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.
And the winner is....
For Elite 8: Game 3...
Ms. Derck's class... Life Doesn't Frighten Me
Mrs. Eads's class...Choosing Shoes
For today's game:
Ms. Derck's class will read the poems "Do You Carrot All for Me?" and "How to Eat a Poem".
Mrs. Eads's class will read the poems "The Castle in the Fire" and "The New Suit".
Remember to write your post in a Google Doc and paste it into the blog. Make sure your name is on the post so I know which class to count the vote for.
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 think Do you carrot all for me has a better meaning. I think it has a better meaning because its about someone that teaches you something and How to eat a poem is the opposite.
ReplyDeleteI can connect to how to how to eat poem because sometimes i do do what describes.
I like Do you carrot all for me's writer craft more. I like it more because it has fun word play, like my heart beets for you and do you you carrot all for me?
My overall favorite is Do you carrot all for me.
- Sarah
Do you carrot all for me has more meaning to me.it is about someone talking to someone else using food as words. I think it is funny.
ReplyDeleteDo you carrot all for me has more of a personal connection to me. It is about someone using fruits and vegetables to talk to someone,and I like fruits.
I think do you carrot all for me should win.For example it has personification. For example a beet does not have a heart.Also the poem has a rhyme scheme .it is abcdefg.
Tate
The Castle in the fire meaning is more important to me because. I like to watch movies about
ReplyDeletefire breathing dragons in castles and the night comes to save the day and saves the princess.
I can make a connection to the new suit because. I can relate to having to go to a party and having nice clothes on and there's stuff that can easily get on your nice clothes like ice cream
and pizza sauce.
I like the Castle in The Fires writer’s craft more because. I love the imagery in this poem. I can see the castle and the fire breathing dragon and just everything. Also The rhyme scheme is ABCB.
My winner is Castle in The Fire because I love the imagery.
Do you carrot all for me is more important to me because it is way easer to under stand and it is just way better
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with do you carrot all for me it is that my brothers have called me different foods before.
I choose Do You Carrot All For Me as the winner because its easer to understand and it has way better rhymes and its just better.
ELI
I think do you carrot all for me because it is super funny. I also like it because it has good rhymes.It is cool because it uses food words for the definition that he loves here.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection to How To Eat A Poem because I like to eat sometimes . I can also make a connection to it because has good imaginary and I can imagine it. I can also make a connection to it because I have written a book about food.
I enjoy do you carrot all for me because it is funny.I also like it because it has good imaginary. I also like it because I like the part were they talk about how they love each other in food words.I like the writers craft because it has really funny rhymes.I like the imaginary part were it said lettuse Mary.
I like do you carrot all for me better because it is super funny. AMES
The New Suit means more to me because. I sometimes see my dad in a new suit. Also I like it because I like how he does not want to get his new suit dirty.
ReplyDeleteI have personal connections for The New Suit. I see my dad in his new suit. Also he does not want to get it dirty.
One example of a writer's craft is in The New Suit. It got a picture in my mind. The picture was the guy picking out his suit. Also there was a rhyme scheme. It was AABBBCC.
My winner is the new suit. Because of its imagery.
-Daniel
I think Do You Carrot For Me has more meaning. For example, it shows someone's affection for someone.
ReplyDeleteI have more connections to Do You Carrot For Me. For example, it asked someone to marry them and we are where my parents got married.
I enjoyed Do You Carrot For Me writer's craft. For example, I liked the metaphors. Such as ‘ You are a peach’. Also, I liked the imagery I could see what they were saying.
I think the winner should be Do You Carrot For Me because I liked that it was funny and just all around a good poem. That is why I think Do You Carrot For Me should win.
-Annie
I think The New Suit means more to me because. If I had a suit I would not want it to get dirty. Also you probably played a lot of money for the suit and if you got it dirty then you would be sad.
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal connection to The New Suit. When my dad had a new suit and he had to go somewhere. He did not want the suit to get dirty.
I liked The New Suit writers craft more. I could see the imagery. When he was trying to see which suit to pick out. Also I could see if he spilt stuff on it he would be sad. Also he would waste all of his money on the suit and it would get dirty.
I chose The New Suit because it has good imagery and it is just way better. -DoWdEn
1. I think The Castle in the fire has more of a meaning to me because it is saving someone's life. It is heroic. Also there is a dragon.
ReplyDelete2. I can make a personal connection with the new suit. I remember once coming to a party and wearing a skirt. I remember coming to a wedding with a t-shirt and shorts.
3.I like the writer's craft better in the castle in the fire. Because I can picture the scared princess. I can picture the brave knight. I can also picture the ferocious dragon. Also I can picture all the smoke.
-MaryBeck
ReplyDeleteThe poem that is more important to me is Do you carrot all for me? I choose Do you carrot all for me?, because I think it is funny, for example it says “ My heart BEETS for you.’’ and I think that's funny. I think that it’s funny because it uses food in a love letter.
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal conachen with How to Eat a poem. My connection is that I sometimes eat like how it says in the text. My example is Don’t be polite. Bite in.
The writer's craft I like more is in How to Eat a poem. An example is the personification because you can’t eat a poem. It also has repetition the repetition is or. It is also really easy to picture for example you can picture a poem on a plate. You can also picture someone trying to eat a poem.
The winner is How to eat a poem because it is better.
WYATT
The New Suit is more meaningful to me. I like how it’s about a boy and his new suit that he wore to a birthday party. He couldn’t eat messy food or get it dirty. Next year he will wear shorts and a t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteI can make a personal connection with The New Suit. Because whenever I am dressed up my Mom tells me not to get my dress dirty. So that is why I would rather just wear shorts and t-shirts.
I like the Castle on Fire writer's craft. For example, the writer’s craft ABCB is good. Another example is onomatopoeia when it says The back log crashed in two. These are the only two examples I could find.
My winner is the New Suit because I can really relate.
Mayme
Do you carrot at all for me has a better meaning to me . For example, It is funny because it shows someone talking in a different way.
ReplyDeleteI like the writer's craft of do you carrot at all for me . For example, I like how they sue veggies to talk. I like how the stazas match . for example, they are all 4.
As the winner I picked Do you carrot at all for me.
henry
I think The New Suit has the most meaning to it because It is about someone who wants to do all these things, but he can't because he got a new suit. Then next year he will get to do all these things because his suit is old.
ReplyDeleteI can make a connection with The New Suit the most because I'm sometimes not allowed to wear something because I'm going to spill something on it.
I enjoy the writer's craft in The Castle In The Fire Because It uses onamonapias. For example, crash. I also like the rhyme. For example veil and mail or might and fight. I also like the image of the knight saving the princess.
I chose The New suit as the winner. MILES
Elite 4
ReplyDeleteMeaning- Do You Carrot All For Me had more meaning to me. I thought it was pretty cool to read about someone who is proposing, but is using funny puns to do it. I sometimes like to use funny puns too. That is why it had more meaning to me.
Personal Connection- I had a personal connection with Do You Carrot All For Me. I sometimes like to joke around with words too. One day on spring break(we stayed here) it was very cold outside. I went to get myself breakfast, and told my parents, “Happy spring brrrrrrreak!”
Writer’s craft- I liked the writer’s craft in Do You Carrot All For Me better. I liked the imagery in it. For me there was imagery when the poem said, “you are a peach, weed will make a swel pear, and lettuce marry”. There was a metaphor in it too. “You are a peach”. Nio like or as in the sentence. Those are my writer’s craft reasons.
I LIKED DO YOU CARROT ALL FOR ME BETTER.
I think do you carrot all for me is more important. because it is a fun poem to read and its not like the others it is also a well rounded poem.
ReplyDeleteI pick do you carrot all for me. Lowell
I have connections with how to eat a poem. because sometimes I just want to eat no manners just get it .
I enjoy the writers craft of do you carrot all for me. I loved the word play. for example my hart beets for you. it also had god imagery. I could clearly see someone asking if they care for them.
I pick the winner as
I think the castle on fire has more meaning to me.I think this because it is more of a fairy tale than real.I also like that it tells a good story while rhyming.
ReplyDeleteI think I can make a better connection with the new suit.I think this because it reminds me of when I have to wear a suit and I can't eat anything.It also reminds me not to wear a suit to a birthday party.
I choose the new suit as my favorite.I choose it because I can make a strong connection with it.I also like that it does not have to rhyme to sound good.I like it because it tells a good but real story.Last but not least I like that it is typical everyday stuff.
Do You Carrot All For Me is more important to me because you get to know if they really care for them.Also because it has a good meaning to it.Finally because it made you think twice.
ReplyDeleteI have more of a connection to How to Eat a Poem.I agree with eating like that when no one is around.Also because it makes it sound like a baby eating.
I enjoyed Do you Carrot All for Me writer's craft more.I liked the metaphors in it.Ex.You turnip nose.I also enjoyed the couplet.Ex.The first two lines.
I chose Do you carrot all for me as the winner because of the writer”s craft.
-Aaron
I think “The New Suit” means more to me because it is about a man getting all these recommendations for his suit. Then he said that next year he was going to wear comfy clothes.
ReplyDeleteThe personal connection I can make to “The New Suit” is that my mom tells me not to wear something too fancy if I might get it dirty.
The writer's craft I enjoy the most is Imagery. For Example I could really picture What the man was wearing. I could also picture al; of the people giving him recommendations.
My winner is “The New Suit” Because I can relate to it.
-Sydney
I think the new Suit is more important because he is very excited about his new hansom suit.It's also about a man getting a lot of requests about his suits.
ReplyDeleteI connected with "The new Suit" when he loved it so much he didn't ever what to take it off. For example, I loved this dress and I refused to take it off.
I liked the imagery of "Do you carrot at all for me". For example, you could really picture a man confessing his love to a girl. I also like the personifications. For example, turnip nose, swell pear, radish face, and heart beets.
I think the winner is The new suit because I could really relate to him.
-Elle.s
I think Castle in the fire is more important because it has the most imagery and has writers craft.
ReplyDeleteI can connect with The new suit because once I got something new and everyone was requesting crazy things!
I loved the Imagery for The castle in the fire.
I think the winner is castle in the fire. -Avery
c“Life doesn't frighten me” is more important to me because some people say they are not afraid of anything. I think it's kind of funny when people try to pretend they're not afraid of anything.
ReplyDeleteI have a connection with “choosing shoes” because it is hard to choose shoes there are so many.
I enjoy the writer's craft in “Choosing shoes”. It has a lot of repetition and it uses the word shoes a lot.It has a good rhyme scheme.For example,choose and shoes.It also has a couplet. For example,bow shoes, and pretty toe shoes.
I think the winner is “Choosing shoes” because it has good writers craft and it is funny.
Cate
I LIKE DO YOU CARE AT ALL FOR ME BECAUSE I THINK IT IS REALY FUNNY.
ReplyDeleteI ALSO LIKED IT BECAUSE IT IS VERY CREATIVE. I REALY LIKED THE WRITERS CRAFT AND COUPLET EX:DO YOU CARROT ALL FOR ME? MY HEART BEETS FOR YOU. I ALSO LOVE HOW THEY USED FRIUTS AND VEGGIES. IT IS ALSO NOT LIKE THE OTHER ONES AT ALL IT IS FUNNY IT IS CREATIVE IT HAS GOOD WRITERS CRAFT. IT ALSO SHOWS HOW SOMEON IS FEELING. IT ALSO HAS GOOD IMAGERY. ANNABARIA
I can relate to the new suit because when iwear nice clothes and iusually make a big mess with just like at school iget stuff all over my shirt. the other on castle in a fire I don't really connect to so I don't really like castle in a fire.
ReplyDeleteI choose the new suit cause I can connect to.I think that the author did really good on this poem.The author definetly thought about the meaning and the writers creaft.for example how he said next time I will wear the opposite of what I wore this time.I really like this poem so deffinetly recommend it.
huck