Read Game 5 poems, This is Just to Say and Choosing Shoes . 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.
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The first poem, Roger The Dog, is about a dog who is very lazy and won't get up. He uses all of his strength to eat food, so this dog is not the healthy type.
The second poem, The Falling Star, is about a boy who spots a shooting star falling through the sky and explains that it is priceless, memorable, and to be forever gone out of his life.
I think that the winner is the poem, The Falling Star. The reason I chose this poem is because it has great imagery, like when the woman stated,"Blinding the north as it went by". Another reason I chose this poem is the author uses the rhyme scheme: AA BB CC. This makes the poem fun to read and gives it a rhythm.
I think that This is Just To Say is about people camping. And a bear takes their breakfast. while they are gone. I think that choosing shoes is about a girl choosing shoes to by that goes along with the activity the person is doing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite was This is just to say because I like storeis that make you think.
I think this is just to say is about a guy saying that he is sorry that he ate the plums because the poem said "Forgive me".
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing shoes is about a guy asking and telling all the different types of shoes.
My winner is this is just to say because it was funny and I like stories about food
ReplyDeleteI think This is just to say is about a mouse or a creature that snuck into a family's ice chest and ate their plum breakfast.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing shoes is about a person that can not decide on what kind of shoes they want to buy.
I liked This is just to say more because of the imagery.
In This Is Just to Say, the author is stating the obvious. This would be an example of a child confessing to their parents about eating what could have been their parents breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing Shoes, is about a girl who is on a shopping trip with her mom. The girl wants to buy all different fancy shoes, but her mom ends up buying plain practical shoes.
I think that the winner is the poem, Choosing Shoes. One of the reasons that I liked this poem is because it has great imagery, like when it says, "Bright shoes, white shoes, dandy-dance-by-night shoes". Another reason that I chose this poem is because it has a great beat and because of the rhyme scheme: AAA B. This is why I like Choosing Shoes.
I think This is Just to Say is about someone who has eaten the plums in the freezer that they think someone had been saving for the next day. I think Choosing Shoes is about someone who does not know what shoes that they should get and is talking about all different kinds of shoes. My favorite is Choosing Shoes because I really liked the imagery and the rhythm that the story had.
ReplyDeleteI think This is just to say about breakfast. Because it says " Saving for breakfast". There are no Similes, metaphors, personification, and patterns.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing shoes is about well choosing shoes. because it tells you about what different shoes there are to pick from. The thing that is unique about the poem is that all of it goes AAAB.
I like Just to say. Because it is very imagine like and the reason i don't like Choosing shoes because i don't like shopping for shoes.
I think This Is Just To Say is about a child who went and ate a plum and he knows he should not have because they were saving it for Breakfast. He tried to make an excuse by saying "they were delicious so sweet and so cold." I think Choosing shoes is about getting new shoes and how there are so many different types of shoes like when he says "Buckle shoes, Bow shoes, Pretty Pointy to shoes." The Rhyme Scheme went AAAB. My favorite was Choosing Shoes because I could imagine all the different types of shoes he was explaining I also liked the rhyme scheme and how it went AAAB.
ReplyDeleteRandom, I think This is Just to Say is about a guy who eats someone's plums for breakfast. He kind of asks for forgiveness but doesn't really mean it when he says "They were so sweet and delicious."
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is obviously about a guy who goes to try on shoes. He likes all of them and might have trouble deciding. The rhyme scheme is AAAB.
I choose (get it, choose) Choosing Shoes because it has an awesome rhyme scheme and flows beautifully!
I think that just to say is about a boy saying stuff like eating plums for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes is about going to get shoes. She/he is saying that there r many to choose from.
i liked choosing shoes best because it was about my favorite thing. shoe shopping! I saw that they used aaab and it flowed pretty.
The first poem,This Is Just To Say was about how a guy ate the plums in the icebox and that they were delicius and cold and all that.
ReplyDeleteChoosing shoes was about how somebody could not pick the right shoes,and that there were so many to choose from.
I think that This Is Just To Say was better because it was really silly how it says that you ate the plums,and that you really liked them.
I noticed that there was a rhyme scheme that was AAAB in Choosing shoes.
DeleteI think the first poem, This is just to say is about a kid who eats the last plum that his mom or dad was saving for breakfast.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Choosing shoes is about a boy or girl who looks at all the shoes. She wonders if her mom would let her buy some. But, the shoes she gets are the practical kind.
My winner is Choosing shoes. I really enjoy when poems rhyme. I also noticed the the rhyme scheme was AABB. The end was funny because it was talking about all the bad shoes she always gets.
I mean AAAB
DeleteI think that This is Just to Say is about the author telling us that we all do things that we feel a little guilty about. For example, the author says that he ate the plums that he knew someone was saving. I can relate to this because I have done something like this, as has my mom. For example, I caught her eating my Halloween candy.
ReplyDeleteI think the second poem, Choosing Shoes, was about someone saying that if they could choose any shoes they wanted they would choose fancy shoes, but if someone else were to choose, they would choose less fancy shoes.
In my opinion, my favorite poem was This is Just to Say because it had deeper meaning to me after I thought about it for a minute. That is why I chose This is Just to Say.
This is just to say is a poem that describes someone eating cold, yummy plums that were to be saved for breakfast. I think a little boy snuck into the kitchen and ate the plums because he probably did not eat his dinner and was starving.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about a boy or girl going shoe shopping with their mom. The kid likes all the awesome shoes, but the mom makes them get the normal and practical shoes.
I like Choosing Shoes because I always want new cool shoes, but usually my mom makes me get normal shoes that I can wear to school.
I think This Is Just To Say is about a kid that gets plums from an icebox. When he eats them he thinks they were delicious. He also is apologizing for eating them before he was supposed to eat them.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing Shoes is about a person that is getting new shoes and they can not find the right pair. There are so many shoes to pick from and they do not know if they are the right ones.
My winner is Choosing Shoes because I like how there is a rhyme scheme. I also chose it because I can imagine all the different pairs of shoes in the store. I made a text to self connection because I always take a lot of time picking my new shoes.
This Is Just To Say is about someone who cannot wait until morning to eat the yummy plums in the freezer. I think this poem was to entertain and had more of a funny sense to it then a deep meaning. I think Choosing shoes was a funny poem about someone who is trying to pick the perfect shoes to buy, but there are so many! It also had some fun phrases to read with fun words.
ReplyDeleteI choose Choosing Shoes because it was a fun poem to read. It was very long and didn't have much of a rhyme scheme, but I liked the unique words used to describe all the different kinds of shoes. This is why I choose Choosing Shoes.
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I think This is Just to say, is about someone eating a plum that someone else was going to eat for breakfast, and apologizing, but at the same time, telling about how delicious it was. I think Choosing Shoes is about all the types of shoes, and how they make you look and feel, and someone, probably the author, asking which type of shoes are the reader's favorites. the author also states that all he/she has to buy are the ordinary, not so fun type of shoes. My winner is Choosing Shoes, because I really liked the rhythm, and the tempo, and I also liked the rhyme pattern, AAAB. I also thought that This Is Just To Say, was a little bland, and needed to be a little longer, so that's why it wasn't my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI think that This Is Just to Say is about a kid who ate the plums that were in the ice box, but someone else was going to eat them for breakfast. This poem was hard to understand because in the poem it never says This Is Just to Say.
ReplyDeleteI think that Choosing Shoes is about many different shoes that come in all shapes and sizes. I think that this poem was very catchy, because it had a great rhyme scheme. I thought that the rhyme scheme was AAAB.
My favorite poem was probably This Is Just to Say. I really liked this poem because I can relate to it. I can relate to this poem because my family likes to just take food from the refrigerator, and by the time I come back to get my snack, it is already in someone's stomach.
I can relate to that!
DeleteI think that This Is Just to Say is about someone who ate some plums out of the icebox, but knew that they probably shouldn't. They were also asking for forgiveness, and saying at the same time that they were so delicious and sweet.
ReplyDeleteI think that Choosing Shoes is about a girl or boy going to get new shoes. They are looking at all of the different kinds of shoes on the racks, hoping that they will get pretty and fancy shoes, but then end up getting plain shoes.
My winner poem is Choosing Shoes because I like how it flows together so well and how the rhyme scheme is AAAB. I also like how the author describes all of the shoes that are in the store so well.
I think that This Is Just To Say is about a kid who ate the plum that was in the ice box, but someone else was going to eat it for breakfast. The author never stated in the peom This Is Just To Say and so that made it a little hard to understand.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing Shoes is about all different shoes that come in all different shapes and sizes. I think that this poem is really fun to read because it was very catchy, also it was really easy to read and I felt like I was in the shoe shop choosing a shoe. Also this poem had a rhyme scheme it was AAAB.
My favorite poem was Chossing Shoes. The reason why I chosse this poem is because I like how the author made the poem really make since, Finnaly I really enjoyed this poem because it really used alot of rhyming and it had great deatails. That is why Choosing Shoes is my favorite.
I think This Is Just To Say is about someone who ate someone's plum that they were going to eat for breakfast and is asking for forgiveness.The person who ate the plum was also describing the plum and how good it was.
ReplyDeleteI think Choosing Shoes is about how people sometimes buy comfortable shoes instead of fancy shoes, and it would be nice to buy some of those for a change.
Both of these poems were great but I liked This Is Just To Say the best. I like it better because I like the way the author put lots of rhymes in the poem.
I think Just To Say is about someone who ate another persons plum that they were going to eat and they are telling the other person they are sorry. I think Choosing shoes is about the most stressful thing in BOYS life choosing shoes and the person is trying to figure out what kinds buy. My favorite poem was choosing shoes because I thought it moved well.
ReplyDeleteI think just to say is about someone who ate someones plum and is sorry.I think choosing shoes is about someone who is trying to find the right shoe.like just to say the best
ReplyDeleteThis is Just to Say is about people camping in the woods.
ReplyDeleteChoosing Shoes is about people in a shoe store looking for shoes.
This is Just to Say is my favorite because it is about camping and I love CAMPING!!
I think that this is just to say is about someone trying to confess about how he ate
ReplyDeletethe plum that they were going to save for the morning.morning. Choosing shoes is about someone who can not deiced on what shoe he should bye. I see a rhyme scheme in Choosing shoes because it has a rhyming pattern in it. My favorite is Choosing shoes because it is a great poem.
I think Just To Say is about a person who is on a camp out and is really hungry so he or she eats the last plum and is saying that he or she is sorry but they were really hungry.
ReplyDeleteI think that Choosing shoes is about a person who is trying to deiced what new shoes to by and is listing all the types of shoes she could buy.
I liked Choosing shoes better because I liked how the author used a rhyme scheme of AAAB on each line.Also it was a very enjoyable poem to read.