To create a sense of poetry madness in our room and celebrate poetry, we will read two poems each day 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.
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-two sentences)
2. What is the meaning of the second poem? (Summarize in one-two sentences)
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. I left an example in the comment section.
Here is an example of an advanced/proficient post:
The first poem, Being Brave at Night, is about a child whose imagination runs away from then at night and is scared.
The second poem, Wind on the Hill, is about a child thinking about the wind and where it comes from. You cannot see it but see the results of it.
I chose Wind on the Hill as the winner because I like the imagery of the poem. I like the picture of the kite in the wind and knowing using that as a measure for knowing where the wind has been. I also enjoyed the way the 2nd and 4th lines of each stanza rhymed. It made the poem fun to read.
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ReplyDeleteDust of snow is about a crow landing on this kids shoulder and snow from this tree falling on him.
ReplyDeleteMother to son is about the mom having a hard life and she is telling her kid never to give up.
I think the winner is Mother to son because it tells a better story than the other poem and it tells meaning. The meaning is to never give up.
Daniel
Dust Of Snow is about a crow that has changed him when a dust of snow falls on him.
ReplyDeleteMother To Son is about the mom telling her son to never give up and life is not perfect.
I liked Dust Of better because it is short and, he changed by a crow and, I could picture the Dust Of Snow falling on him.
Dowden
ReplyDeleteMother son meaning. It's a mother telling about her life and telling her son that he will have a better life than her.
ReplyDeleteDust of snow meaning. It's about a person having a dust of snow to light up their day.
I chose dust of snow as the winner because. I agree with snow lighting up someones day. I also like that it's short and makes sense.
1.Mother to son is about a mother telling their son all the hard times she's been through.
ReplyDelete2.Dust of snow is about how happy snow can make you.
3. I chose "Dust Of Snow" as the winner because it made me have a smile on my face. I also chose Dust Of Snow because I did not get Mother to son. Also because Dust Of Snow is short.
The first poem, Dust and snow is about snow that fell from the hemlock tree and plopped on a man's head.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Mother to son is about a Mother that tells her son to never give up.
I chose Mother and son as the winner, because I have a bigger picture in my head. It brings back a lot of memories in my head when me and my mom were just hanging out together. It also reminds me of when my mom was telling me about her childhood and what kind of school she went to.
The first poem, "Dust of Snow", is about how someone is having a bad day. He is outside and then snow falls on his head. At first he is mad, and then he starts to laugh, and snow puts him in a good mood.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, "Mother to Son", is about a mother who tells her son never to give up.
I chose "Mother to Son" because I thought that the poem was a good message, and that my mom says that to me sometimes.
Lizzie
ReplyDeleteI think the Mother to son is a good one because I can picture it really well. I can picture a mom telling her son the world is going to be hard sometimes but you can do it.
ReplyDeleteI think Dust of snow is o.k but I didn't really understand it
I pictured a boy in a grumpy mood walking around then snow fell on his head. I didn't understand it.
The winner is Mother to son because I understood it and pictured it. - Avery
The first poem Dust of Snow is about the snow falls down from the Hemlock tree. The person changes because it snowed.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem is about how life is not easy. Do not back down.His mom told him all of that.
I think the winner is Dust of Snow. It was nice and calm.I understood it better. I also loves when it snows. For example, when the snow falls on his head. I also love when snow falls on my head.
Annie
DeleteThe first poem, Dust of snow is about a guy getting snow dropped on his head by a bird. The guy changes from a bad mood to a happy mood.
ReplyDeleteThe second poem, Mother to son is about a mother not having a great life, but tells her son to never give up. She referred to a flight of stairs.
I think the winner is Dust of snow because I loved the part when he changed his mood.Secondly, I liked the rhymes in it like mood and rued. I also loved the part when the bird shook snow on him.Lastly, I liked the concept of the poem.
-Elle