Read Game 3 poems, The Eagle and Casey at Bat . 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.
The first poem, Casey at Bat, is about a baseball team that is motivated that Casey will win the game for them. Two of the players that are not so great got on base and Casey struck out!!!
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, The Eagle, is about an Eagle that is by the sun flying around lonely lands and he falls of a mountain top.
I pick Casey at Bat because it tells a story. When poems tell stories I really like them. It also has a great rhyme scheme.
The first poem, "Casey at the Bat", is about how a team is losing, but then the worst players go to 2nd and 3rd base. Later, the best player on the losing team steps up to the plate, and strikes out, and "there is no joy in Mudville".
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, "The Eagle", is about a man's perspective of an eagle. The rhyme scheme is AAA BBB.
I chose "Casey at the Bat", because even though the poem was long, the rhyme scheme, (ABAB) went all the way to the letter Z! I also liked it because it was such a twist ending!
-Ella B.
The eagle is about a eagle who watches on a mountain then he falls from that mountain.
ReplyDeleteCasey At The Bat is about a close baseball game and a guy who tries to win the game, but fails.
I think casey at the bat wins because, it has a short movie added to it and is very long, and has a good story idea.
I think The Eagle is about how it feels to fly ,or be an eagle.
ReplyDeleteI think Casey At The Bat is about how Casey may think he's great because he is strong, but being strong is not everything.
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DeleteI chose Casey at the bat because it told the story of
Deletehow "mighty Casey struck out". I also like it the best because it's funny and the imagery.
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DeleteThe first poem Casey At Bat is about a man named Casey and he plays baseball. Every body wants Casey to play. He gets 3 striks and he is out. He was so mad. The Eagle is about someone desgriping him. He lands in lonely lands, and like a thunder bolt he falls. I choose Casey at Bat as the winner because it was longer, and I thought it made more sense. I liked when he got out because it was funny.
ReplyDeleteThe poem, The Eagle, is about an eagle that lives on a mountain near a beech. But, like a thunderbolt he falls, Which I think means he dies.
ReplyDeleteCasey at the Bat is a poem about an amazing baseball player and Everybody thinks he will win the game for his team but he strikes out.
I chose, Casey at the Bat, the winner because the rhyme scheme goes all through out the two page poem. Also, because the story talks about anything can happen. Finally, because the alliteration is great.
I think Casey At Bat is about a boy who strikes out last second, I think Casey was cocky because there were 2 strikes and he told everyone that he would do it and he didn't.
ReplyDeleteI think The Eagle is about a bird who just caught food and it shot out of the sky by a hunter which is illegal.
The Eagle is my winner because it made the most sense to me and detailed.
I meant and got shot out of the sky
DeleteWow that was really good
DeleteThe first poem, Casey at bat, was about a man named Casey who is a really good baseball player, but at the ending of a game he strikes out 3 times when everybody is counting on him.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, the eagle, was a short poem about what a n eagle would do.
I chose Casey at bat, because it made more sense and it was funny and not serious.
i agree.
DeleteThe first poem, "Casey at the Bat", is about a team who is down by two with two outs when there worst two players get hits. There is a man on second and third with mighty casey out but he strikes out. The second poem, "The Eagle", about some one's thought on an eagle. I like the rhyme scheme AAA BBB. I chose "Casey at the Bat" as the winner because I like baseball and I liked the ending how you think he will hit a home run but he strikes out.
ReplyDeleteThe first poem, Casey at bat, is about a team who is counting on Casey to win. 2 of the players that are not so good are on 1st and 2nd. finally Casey steps up to the plate and strikes out! everyone is counting on him to hit the last one as good as he can but. then... STRIKE! now mudville has no joy.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, The Eagle, is about a eagle who is flying around the land. The rhyme scheme is AAA BBB.
I chose Casey at bat, as the winner because it made a lot more sense and i really liked the rhyme scheme. I love how it was long and had a lot of detail.
Casey At the Bat: This is about a baseball player strikes out when the team is depending on him.
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle: This is about an Eagle that likes lonely lands.
I choose The Eagle because Eagles are my favorite animal and it has a good rhymes scheme.
Casey at bat Casey is good at bating then he strikes out.
ReplyDeletethe eagle I think does not make sense.
so I think Casey at bat wins.
Casey at the Bat- the poem was about a baseball player who misses a ball for the first time and let down all of his fans. The sentence I got this from (Mighty Casey has struck out).
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle- This poem was about a eagle who flies over the sea like a thunderbolt. I got this from (And like a thunderbolt he falls).
I chose the poem Casey at the Bat because to me the eagle doesn't really make sense to me, but Casey at the Bat makes sense to me because I know he is a great baseball player, but he failed the audience.
Casey At Bat is about a man who strikes out.
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle is about how The eagle looks and acts.
I choose the Eagle because it is very descriptive. It tells about the eagle's actions. That is why I chose the Eagle.
Casey at bat is about casey who strikes and everyone is depending on him
ReplyDeleteThe eagle is about an eagle falling from the sky
I chose Casey at bat because it is sports and i like sports
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Deletehi henry
DeleteI think Casey at the Bat is about a baseball hero that gets too full of himself and strikes out.
ReplyDeleteI think The Eagle is about a big eagle that is fast and strong.
I choose the Eagle because I noticed alliteration and rhyme scheme. For example it says,
Close to the sun in lonely lands.
Also, it says,
He clasps the crag with crooked hands,
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world,he stands.
I noticed it is a AAA BBB pattern. These are the reasons why I picked The Eagle.
That was good
DeleteThat made me understand The Eagle a lot more.
DeleteCasey At bat is about a guy with a big ego striking out!
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle is about how a eagle is beautiful!
I chose Casey at bat because it shows that even the best people lose! The writer's craft is free rhyme! Overall this poem is great!
You did a good job at describing the stories.
DeleteCasey at bat is about a baseball player who strikes out, and everyone was depending on him. He had an ego, and was haughty. I liked the choice of words. For example,pudd'n and, sneer. The eagle is about an eagle, who caught a fish. I liked the rhyme scheme. For example, it had an AAA BBB patern. I chose The Eagle because it painted a picture in my head. I could picture how graceful it was, and when it caught the fish. To me, Casey at Bat was to long.
ReplyDeleteCasey at Bat is about a baseball player who is very full of himself, so he loses for his team. Casey at bat is an AABB pattern
ReplyDeleteThe Eagle is about an eagle that watches below him from the mountains. The Eagle is an AAABBB pattern.
I chose The Eagle as the winner. I chose it because it made me feel happy. Another reason I chose this poem is I understood it. It also had very good rythme.
The first poem The Eagle is about an eagle who is beautiful and watches the beauties of the earth such as the sun and sea from his mountain top.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem Casey at bat is about a baseball player named Casey who is what the town thinks the very best baseball player on their team who for the first time strikes out being haughty.
I chose Casey at Bat as my winner because it was fun to read and had a very good rhyme scheme. Casey at Bats rhyme scheme was good because it had patterns such as aabb, but it also had alliteration which I that was very good to have two good writers craft because it made it more entertaining to read.
I think, Casey at the Bat, is about a boy who doesn’t want to play baseball. Then someone said if only Casey would play ball. Then he goes out to play ball. Also it is about, Casey is the hero of the game.
ReplyDeleteI think, The Eagle, is about a eagle who can see the whole world. It is also about what the eagle is seeing in the world and doing.
I chose, Casey at the Bat, as the winner because I thought it was easier to understand. For example, it said what Casey is doing and describes it. Another example is, because it said his actions. Also because it had a good rhyme scheme.
Casey at bat is about a baseball team who is not doing are not doing well.
ReplyDeleteThe eagle is about an eagle flying over the sea and flying back down.
I picked casey at because I like sports. I also chose this because I have always liked stories like that. That is why I chose casey at bat.
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DeleteTHe Eagle was an AAABBB pattern. it was about an eagle that scooped out of the sky.
ReplyDeleteCasey at the bat was an AABB pattern the meaning was that you have to be kind to be cool.
the winner is casey at the bat because it had i really good meaning. it had a funner vocabulary.
The first poem was Casey at Bat and the main idea is a baseball team that thinks Casey think couldn't hit the ball when Casey was up to bat the pitcher pitched the ball and the umpire said " Strike one!" Then someone in the crowd said " Kill him kill the umpire!"
ReplyDeleteThe second poem was The Eagle the main idea is about a boy whose imagination of exploring cool places and has a lot of emotion for the outdoors.
I choose the Eagle because it has a good rhyme scheme and it has a inspiring purpose.
CASEY AT BAT
ReplyDeleteCasey at bat is about a guy who looses a baseball game. for example it said at the end he struck out.
THE EAGLE
Te eagle is about a eagle falling out of the sky. for example it said that it said he dropped his food and fell to get it.
THE WINNER CASEY AT BAT
I chose casey at bat because i play sports and the storey is funny.for example i thought it was funny he let the ball go past and did not care at single bit. i think casey at bat will win.
The main idaea for Eagle is about a eagle who is falling from the sky. Also, Eagle the poem rhymes. For example, hands and lands rhyme and crawls and walls rhyme.
ReplyDeleteThe main idea for Casey at the Bat is a guy named Casey who thinks he can win his baseball game for his team. So, He is being proud and being like I get get a hit. But, he does not get a hit and they lose they game 2-0.
I chose Casey at the Bat because it is funny and it rhymes. For example, day and play rhyme and same and game rhyme.
The first poem, The Eagle, is about an eagle that catches his prey then drops it over a cliff. The line"And like a thunderbolt he falls," means he drops too and tries to catch his prey. It has an AAABBB rhyme scheme.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Casey At Bat, is about a baseball game. It comes down to the final inning and the "hero" Casey, comes up to bat. He loves to brag. In the end he strikes out. It has an ABAB rhyme scheme.
I chose The Eagle as the winner. I chose it because of its meaning. I know that it's only six lines but it has more meaning than the other poem. I also like that it is not like a story. I like the rhyme scheme too. -Elliott
I think Casey at the bat was about a guy named Casey, who strikes out and loses a baseball game.
ReplyDeleteI think The Eagle was about an eagle that was sitting over the sea and looking at things.
I choose Casey a the bat because it was more interesting than The Eagle. The rhyme scheme was AA BB and I like the ryhming of it.
The first poem, Casey at the Bat, is about a baseball player that thinks he’s so cool and is full of himself. Then he misses the first and second time. Then he STRIKES out!!!! “PRIDE COMES BEFORE FALL!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, The Eagle, is about an eagle is standing on a crag and looking around at all the world, and then falls/flies.
I chose Casey at the Bat for winner, because it had a lesson, and it was easier to read, and the writer's craft was that the words rhyme AABB.
I think that the first poem, If, is that you can do anything if you believe in yourself, and not let anyone put you down.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Who Has Seen the Wind, was about how nobody has actually seen the wind, but you can see how the wind is moving, by stuff that are moving.
I chose WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND as a winner, because it was easier to read, and you can see it in real life. Even though it didn’t rhyme, it still was interesting.