because it has alliteration.For example,"pretty pointy." Also,it has repetition.For example,"shoes."That is why I choose "Choosing Shoes" as the winner. Sarah Fox
ReplyDeleteThe poem with the deeper meaning to me is "Life Doesn't Frighten me because it teaches you to stand up for yourself!
ReplyDeleteMy connection is with choosing shoes is that it's hard to decide what shoes to buy so I sometimes name them all to figure out which
ones I want.
Choosing shoes has the better writer's craft because I like when it uses repetition and says"New shoes, new shoes" I also like the alliteration when it says "pretty pointy-toe shoes"
I choose choosing shoes!
-wynn😄
Choosing Shoes is more important to me because I like shoes, especially Adidas Ultraboost. I like how the poem talks about all types of shoes. I also liked how this poem rhymed better than the other poem.
ReplyDeleteWhat personal connection can you make? I have a lot of shoes. I look for shoes that I like on line. I like having new shoes.
Which writer's craft do you enjoy more? I like Choosing Shoes because the rhyme scheme AAAB. It also has a couplet, shoes, shoes. It also has repetition, new shoes, new shoes. The poem also has alliteration, daddy dance. This poem has imagery because it describes how shoes feels and look.
My winner is New Shoes because I like shoes.
Choosing Shoes is more important to me because I like shoes, especially Adidas Ultraboost. I like how the poem talks about all types of shoes. I also liked how this poem rhymed better than the other poem.
What personal connection can you make? I have a lot of shoes. I look for shoes that I like on line. I like having new shoes.
Which writer's craft do you enjoy more? I like Choosing Shoes because the rhyme scheme AAAB. It also has a couplet, shoes, shoes. It also has repetition, new shoes, new shoes. The poem also has alliteration, daddy dance. This poem has imagery because it describes how shoes feels and look.
My winner is New Shoes because I like shoes.
(-)3#^% $, Henry S.
"Choosing Shoes"is more important to me because in your everyday life you get to choose shoes.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection because I like choosing shoes.
this poem uses alliteration when it says "pretty pointy toe shoes.
mary windham
"Life Doesn't frighten me at alls" meaning is more important to me because it's talking about how life is tough sometimes.When life is tough for me, I go up in my room and read."Choosing Shoes" has a personal connection with me because it about a person trying to chose shoes. For me sometimes, choosing shoes is hard for me to. I enjoy "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" writer's craft better. I like the writer's craft better because the rhyme scheme makes the poem better. Also,I like the imagery. I could see the panther is the park and the dragons breathing fire.That is why I chose "Life doesn't frighten me as the winner!-Tilly
ReplyDeleteThe poem, “ Life Doesn’t Frighten Me ” means more to me than “Choosing Shoes”. For example I like how after two lines of saying how life doesn’t frighten me it says “Life doesn’t frighten me”. Also I like the personification. For example, “Big ghosts in a cloud and Dragons breathing flame.”
ReplyDeleteIn the poem, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” I can make two text-to-self-connections. For example, both of my little brothers aren't afraid of anything. For example, Fletcher watches Incredible Hulk and he’s just a two year old! Another text-to-self-connection is also with Fletcher. For example, in the poem it has a line where it says “I go boo” and on halloween every time he saw something related to halloween he would say “boo” like four times!
In the poem,”Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” I have two favroite pieces of writer's craft. First, the personification. For example, “I can walk on the ocean floor and I never have to breathe”. I also like the alliteration. For example, “Bad dogs barking loud”. This is why I think “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” should be the winner.
-Hayes
The first poem is about choosing the right pair of shoes and all the different types of shoes too. The second poem is about a person saying stuff that would usually scare people but it does not scare this person. I think that the winner should be “Choosing Shoes' ' because I think that it has a lot of good writers' craft in it. For example,rhyme schemes like BOW SHOES PRETTY POINTY TOE SHOES. I think that “Choosing Shoes” should be the winner.- Livi
ReplyDelete“Choosing shoes” meaning is more important to me because I’ve shoes. Also, I like how the quad-trains were used in the format and in all the stanzas. Finally I like the alliteration in the poem. One personal connection I can make is that I have shoes. Another connection I can make it when I go to Chez nous shows it is hard to. Finally “Choosing shoes” tells all the different types. I enjoy “Choosing shoes “ writers craft more than, “life doesn’t frighten me “. Clothes shoes and shoes “has all different types of writers craft two. One example of alliteration is, “Dandy-dance-by-night-shoes”. Also I like the (AABB) Rhyme scheme in the first stanza. Finally, my winner is, “choosing shoes”.
ReplyDeleteMason W.
To me the poem "Choosing Shoes" has a more important meaning because sometimes it's hard to choose the best shoe because their are so many different types.
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal connection to "Choosing Shoes" because its hard to find "the perfect shoe".
I enjoy the writer's craft in "Choosing Shoes" more because i like how it has a four quatrains and a rhyme scheme of AAAB
-Carter
"Choosing shoes" Meaning is more important to me because it is hard for me to choose shoes also. it says every different type of shoe. One connection I can make is that it is hard for me to choose shoes. because of all the different shoes there are. I like rhyme scheme. because it sounds good. I also like personfacation because it make believe
ReplyDeletemy winner is Choosin Shoes.
Byrne
To me i like choosing shoes cause i like shoes. I can make a connection bye trying to get the perfect and there are a lot of shoes to choose. my winner is choosing shoes cause the rhyme scheme. hOlt
ReplyDeleteThe meaning that is more important to me is “life doesn’t frighten me “. I understood it better. I understood this poem. My connection is my grandparents dog Toby. He passed away a few months ago last I remember he was pretty brave. He went through a hard time. He was very sick. He finally died But he was brave. Toby was like the kid in the poem. I enjoyed the repetition in the poem. I am joyed life does not frighten me repeated in the poem. I also enjoy the AAB rhyme scheme. I also like the ABCB rhyme scheme. I think this poem is the winner. Henry W.
ReplyDeleteI think "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" has a more important meaning. It is telling you that you should be brave even when scary things (like Coronavirus) happen. This is why this poem's meaning is more important.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with "Choosing Shoes". Every time my brother and I go shoe shopping, We're always torn between 2 pairs. This is my connection with "Choosing Shoes".
I like the writers craft in "Choosing Shoes". For example, it had a rhyme scheme of A,A,A,B. It had repetition which was "Shoes". I t had couplet when it said "New shoes, new shoes. Red, and pink, and blue shoes". This is why I like the writers craft in "Choosing Shoes" more.
I chose "Choosing Shoes" as the winner because the writers craft was so detailed.
Liam Burton