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 6 and Game 8.
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
Make sure your answer is detailed and explains the three bullet points.
Here is an example of proficient writing:
I chose Choosing Shoes because it is a fun poem. For example,I liked how they were choosing from all different kinds shoes.
I also liked this poem because I can make a connection.It is hard for me to chose what shoes I like best.
Finally I really liked this poem because it has poet's craft. For example, it had four quatrains and the rhyme scheme for each is AAAB. In each quatrain, the author talks about a different kinds of shoes. This is why I liked Choosing Shoes as the winner.
I also liked this poem because I can make a connection.It is hard for me to chose what shoes I like best.
Finally I really liked this poem because it has poet's craft. For example, it had four quatrains and the rhyme scheme for each is AAAB. In each quatrain, the author talks about a different kinds of shoes. This is why I liked Choosing Shoes as the winner.
Do you carrot all for me. Has more meaning to me because it takes a vegetable and and puts says it like, "My heart beets for you."
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with the new suit because I am made to wear nice clothes when I don't want to.
I like the alliteration in the new suit I can see the terrific tie and the striped suit.
I choose do you carrot all for me as the winner.
Thats cool
DeleteIn Do You Carrot All For me, I like the puns. Their so weird that they're good.
ReplyDeleteI The New Suit I feel like it has a deeper meaning to me because I love birthday parties but I hate dressing up for them.
I choose The New Suit.
I chose The New Suit because it is fun poem.For Example, I like how it says that they can't get it dirty no matter what.
ReplyDeleteI also liked this poem because I can make a connection. When I get new clothes I try not to get them dirty with something that won't come out.
Finally, I really liked this because it has imagery. I can picture a kid with a new suit who is avoiding everything that might get it dirty.
That is why I chose the new suit as the winner.
I chose the new suit as the winner because it is a funny and cool poem. I like how he is so cramped in his suit that he can't eat ice cream or have fun because he is so tight.
ReplyDeleteI also like this poem because I can make a connection, every time I go somewhere my mom makes me were tight dress up clothes and I can't eat certain foods or do certain stuff because of it.
Finally, I really liked this poem because it has writing craft. it has great imagery, it describes his suit very well, it says," Striped suit, terrific tie, buttoned shoes and brown socks."
I really liked this poem.
The poem with the most meaning to me is The New Suit because it is about being true to yourself and not always going with the crowd.
ReplyDeleteThe poem I can connect to is The New Suit because I've had to dress up for parties and I HATED it just like the boy in the poem.
The poet's craft I enjoyed the most was Do You Carrot All For Me? because it had some great wordplay. For example, instead of "My heart beats for you" the poet used "My heart beets for you" instead. Also, it had great imagery describing the woman's "radish" face and "turnip" nose.
I chose Do You Carrot All For Me? as the winner.
Do You Carrot all for me has more of a meaning to me because I like the concept and the funny things it says.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to The New Suit because sometimes I have really nice clothes on and I spill something on it and I am sad.
I like Do You Carrot all for me because I like the imagery there is and I like the rhyme scheme.
I chose... Do You Carrot all for me.
I have a connection with the new suit because I have worn something nice and then I couldn't play because I would get it dirty or mess it up.
ReplyDeleteI think Do you carrot all for me has better craft because of the fun word play and how it explains its love for something else describe by fruit.
I choose The new suit because I do not care for do you carrot all for me and because of the connection I had with it.
The New Suit is more meaningful to me because people haft to wear suits a lot, and they can't get them dirty.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to The New Suit because I don't have to wear a suit but when I wear dresses I have to be really careful to keep it clean.
I like the word play in Do you carrot all for me, like "Weed make a swell pear." Also " If we cantaloupe, Lettuce marry..."
I choose Do you carrot all for me.
The New Suit is more important to me because When I get a new pair of nice clothes it reminds me of when I am told not to spill anything on them.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with this poem when I am told not to spill anything on my new clothes. I can put myself in that position when I get new clothe and when I am about to start eating something they always say be careful and do not drop anything.
In this poem there is not a rhyming pattern. There really is not any rhyming. Though when I read this poem I can put an image in my head and see this poem as I am reading. I found repetition in the first two lines it says"Striped Suit" and "Terrific Tie." It repeated the first letter in the next word twice.
I chose The new Suit as the winner.
The poem that means the most to me is do you carrot all for its silly but its also a very nice and as sweet as a peach.
ReplyDeleteThe poem that i can connect to is the new suit because whenever i where something that's fancy i end up having no fun or messing it up that's why i don't where fancy.
And the winner is...... do you carrot all for me with its great meaning and hilarious puns.
The meaning of the new suit is that you can't always do what you want when you have responsibilities .
ReplyDeleteI can connect to that because when we have dress day we can't play as hard on the playground, or at church
The Imagery is great in the new suit for example striped tie buttoned suit and brown socks, but the bad puns in do you carrot all for me were great as well.
I chose do you carrot all for me
The meaning of Do you Carrot all for me is more important. I can make a connection with The New Suit because my mom does not like when I get new clothes dirty. I enjoy the poet's craft of Do you Carrot all for me because it is comparing plants to a person. I choose Do you Carrot all for me as the winner.
ReplyDeleteThe New Suit is about a man in a tight suit at a party and he does not want to get anything on it.
ReplyDeleteI liked the poem because it was a funny poem, because he did not eat anything because he was afraid that he was going to spill some food on the suit.
I connected with it is I have been to a party where I do not want to spill anything on my dress.
I choose The new Suit because of the word play and the imagery.
The first poem is Do you carrot all for me it is kinda like a normal basis. It is about a guy that says do you carrot all for me he must delusional.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is The new suit it is kinda like a person that really needs well a new suit. The new suit is cool.
I think the new suit strikes me more than the do you carrot all for me. I think some of my dad needs a new suit. That is why I vote for the new suit.
Do You Carrot All For Me? has a personal connection because everyone in my family loves play on words. My Mom insists on having a card with a pun on it.
ReplyDeleteThe poem is about a man talking to the one he loves but the poem is using play on words that involve fruits and veggies to get readers attention.
I chose it for the win!
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The poem, The New Suit, has a deeper meaning because it is about a kid who gets a suit for his birthday and he is not allowed to get it dirty.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with The New Suit Because when I wear white clothes I'm not allowed to do things like eat spaghetti, play in dirt, and other things.
I enjoyed the poet's craft in Do you carrot all for me because I like the play on words like when they use food to substitute words. Example: My heart beets for you.
I choose Do you carrot all for me.
Do you carrot at all for me has a more important meaning to me. Because I like the vegitables as sub words.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with the new suit because I once wore a new suit to a party.
I like do you carrot at all me's poets craft I think is better because. I love the vegitable names in there for sub words. I also like the rhythyme of the poem because of the words in it.
I think that The New Suit has more meaning to me because I feel like I also love to get new things. I think it also has more meaning to me because picking new things is also a everyday thing for everything. Doesn't everyone want to keep something perfectly clean?
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal connection to this because I also need to keep things to clean and keep nothing on it dirty. I also never want anything to get on something new.
I enjoyed The New Suit's imagery because I can imagine me worried about something new and I don't want anything dirty on something new. "Drink slowly so it doesn't get on your new suit". I can image me doing that because I don't want anything dirty.
This is why I picked The New Suit. I hope you can agree with me!
Do you carrot all for me has more meaning because it is basically a love poem with food in it.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the new suit because, I don't like getting fancy clothes for my birthday.
I like do you carrot all for me because of it's rhyme scheme. Forenstance, at the end of each sentence the vegetables all rhyme.
I pick do you carrot all for me.
Out of The new suit and do you carrot all for me?,I choose do you carrot all for me? I choose this poem because the meaning is cool and is kind of funny. This one has more meaning to me because I like how it is asking if they carrot all for the person. I like the metaphors in this poem, because I think that they are funny.
ReplyDeleteI choose do you carrot all for me?
DeleteI can make a connection with The New Suit because I have once been cramped in expensive closing and not been able to eat ice cream because I might spill it.
ReplyDeleteI think The New Suit has more meaning because you can make so many more connections then the other poem.
I like The New Suit because of it's spectacular imagery and it's deep connection with people who have had that exact or similar experience. It has great detail and thick emotions. For example,It drove me crazy. That was a line from the poem. THE NEW SUIT ROCKS!
The new suit had a deeper meaning to me because I can make a connection with it.
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with the new suit because one time I wore shorts to a birthday party but apparently we were swimming. I like the poets craft in do you carrot all for me because I liked the rhyme in it. I chose the winner as the new suit because I made a good connection.
I think that the meaning for The new Suit is more important because it makes me laugh and has great Imagery I also like it because of the repetition.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with the new suit . for example , I always spill food on myself and I never want to wear nice clothes and look good at my birthday party because I will always ruin the clothes my mom bought me and then she will get super mad at me . I choose the new suit.
I think The New Suit has more meaning,because it's about a kid who wants to impress a lot of people, but ends up knowing that was the wrong choice.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with The New Suit, because when I went to my grandmother's wedding I had to eat my dessert very slowly and carefully.
I enjoyed Do You Carrot All For Me better with poet craft because The New suit didn't really have much poet craft, and I liked how it used foods.
I choose THE NEW SUIT FOR THIS BATTLE!
I like the meaning of The New Suit. I like how the little boy is very mature and won't get food on his suit. My brother would get food on it if it meant that he could eat sweets.
ReplyDeleteI have a better connection with Do You Carrot All For Me. It reminds me of my dad because he his the best at play on words. I don't know how he does it.
I like the poet's craft in Do You Carrot All For Me. I think the play on words are truly amazing I could never do it as well as the poet can. Here is an example,"My heart beets for you, With your turnip nose And your radish face." There is play on words in every line.
I choose Do You Carrot All For Me.
Do you Carrot all for me is more important to me than The New Suit. It is more important to me because I love food and it talks about food in a funny way.
ReplyDeleteA connection I can make with this poem is I eat food every day. Also it mentioned a lot of foods I love like: peaches, cantaloupe, and lettuce.
One of my favorite poets craft in this poem is imagery. I had a funny picture in my head.
I choose Do you Carrot all for me as the winner.
The New Suit has more meaning to me because People never really do want to get new thing messy.
ReplyDeleteI have a personal connection to it because I wore fancy stuff and regretted it.
I liked the writer's craft in do you carrot at all for me. The word play was exilant.
I pick as a winner The New Suit. I pick it because I really can connect to it.
The meaning of the new suit is that you have to be careful around new things.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the new suit because when I get nice things, sometimes I have to be careful around them.
I like the word play in do you carrot all for me, such as you are a peach.
I choose The New Suit as the winner.
The first poem,DO YOU CARROT ALL FOR ME, is my favorite out of DO YOU CARROT ALL FOR ME and THE NEW SUIT because I like puns and word play.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem,THE NEW SUIT is about someone trying to find the right outfit but in the end he decides to mess it up.
To me, Choosing Shoes has a deeper meaning because we have so many choices that we take for granted.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to casey at the bat because I play sports.
I like the type of shoes that the author gives in Choosing Shoes such as stomp-along-like-that shoes.
I choose CASEY AT THE BAT as the winner.