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.
I think Mother to Son is about a mom who is trying to tell her son that life isn't always going to be easy.at the beginning and the end it mentions, " Life for me ain't been know crystal clear." I think that probably means that there is know way your life is going to be perfect.
ReplyDeleteI think that Dust of Snow is about a girl or a boy on a snowy day. I think that the person first was not happy, but once his eyes "cleared" out, he realized life wasn't so bad.
My favorite poem was Mother to Son because it is very meaningful and powerful. I love it because the mother is trying to say to her son that ANYTHING that you do is not going to go the way you want it to. I thought that this was a great life lesson for all of us.
I think the meaning of Dust of snow is about snow making people happy. I think Mother to son is about a mother giving her son advice about how to live life. My favorite poem out of both of them is Mother to son. It is my favorite because I like the way that the poem flows together and I like how it sounds like the mother is talking to her son. I also like how their was a lot of detail in the poem. I could visualize the story.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother To Son is about a mom telling her son to perservere through hard times in life, and not to give up or take the easy way out. I think that Dust Of Snow is about someone walking around outside and a crow swooping down and sitting on a branch above the person's head, which causes some snow to shake off the branch. My favorite poem is Dust Of Snow, because even though it is shorter, it seems more meaningful and flowing to me.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust of snow is about making people happy. I think Mother to son is about a road down life. Dust of snow is my favorite because it rhymes so well and how it put the title in the poem.
ReplyDeleteI think mother to son is about someone telling someone that life is not perfect. I think dust of snow is about sitting under a tree while it is snowing and making people happy. My favorite poem is dust of snow because it is really good at rhyming. It makes you feel happy.
ReplyDeleteI think mother to son is about a mother telling her son that life will not always be easy, but you need to keep trying and never give up. In the middle it said "I'se been climbin' on" I think this means she kept going and never gave up. I think dust of snow was about someone who saw snow and turned their bad mood in to a good mood. In the second paragraph it says " Has given my heart a change of mood" I think this means that his bad mood was not bad anymore. My favorite poem was mother to son because it is very meaningful. I liked it better because the mother was telling the son a very powerful message. Life will not be easy, but you can do it. Just do not give up.
ReplyDeleteI think Mother to Son is about a boy that is giving up on something, such as school or a sport. His mother is telling him to keep trying because she is going through something hard too. It may be work or shortness of money, but she keeps her head held high and is a role model for her son.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust of Snow is about a boy who is having a bad day, but suddenly a crow flies out of the tree and covers him in snow. After that, everything is good for the rest of the day.
I liked Dust of Snow more because I like poems that do not tell you the main idea and you have to infer it. I also like this poem because it had some words that I did not know. For instance, I have heard of the word rued but when they used it in this sentence, I did not understand it at first. I inferred and figured it out.
I think that Mother to Son is about a mother that is telling her son that life won't always be easy, so you should keep trying and not give up. In the poem it said ''I'se been climbin' on'' and '' I'se still climbin' ''. I think that this means the mother wants her son to never give up and keep going. I think Dust of Snow is about someone who was sad and then saw snow falling and suddenly became happy again. In the poem it talks about how the mood of the person starts to change once the snow starts to fall. My favorite poem was Mother to Son because It had a great message about not giving up in life and to keep going. You can do whatever you put your mind to if you just don't give up.
ReplyDeleteI think Mother to Son is about a mom telling her son to never give up when life gets tough and to keep on trucking. I think Dust of Snow was about a boy/girl who got a little snow dusted on them and noticed how beautiful it was around them. I picked Mother to Son because my mom sometimes lectures to me about how life will not be so easy.
ReplyDeleteI think that mother to son is about a mom telling a boy that life is hard like she said "my life is no crystal stair" But she tells him to keep going and says to keep climbing those stairs and one day you will reach something that is like a pot of gold. She tells him to keep trying even though life is hard.
ReplyDeleteI think dust of snow is about a boy/girl who has a bad mood, and when it snow it changes his mood and makes his heart full of joy because of the snow that slipped on to him from the hemlock tree.
My favorite is mother to son because it has a powerful message of telling the son about growing up and trying by the message I picked up is "My life is no crystal stairs but I keep in climbing them and soon something great with joy will come out of it."
I think Mother to Son is about a mom telling her son that life isn't always easy and sometimes life can be rough and challenging. Dust of Snow is about a boy or a girl that may be having a bad day, but when the snow falls, he/she becomes happier. My favorite was Mother to Son because I felt it had a meaningful message. Sometimes when I'm down, my mom tells me similar things.
ReplyDeleteI think that mother to son is about a mother that is telling her son that life won't be easy, but you have to never give up. But, she tells him not to turn back.
ReplyDeleteI think dust of snow is about someone who is frustrated or mad. But then, they see the snow and they change their mood and forget about the bad day.
I pick mother to son because it really shows you not to give up on life and it's something you might relate to.
I think Mother to son is about a mom telling her son life is hard but don't quit, for example the poem says, "For I'se still goin', and life for me ain't been no crystal stair". She's saying keep climbing the stairs, like keep moving forward.
ReplyDeleteI think dust of snow is about a crow who knocked some snow onto him and changed his mood to joy and happiness.
My favorite was Mother to Son because, it gave a strong message that meant keep moving forward and don't give up because something good will come out of it.
I think mother to son is about a mom who is telling her son that life is not perfect, but you have to keep trying and is not always going to go your way.
ReplyDeleteI think dust of snow is about a kid who is outside on a snowy day and it is not going well. When the crow shook snow on him, it changed his mood to happy.
I pick mother to sun because it has more feeling to it and it is very powerful.
I think Mother To Son is about a mom who has struggled to make it through life and is still struggling. She is telling her son that he is going to struggle but is just going to have to climb every mountain that comes in his way. I think Dust Of Snow is about a person who is having a bad day. When he gets under a tree all the snow falls on top of him and it makes him feel a lot better. My favorite poem was Mother To Son, because it has a powerful meaning about lives struggles and climbing every mountain that comes in your way.
ReplyDeleteDust of Snow tells about the beauty of snow. I think Mother to Son tells about how life is not perfect. My favorite is Mother to Son because it tells about how life has its up hills and down hills.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust Of Snow is about a person who is having a bad day. The person walks under a hemlock tree and all the snow from the tree falls on him. It makes the person's day a lot better. I think Mother To Son is about a mother that teaches her son about how life isn't always fair, but you have to keep on trying. I think Mother To Son is the winner because it teaches you that things don't always go the right way.
ReplyDeleteMother to son tells about how life isn't always easy.Dust of snow tells about what the beauty of snow is.My favorite is mother to son because it tells you even though life does not turn out the you had hoped it would always make its way out of it
ReplyDeletei mean it would always make its way out of it
DeleteI think dust of snow is about a person realizing the beauty of being outside in the snow. I think mother to son is about a mother telling her son that she is having a lot of hard ships in life but she is trying to be positive. I think Dust of Snow should get to advance because I like how it takes place in nature.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother to Son is about a mother telling her son about how life is not always easy and that you need to push through and never turn back. I really liked it when the mother was telling her son that life isn't always crystal clear. She said that life isn't always crystal stair.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust of snow is about the love people have for snow because it says that the person changed their mood when snow floated on them. I like mother to son better because it teaches a life lesson.
I think Mother to Son is about a mom giving her son encouragement not to give up. Even when times are hard you have to keep fighting.
ReplyDeleteDust of Snow seems to rhyme. It also makes me think that the snow is showing the person a new light and changing its mood. My favorite is Dust to Snow because I think it rhymes very well.
I think Dust Of Snow is telling you that even the worst days can turn into something pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI think the message Mother To Son is telling you that life or anything you do is not easy and that you can not give up and when you fall, you get back up and try again.
My favorite poem out of those two poems is Mother To Son because sometimes I don't get my way or things don't go as planned, and I start feeling like world is going to end but I always wake up the next morning ready for a new day. I need to accept the fact that life isn't easy. Mother To Son really encouraged me to keep trying and to know that I'm going to be fine and that life goes on.
Mother to sun is about a mom that's telling her child that life is not always easy and you come to problems but you need to make the best of life and never turn back. I liked how it taught you a life lesson.
ReplyDeleteDust of snow is about someone who is in a bad mood but sees the snow and it changes his mood and he is happy now. I liked how every other last word rhymed. I liked Mother to sun best because it teaches you a life lesson that lives not easy but you need to push through the troubles.
In Dust of Snow, Robert Frost tells us that you never know what small thing can change your day.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother to Son is about not dwelling on bad things that have happened because bad things happen and there is nothing that you can do.
My favorite poem is Mother to Son because it is like the mother is having a conversation with not just her son, but with me. Langston Hughes makes it very personal and meaningful. I don't like Dust of Snow as much because you have to use your imagination more. In Mother to Son, it is more realistic and more fun to read.
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DeleteI like Mother to Son better because it is more fun to read and has a message. I think that Mother to Son is about a mother telling her son that life is not always easy, and to never turn back or give up. I also think it means that the mother is saying that you will never know what will happen next in life.
ReplyDeleteI don't like Dust of Snow as much because it is shorter and because it is not quite as meaningful. I think that Dust of Snow is saying that something has given the person's heart a change of feeling, and saved part of a day that he rued.
I believe that the mother is trying to say that she has been through hard times in her life and she has not given up and she does not want her son to give up either.
ReplyDeleteDust of Snow tells us to enjoy our day.
My favorite poem is Mother to Son because it is good advice for life.
I think that dust of snow is about a snowflake falling from a tree.I also think that
ReplyDeletemother to son is about a mom telling there kid that life isnt allways so easy.
Mother to son is my favorite because it sends a good message that somtimes you have to persevere.
I think that Dust of snow is about a snowflake falling from a tree. I also think Mother to son is about a mom telling there kid that life isn't always so easy.
ReplyDeleteMother to son is my favorite because it sends a good message that sometimes
you have to persevere.
I think Roger the dog is about a dog who is super lazy. His owners try to get him up and active but he is deep in sleep.
ReplyDeleteI think the falling star is about a person who sees a falling star. It is very quick and it disappears right after you make your wish.
My winner is Roger the dog. I thought it was the better choice because it was more descriptive and easier to understand.
Roger the Dog is about a dog's attributes. He is pretty lazy it seems when the only work he does is eat. The Falling Star is about a comet/shooting star that flies across the sky and according to the writer, is very beautiful when she says " It's to lovely to be sold". I pick Roger the Dog as the winner because it is an overall funny little poem! (It reminds me of my dog except she runs:-))
ReplyDeleteI think Roger the dog is about what a dog does during the day and night. Because the title says Roger the dog, it says he's just a sack of snoring dog,and the hole thing says tiny clues about what a dog does.
ReplyDeleteI think that The shooting star is about a star that you only see once. Because the the title says The fallen star, a star slide down the sky, and good to only make one wish and then forever to be gone.
I like Roger the dog the most because I like dogs a lot because I have a dog. The reasons I like Roger the dog the most is because it is a funny poem, I like dogs, and the poem tells you every thing about the dog but sarcastically. So thats the reason I love Roger the dog more.
I think Roger the dog is about a lazy dog who just keeps sleeping and doesn't do anything.
ReplyDeleteI thing The falling star is about a person who sees a falling star and thinks write when you wish it's gone.
My favorite is Roger the dog because it's funny and more descriptive.
Rover the Dog was mostly about a dog named roger who was always lazy and would not play at all.It tells about what hese doing day and night.
ReplyDeleteThe shooting star was mostly about a shooting star and how you can only see it and not touch it or sell,and how you can only make a wish on it.
I like the shooting star because it really tells you something about life,that you cant reach for everything in life,and it also goes deep into emotion.
The Falling star is about how every star counts and how they are so bright. Roger the dog is about an old lazy dog who sits around always. My favorite was Roger the dog because I really like stories about dogs.
ReplyDeleteI Think that Roger The Dog is about a dog named roger who sits on his lump all day and nothing else besides eating. I think That The Falling Star is about a boy who sees a star and it quickley vanishes and the star is never seen again.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Roger The Dog because he reminds me sometimes of my dog.
Roger the dog is about a dog who is to lazy to do anything but to eat and sleep . The falling star is about I star that fell from the sky that a dad gave his little boy. My favorite is roger the dog because it reminds me of my old dog daisy who got so old that all he did was eat sleep and breath.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mother to Son is about a mom telling her son that life isn't always easy. She says that for her life wasn't always crystal stare.
ReplyDeleteI think that Casey up to Bat is about a boy that is up to bat has a lot of pressure on him to get a base hit or else they will lose.
I think that the winner is Mother to son because it has more meaning and it is also a good motavational speech