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.
I like the meaning of "Do You carrot All For Me?". I chose this because it talks about a person confessing his love with the use of vegetables. I know it's not that deep, but both poems were not that deep (if you know what I mean).
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with the poem "How to Eat A Poem", because I know what it is like to give advice to be sloppy. :)
I liked "Do You Carrot All For Me?"'s poet's craft because I liked how it uses vegetables. For example, it says, "Do you carrot all for me? My heart beets for you, with your turnip nose, and your radish face.
I chose "Do You Carrot All For Me?" as my winner.
-Ella B. :)
I chose Do You Carrot Me because I think its funny using veggies as a way to express your love.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is when he says you are a peach I think of yummy peaches.
Finally I really like the poem's meaning. The meaning was telling love for someone in veggie form.I noticed it did not have a rhyme scheme.This is why I chose Bo you carrot me for the winner.
How to Eat a Poem is more meaningful to me because sometimes you feel like you don’t have to be polite and you just eat something like you mean it.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is with, How to Eat a Poem. I sometimes eat things without manners.
The poem, Do you carrot all for me, has lines with about the same syllables 4-7. Also, the poem has imagery. It makes you imagine someone with a turnip nose or a radish face. Finally, the lines aren't too long but they aren't too short.
For the winner I chose How to Eat a Poem.
I choose do you carrot all for me as my winner because it was about fruit and vegetables but the person made it into real life. I like when the person said “ My heart beets for you.”
ReplyDeleteI made a connection with how to eat a poem. Like if my baby sister, Maggie, is super hungry she just digs in and doesn't care how messy she gets.
I like the poet's craft in how how to eat a poem. I like how it rhymes and i like how it is a good imagery. The image in this poem is how some people are super messy and some as clean as possible.
How to eat a poem is so funny. I loved how it said or so many time. It was an ab pattern.
ReplyDeleteI had no connection at all ):
Finally I liked do you care at all for me"s writers craft. Because it had no pattern, but I liked how he used Food for words. That is why I liked it.
Do You Carrot All For Me is about a person describing a person in veggies.
ReplyDeleteHow To Eat A Poem is about a person telling you how to eat a poem!
I chose How To Eat A Poem because it is very silly because he tells you what it taste like! The writers craft is imagery! This poem is very good and i hope it wins!
Do you carrot all for me has more important meaning because it is talking about love. That is why has more important meaning.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is with how to eat a poem because I like writing funny poems. That is what my connection is.
I like the poem craft in do you carrot all for me because I thought it was funny. For example the name of the story.
I pick do you carrot all for me.
Neither of them has a big meaning.
ReplyDeleteI think that do you carrot all for me just has a sliver of meaning because it could be about a real person.
My winner is do you carrot all for me because of the sliver of meaning.
I choose “How to Eat a Poem” as my favorite poem because my brother (conrad) is a little monster with food and plays with it with his toy’s.
ReplyDeleteI also liked this poem because I like how it shows how some people can eat mess so say go on and stick your hands in!
Finally, the poet's craft in this poem is Imagery. The image in this poem is how some people can be messy in anyway. One more thing is that there is NO rhyming in the poem!
The meaning of do you carrot all for me is it is a love poem using veggies. It is also very funny :] .
ReplyDeleteA connection with do you carrot all for me is one time i tried to right a love poem to my my that turned out like a food poem.
The writer’s craft is very good. It has a very smooth and solid part where is says a solid veggie kind of wrap.
I chose do you carrot all for me
I think Do you carrot all for me is about veggies turning into real words and the rhyme pattern is ABCDEFGH.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with How to eat a poem which was my mom always says " Elbows off the table. Also, napkin in you lap.
I think how to eat a poem has a meaning that is it is telling you the opposite of manners. For example don't be polite bite in.
I think How to eat a poem has a better writer's craft. Which is having a better meaning to the poem.
I choose Do you carrot all for me is the WINNER.
I think Do You Carrot all for me, has a better meaning. For example, it is saying it takes time to get the food you want.
ReplyDeleteFor the poem How To Eat a Poem, I have a good connection for. For example, I know someone who would eat a poem and teach you how to eat a poem.
For the poem How To Eat a Poem, I got a good imagery in my mind. For example, I could picture someone eating a poem. Also I could picture some teaching someone how to eat a poem. Also I liked this poem because it was smooth and easy to read. For example, I good read this poem very quickly with no mistakes.
I choose How To Eat a Poem as my winner.
Do you carrot all for me has a more important meaning because it is about a guy asking if he/she cared at all for him.
ReplyDeleteMy connection is with the poem do you carrot all for me. I sometimes wonder if parents care about when they make me do chores.
I like the poem craft better in how to eat a poem. The rhyme scheme. it was aaaa.
I chose how to eat a poem.
I think do you carrot all for me has a deeper meaning to me because it is meaningful in a funny way.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to how to eat a poem because I have been so hungry that I have eaten paper.
I like do you carrot all for me's rhyme scheme better because at the end of the poem it has good imagery. For example I can imagine a vegetable trying to get a girl to marry him.
I choose do you carrot at all for me.
I think Do You Carrot All For Me has a deeper meaning because it is asking someone if he/she cares for him.
ReplyDeleteDo You Carrot All For Me has a better connection because lots of times it doesn't seem like my siblings care for me.
I think how to eat a poem has better poet's craft because it says. Don't be polite. Bite in. Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
I choose How to eat a poem as the winner
I chose Do you carrot all for me because it is a funny poem.For example the text says do you carrot all for me.It means do you care at all for me.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with How To Eat A Poem because I know people who eat paper.
I liked How To Eat A Poem´s poet´s craft because it uses food like a poem.For example,it says there is no core or stem.E.T.C.
I choose How To Eat A Poem as the winner.
Do you care at all for me is about someone using vegetables for a love language to another person I liked this poem because it was cheesy and funny. One example is,You are a peach if we cantaloupe lettuce marry weed make a swell pear.
ReplyDeleteHow to eat a poem is about a person who tells someone how to eat a poem, I also liked this poem because it was funny and messy.One example is, it says You do not have to use a knife or fork or spoon or plate or napkin or tablecloth.
One connection is for how to eat a poem. My connection is, That I am a messy eater just like the person in the poem.
I like do you care at all for me because it has good imagery.
Game 4
ReplyDeleteHow to Eat a Poem is more important to me because, it means enjoy things while you have them. If you have a dog, and you don’t play with it very often, and you lose, you will be very sad. The poet is saying enjoy this poem while you have it.
I connect to Do you Carrot all for me because one time I used meat words in every sentence I said. Everyone got so annoyed that I got sent to my room. I can still remember how clever I was.
I liked the writer’s craft in Do you Carrot all for me? Because it used so many examples of veggies and fruits in the poem. It used 8 fruits and veggies. When I read this it made me laugh.
And the winner is………………………………..
HOW TO EAT A POEM!!!!!
I like the meaning of Do You Carrot At All For Me because it is about love. But, it uses vegetables and fruit.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection from How To Eat A Poem. The connection is that once I had some sauce running down my chin. It says, Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may fun down your chin.
I liked the poet's craft of Do You Carrot At All For Me. I liked how they used vegetables and fruit. For example, it says, Lettuce marry and you are a peach.
I chose How To Eat A Poem.
I think How To Eat A Poem has a better meaning because it is a really fun. I like how it is a strange tutorial. For example, it says, Don't be polite. Bite it.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with How To Eat A Poem. I don't eat paper but I can amke a connection with other foods. I think it's a bit weirdd to eat a poem but it is just for fun. (I think)
Do You Carrot All For Me has a really creative writers craft. Not like the rhyme scheme or alliteratio but adding the food. Finally, it is only fruits and vegetables.
I choose How To Eat A Poem as the winner.
I chose do you carrot all for me.
ReplyDeleteThe poem that has the most meaning to me because the man was asking do you care at all for me? I think it was sweeeet because it was talking about love in veggie form. THe writers craft is AABB
ReplyDeleteTHe poem I can connect with is do you care at all for me because I really like vegetables.
I think do you care at all for me should win because it is more funny, I think how to eat a poem is cheesy because it just is. for example it says pick it up with your fingers and let the juice run down your chin.
I have more meaning to how to eat a poem.It means do not wate till you do not have the chance to eat the poem or rip it.You have to do it till it is to late.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with do you carrot all for me. the guy is asking the girl do you care for me.
I think the writers craft is amazing the dialouge is good even the rhyme scheme is good.
I think how to eat a poem wins!
Do You Carrot All For Me is about a person describing a person in veggies.
ReplyDeleteHow To Eat A Poem is about a person telling you how to eat a poem!
I chose How To Eat A Poem because it is very silly and I have a connection because I like to be silly too! The meaning is important to me because it shows that you can right a very silly poem and it will still be good!
The writers craft is better in how To Eat A Poem because you can imagine it!
I think the meaning of Do You Carrot All For Me is a guy liking a girl. For example, he says "Weed make a swell pear."
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to the poem, How to Eat a Poem. For example, When I was little I taught my little brother to eat food.
I don't think any of the poems had poet's craft. For example, They didn't have a rhyme scheme, or alliteration,or repitition.
the poem with more meaning out of all is how to eat a poem because the writer is trying to tell how all poems are different.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection to how to eat a poem because once when I was little I ate paper.
I loved how to eat a poems poem craft Because it is use ing food to tell you how to eat it.
i choose how to eat a poem.
I choose How To Eat A Poem as the winner.
ReplyDeleteDo You Carrot All For Me? Has more meaning to me because it tells about true love. For example, Cinderella. How to eat a poem has deeper meaning because I too am messy. Do You Carrot All For Me? Has better craf like there is no rhyme scheme. The sentences are 75554545.
ReplyDeleteI choose Do You Carrot All For Me?
I chose ‘do you care at all for me?’ as my favorite meaning. It was a sort of silly meaning. For example: Lettuce marry: Weed make a great pear.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to ‘how to eat a poem’. Sometimes, I just want to eat a poem.
I like ‘do you carrot all for me?’ more than the other one. They're both funny, but I chose one over the other because it used real life connections. It was connected to the real world.
I chose ‘do you carrot all for me?’ as the winner.
Do You Carrot All For Me has a more important meaning to me, because it would be a serious poem about love, but it is using vegetables to say real words. Such as, “My heart beets for you”, and “ weed make a swell pear.” I like the meaning, because it is like the poem is intended to make you laugh.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with How To Eat A Poem, because sometimes I wish that there was a mess less food. It makes me think that the poem writer is talking about food and how you can dig right into a poem and it's almost like it feeds your mind. I wish that they had a food like a poem where you do not need utensils or napkins.
I liked the writer’s craft for the poem How To Eat A Poem, because it used a lot of alliteration such as, or seed or skin, also it used couplet with the alliteration or seed or skin. The smooth writing, alliteration, and couplet made good writer’s craft, and a good poem.
I like the meaning of DO YOU CARROT ALL FOR ME? It was funny because it was about a man asking a woman to marry him replacing words with vegetables that made sense.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to HOW TO EAT A POEM, because sometimes I get tired of being all proper, and sometimes I want to just eat however I want.
I think HOW TO EAT A POEM has a better writer's craft. It has a AB pattern in the first line. It also has Imagery. I can imagine eating messy.
I chose HOW TO EAT A POEM as winner.
The one that has the most meaning to me is Do You Carrot All For Me because it is someone talking about if someone cares for the other person.
ReplyDeleteThe one that has a connection with is How to Eata Poem because I love to eat.
I like the writer's craft of How to Eat a Poem because it had really good imagery. I could see someone eating a poem really messy.
I pick Do You Carrot All For Me to win.
Do You Carrot all for Me has a more important meaning to me, because it was about someone who loves someone else and uses foods as words like "Lettuce marry" in order of let us marry.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with How to Eat a Poem, I love to eat and sometimes it is nice to not half to be fancy and proper while you eat.
I like How Do you Carrot all for Me uses imagery like when it says a food I think of that food and want it.
I choose Do you Carrot all for Me as the winner.
I have a connection with How to Eat a Poem, I love to eat and sometimes it is nice to not half to be fancy and proper while you eat.
I like How