During March, the best college basketball teams compete for the National Title. In order to be the best, each team must state their case by playing the best, scoring the most, and ultimately advancing to the next round.
To create a sense of poetry madness in our room and celebrate poetry, we will read 2 poems each evening and advance a class winner the following day. However, like the basketball tournament, we must use specific criteria to judge a poem: meaning, poet's craft (rhyme, line breaks, punctuation, simile/metaphor, word choice, repetition), ability to visualize, and your personal connection.
Each night you will answer the following 3 questions about the poems you have read.
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.
You will complete Game 1 in class. Please read Game 1 (Dust of Snow and Mother to Son), choose your favorite, and leave your comment below. You will see I left an example in the comment section.
This is an example post.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, I Too, is about race and how the poet is accepted over time and is a part of America.
The second poem, Sun Song, is about a song for African-Americans to sing about the song to bring them hope.
I chose I, Too as the winner because I like the deeper meaning of change and how the poet uses each stanza to tell the story. I also like how Hughes changes one word in the first and last line to show acceptance.
I think that Mother To Son is better, because it is about life on Earth is nothing compared to Heaven. Dust Of Snow is about the snow falling on you and making your heart cold and making you act unkind to others, though it is good!
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, I Too, is about is about a slave that is trying to show his owner that he is a person too.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Sun Song, is about slaves trying to escape slavery and are giving secret messages in songs.
I choose Sun song because even though I Too has meaning it was a little confusing as to what he meant. Sun Song however, told a story of slaves to me, who were escaping through secret messages through songs the owners would never understand. That to me shows bravery, freedom, and hope.
I think that mother to sun wins because it has a strong feeling ablot never to give up and follow you're dreams.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust of Snow is about how a crow and a tree made a person feel better. I think Mother to Son is about a mom telling his son life is not easy. I think Mother to Son wins I think Mother to Son wins because It has a good word meaning and I like the word play.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Dust of Snow, means changing your mood from regret to happiness and laughter.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Mother to Son, means life will not always be easy, but try hard and always have your best effort.
I chose Mother to Son because it is really inspiring. Dusty of Snow also is inspiring but is sort of confusing. Mother to Son was more than a poem, it was a song with a great beat.
Dust of snow is about guy who really regreted the day but realized that it was not so bad. Mother to son is about a person saying that life is hard but you just got to keep going. I like Mother to Son more then Dust of Snow because of all the word play and the good medefor.
ReplyDeleteI think mother son is about the mother telling her son that when your older life is not easy.
ReplyDeleteI think dust of snow is mainly about that you should always let god help you know matter what situation you are in.
I think dust of snow wins because it shows deep feeling and that you need to always believe in god.
Dust of Snow is about a guy who didn't really care about the things around him but after a while he realized that they aren't so bad. Mother to son is about a mother and her son and the mother is telling her son not to go on the stairs. I think Mother to Son is better.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem,Dust of snow is about changing you mood from sadness to happiness
ReplyDeletethe second one, mother to son, is about a person pushing through a hard life
i liked mother to son because it had a good meaning and word play
I think Dust of Snow is using the crow as a symbol for a bad day and being uplifted by the dust of snow.
ReplyDeleteI think Mother to Son is talking about how the mothers life is hard but she keeps going and is also about cutting corners and having a good time in life eve though its hard.
I like Dust of Snow because it uses sybolisim and goes to a deep level.
I think that the second poem, Mother to Son, was about the mom telling the boy that life can be hard and you don't need to stop and sit down when your sad or mad, keep going up the stairs and stand up for your self.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem,Dust of Snow, is about changing your mood in winter time.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,Mother to son, is about life being unfair but just to go through it.
I chose Mother to Son because it is true that life is unfair but we still have to go through it. It is a very valuable life lesson that we have got to know.
Dust Of Snow
ReplyDeleteI think Dust Of Snow is about A person who is sad but he realizes that nature is beautiful and feels better.
Mother To Son
Mother To Son is about a mom who's is saying that life is like a staircase and that at some parts it's rough but you gotta keep on climbing
I chose Mother To Son because I like the way that Hughes looks at life as a staircase
The first poem, Dust of Snow, is about changing your feelings from sadness and regret to happiness.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Mother to Son, means that life will always be hard but, you just have to push through it.
I think that Mother to Son should be the winner because it was a little more meaningful and thought out, and also I think that Dust of Snow is a little hard to understand.
1. I think the first poem Dust of Snow the crow symbolizes a bad day and its telling you to look at the good things in life.
ReplyDelete2. I think mother to son is about making not giving up ,following your dreams,when life gives you lemons you squeeze lemon juice in lives eyes. I in ferried that the mother has been though the same thing and that a stair does not mean real stairs but life
So….. that comes to my finale answer drum role bumm bum bum bum bum the winner is Mother To Son !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think the first poem dust of snow is about a person who regretted what they did in the past and his feelings were hurt.
ReplyDeleteand the second poem is about someones life so hard and that you can push though it.
I think it should be mother to son i think it is more meaningful
I think Dust of snow Is telling you to be happy in winter.
ReplyDeleteI think mother to son is about being treated equally and go on.
I chose mother to son I think there is more of a meaning and more detail. I also think it is about slavery and to learn a lesson.
Mother to son is about the mother saying to the son about how she did not have the best life.
ReplyDeleteDust of snow is about the piece of snow falling down.
In my opinion I think mother to son better because it had more detail and I could understand it better.
Dust of snow is about a man who is in a bad mood then a crow came down and he had a change in his mood and the first mood he had was something he regrets. Mother to son is about a relationship between a Mother and a son and the Mother tells the son life lessons and stories about her childhood.
ReplyDeleteI like Mother to son because the mother and the son have a tight relationship.They tell each other about their lives an dhow its not always the easy path in life. Sometimes you sin and sometimes your honest. I can infer that the author had a mom who was a story teller.
The dust of snow is about a person that is having a bad day and a crow lets a little snow fall on him to make him fell better.
ReplyDeletemother to son is about a mother telling her son to never give up when times get hard.
I like dust of snow better because it made me happy to read it.
I think Dust of Snow is about how a crow changed the mood of a person.I think Mother to Son is about a mother telling her son that life isn't perfect. I think the winner is dust of snow. I like it because of the clever rhyming, and the story.
ReplyDeleteDust of snow is about a man who is by a tree and a crow hits the tree, snow falls down on the man and changes his mood.
ReplyDeleteMother to son is about a mother is not giving and fighting for live and telling her son not to give up on her.
I think Mother to Son is better because it goes deep into detail and words. Another reason is because it has a really good message.
roger the dog is about a dog who is lazy and doesn't care if he is moved or if he is pushed and the only thing he does is sleep, eat, and scratch his fleas.
ReplyDeletefalling star is about a person who saw a star and she is saying that it was so pretty that she couldn't believe her eyes. I think falling star is my favorite
I think Roger the Dog is about a lazy dog who just will not do anything except sleep, eat, and sleep some more.
ReplyDeleteI think Falling Star is about a women who sees a star and thinks about how pretty and amazing it is, so amazing that its only purpose is for someone to make a wish on it which is a very amazing thing.
My favorite was Roger the Dog is my favorite because it is about a dog and I love dogs! Also because it is very simple. I also like it when poems rhyme and this one did. It really makes me think of a sweet old dog. It put a nice picture in my mind as to where falling star did not put a picture in my mind.
I think roger the dog is about a dog who is very lazy, and all he does is eat sleep, and scratch his fleas.
ReplyDeleteI think falling star is about a woman who sees a star and thinks it is so pretty she does not believe her eyes.
I think roger the dog wins because I love dogs. Also because it rhymes which makes it flow better. Another reason is it's relaxing and simple which makes me feel good.